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I have a male guppy who has been in my tank for about a month with no problems. The tank is 5 gallons and has only a few other guppies, also male, all doing fine. I first noticed last night that he was laying on a rock on the bottom, but when I fed them he swam up to eat. This morning he was...

I will be checking my water in a bit, but I've been checking religiously and so far I hadn't gotten out of whack. The fin actually isn't missing any pieces, his fin (and all the others in the store in his tank like him) is a V shape. I don't think it has actually been damaged. I did put a...

Update: I have put him a a QT bowl, I don't have another tank to put him in tonight. I set up a typical fish bowl and have an airstone in it. I hope this is ok, I just wanted to keep him from spreading something if he has an infection. I also don't want him getting stuck to the filter intake...

I should preface this by saying I am fairly new to aquarium keeping, though I've read quite a bit I just started my first small tank. One of my guppies appeared dead and was stuck to the filter intake, when I went to retrieve him (thinking he was deceased) I found he was still breathing and his...