Female Guppies Keep Dying

[WILDER]

So you are buying the female guppys when they look skinny?

Being skinny can be the fish is starving and not be fed enough, internal parasites, fish tb, bacterial.

I would stop buying females from the same lfs as there something wrong with them.

 

[cric2core]

So you are buying the female guppys when they look skinny?

Being skinny can be the fish is starving and not be fed enough, internal parasites, fish tb, bacterial.

I would stop buying females from the same lfs as there something wrong with them.

No, when i get them they look fine.

But I have noticed on some (not all) that they look slim before dying -- within 48 hrs. None have survived more than that. Usually swimming at the top and have stopped eating. My guess is fish are extremely stressed by that time.

Looks like i have to find a new lfs. Like people have suggested their water chemistry might be very different than what I have at home.

i appreciate all the suggestions.

 

[WILDER]

I think I would worm your fish. it's best to worm fish anyway.

I've never had any luck with guppys from the lfs.
If you really want to keep them I would try an find a good breeder of them.

 

[cric2core]

I think I would worm your fish. it's best to worm fish anyway.

I've never had any luck with guppys from the lfs.
If you really want to keep them I would try an find a good breeder of them.

Sorry I didn't understand. What do you mean by "worm your fish"?. How do you worm fish? Do I medicate them?

Thanks

 

[WILDER]

If you are in the uk there this med.
Just follow med instructions.

http/www.thegreenmachineonline.com/products/aquatics/fish-food-medication/medication/sera-nematol-50ml