Grrr!

[Paradise3]

So my neighbour brought some young guppies round yesterday. She brought 15 round, 2 males and 13 females, when i woke up tis morning 9 were dead already. I've been pulling out dead ones all day, i've just pulled out another 3. The pattern of how many have died has gone like this:
woke up - 9 dead,
about 2 hours later - another 2 dead,
about 5 mins later - another 3 dead.
There is 1 left alive and it isn't looking too good itself. It's staying near the bottom and isn't moving much. It's gills look a little bit swollen...
Any help?

Alessa x.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Water change asap!

P.S. I like your avatar

 

[Paradise3]

Thanks! Will do!

Alessa x.

P.S. Thanks!

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I think it's from an increased ammonia level in the water (because you added all the fish so it was probably a bit too much for the filter to take in one go). If you can test it before you do a water change just out of curiosity.

 

[Paradise3]

I've done the water change... The tank is 15 gallons with a 24 gallon filter. The fish were literally this big _______ The 2 males were actually endlers looking at some pictures of male endlers because i recognized their colours.

Alessa x.

 

[hughessomefish]

I would do a water chage as recommended, And I to got a nice laugh out of the avatar,Good luck with the new guppys.

 

[OldMan47]

I have also liked that avatar for a while now too Alessa.
I hope you succeed with saving your endler. I breed wild type endlers and they are among my favorite fish. It sounds like you have your new endlers in an uncycled tank. Even though they are quite small, endlers have a very high metabolic rate and are bigger than they look in terms of biological loading. Until you can get that new tank properly cycled, you will need to treat it as a fish-in cycle situation.

 

[Paradise3]

It's not a new tank... It's had my other fish in it for about 3-4 months now and i've had no problems at all. My current fish are 4 Thread fin Rainbowfish, 1 female guppy(plus about 2 of my very own home bred guppies), 3 male corys(going to a friends soon) and 2 oto's. The last baby from my neighbours died yesterday afternoon. I think if i get any more from her i'll quarantine them first. I didn't think to do this because i was out when she brought them round and my mum just put them in the tank. The 2 endlers were gorgeous and looking at pictures on google were wild type! Should i set up a spare tank with a heater and filter to quarantine the few that i'm getting today?

Alessa x.

P.S. Wow my avatar is famous!

 

[Paradise3]

I set up the quarantine tank with cycled filter media from my 15 gallon tank. It's only small but it will do. Now that it is at the right temperature, i ave got some new babies floating in a bag in the tank to get the temp of the different water the same. I'm also treating with fin rot treatment because i noticed they had a small amount of fin rot. They are all female so i should have quite a few babies from them when they are old enough. Will get photo's when they settle into the quarantine tank.

Alessa x.

 

[fish48]

If you had no problems with your fish / water. then it may be your Neighbors fish tank as a high ammonia level or poor water quality . guppies are very tough fish and to lose so many in that space of time, it can only be Down to water quality

 

[fish48]

If you had no problems with your fish / water. then it may be your Neighbors fish tank as a high ammonia level or poor water quality . guppies are very tough fish and to lose so many in that space of time, it can only be Down to water quality

Guppies can live in almost any water conditions some times these problems can occur with fish when there is a sudden change in there environment

 

[Paradise3]

Well the new ones are alot more active than the last lot! They are swimming round where as the others were at the top in one of the corners.

Cheers,
Kayako!

 

[OldMan47]

Endlers are delightful little guys. I keep mine at 77F, about 25C. MY tap water tends to be a bit on the hard side with a pH of around 7.8 if that helps. I tend to feed a diet that is high in vegetable matter to my livebearers but they do get treats of frozen food and even the occasional mosquito larvae when they are in season. My colonies of endlers have been in their tanks for about 4 years now and still look like this at feeding time.

As you can tell from the picture, they are a bit prolific.

 

[Paradise3]

Do i spot some algae on the glass there? lol
They are all still alive and a lot more active than the last lot.

Alessa x.

 

[OldMan47]

I do not try to remove all algae. It is a plant like any other plant and serves to remove nitrogen and other excess nutrients from my water. I do scrape it off whenever it gets way out of hand but my fish are constantly picking at it and eating micro-organisms that live there.