Guppies All Died

[Floyds mum]

I moved my female guppies over to a new cycled tank and they died overnight, water stats are all ok and they didnt look to have any disease, they were pregnant. Is it likely to be a "difficult birth"?

 

[KittyKat]

Not likely if all the fish died. Were the water parameters in the old tank the same as in the new? Did the fish become stressed during the move? Guppies are not exactly the most resilient fish ever, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was just from stress.

 

[Floyds mum]

Yeah i suppose it could be the stress lol

 

[aly_starh]

Did you float the bags into the other tank?

 

[Floyds mum]

no cos it was the old tank water

 

[bitteraspects]

youre certain the tank was fully cycled?

 

[Floyds mum]

Yep i took mature media from my main tank and let it settle for a few weeks and did water tests about 4X every few days and the ammonia and nitrites were at 0

 

[aly_starh]

When you let it 'settle' did you add an ammonia source to keep the filter bacteria going?

 

[Floyds mum]

Ammonia sourse yes cos my dad had tons of fry so i popped them in to keep media going.
It was probably stress as you said.

 

[aly_starh]

hhmm, probarly was stress then, Kat said that not me

 

[Floyds mum]

Yeah lol sorry

 

[ChrisCook]

Surely even with stress they wouldn't all die?

 

[Floyds mum]

there were only 2

 

[bitteraspects]

are both tanks the same temperature?

 

[Floyds mum]

Uh near enough i think mb a degree between them