Guppies Dieing - Need Advice

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I had my tank up and running for a good few months now - it was cycled, added all fish we wanted and water parameters settled and were stable for about a months now. (100 litre tank with livebearers only)
About 10 days ago I spotted one guppy missing which I eventually found dead 2 days later. I tested water - which was fine as usual and done the usual water changes etc. I thought I've done everything I can - I couldn't really explain the death so I just moved on.
But today I found another guppy dead. What's going on? Ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate around 5-10. I check and watch the fish every day and they seem happy, lively and fine - no chasing/fighting taking place. I don't see anything wrong with their fins or any other part of their body.
I literally have no idea why 2 fish had died and why the guppies in particular.
Any tips?
oh and I still have 7 molly fries in there - which are just waiting to be taken to the store - so if any of the other fish caused the problem/killed the guppies why didn't they first go for the fries assuming that they would be the most vulnerable ones?
 
How old are they? Guppies have pretty short lifespans and they could just be dying off.
 
How old are they? Guppies have pretty short lifespans and they could just be dying off.

That's what I thought when the first one died but second time around is a bit suspicious.
I got them from the fish store about 6 weeks ago and I don't know how long the store had them - they were in a massive tank with various other type of guppies. I assume they couldn't have been in the store for too long - they normally try to turn the stock over fairly quickly aren't they.

I carefully checked the remaining 2 guppies and the fins are intact and seem active and healthy. If it was some disease surely it would affect other fish as well, wouldn't it?
 

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