cuticom
Fish Addict
What on earth is happening to my guppies?
So I bought 3 females 1 male on Wednesday, by friday one female had become lethargic, breathing very fats and then died. The male started harassing the other two way to much so went to the same store and bought three more guppy females. One died overnight, now another one just sank to the bottom of the tank. Its alive but only just, its upside down and makes small darts at things but otherwise is pretty much almost dead. I've separated it and treated with triple sulfa which is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Sigh, if it helps all the guppy females that have died were pregnant but had no gravid spot by the time I found them dead/close to death. The tank is 75l, houses one larger sailfin molly and the guppies. Nitrite and Ammonia are 0, Ph is 7. My Nitrate test is on the blink but I do 50% water changes every week. The tanks been cycled with the single sailfin molly for 3 months.
Could it just be that the shops guppies aren't healthy to begin with? I've read the guppies are pretty inbred, sigh I really wanted to get guppies but at $4 per female, my money is going to be going down the drain rather fast, guess I might just watch the last 3 females and hope they at least survive.
Emma
So I bought 3 females 1 male on Wednesday, by friday one female had become lethargic, breathing very fats and then died. The male started harassing the other two way to much so went to the same store and bought three more guppy females. One died overnight, now another one just sank to the bottom of the tank. Its alive but only just, its upside down and makes small darts at things but otherwise is pretty much almost dead. I've separated it and treated with triple sulfa which is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Sigh, if it helps all the guppy females that have died were pregnant but had no gravid spot by the time I found them dead/close to death. The tank is 75l, houses one larger sailfin molly and the guppies. Nitrite and Ammonia are 0, Ph is 7. My Nitrate test is on the blink but I do 50% water changes every week. The tanks been cycled with the single sailfin molly for 3 months.
Could it just be that the shops guppies aren't healthy to begin with? I've read the guppies are pretty inbred, sigh I really wanted to get guppies but at $4 per female, my money is going to be going down the drain rather fast, guess I might just watch the last 3 females and hope they at least survive.
Emma
or have you found another store that's good? There's only two places in the whole of our area I've ever bought fish from..
