Guppies

[cliffydoggy]

I have guppies at home and sometimes they get pregnant, i never knwo what to do, but eventually, it dies and the eggs, i don't know hwat happens to them. Anyways, my grandma said that you have to put it in a different bowl, is that true? Anyways, i really need this answer so it won't die!

One more thing, my fish tank is really dirty and i do have a filter, anybody know why/>

THANKS!!
CLIFF

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Ok, welcome to the forum , where to start-
a. Guppys are livebearers, which mean they give birth to live fry(baby fish) rather than lay eggs which thenget fertilised. Guppys are not bowl fish though at all, guppys can die while trying to give birth but the enviroment in which the female is trying to give birth in plays alot in her survival.
b. Some basic info explanation on the way a tropical fish tank should work- fish pee and poop ammonia, but ammonia is lethal to fish, without anything to remove ammonia from the tank fish die. This is where your filter comes in, inside your filter sponge grows a type of good bacteria that breaks down ammonia into nitrites and then into nitrates, it basically gets rid of your ammonia but it also needs a constant source of ammonia to survive, without the benficial bacteria it your fish's health/lives is pretty doomed.
This is where dechlorinator comes in and your fish- dechlorinator removes things like chlorine and other harmful chemicals from tap water that would otherwise kill your benefcial bacteria, every truely healthy aquarium needs dechlorinater as it has many benefits(and there are many brands of it)- all water that goes in the tank must be dechlorinated, never wash the filter sponge out in plain tap water either(just clean it in water from water changes) or clean it out more than once every 10days as this will kill off your bacteria as well.
As long as you clean the substrate and do a 25% water change with dechlorinator once a week your tank will be fine- if you overstock your tank or overfeed your fish though you will get problems.

How many gallons is your tank and what and how many fish does it have in it?

 

[cliffydoggy]

I have over 30 fish, i think it's 40 gallons..(or 25, i don't remember, ha ha ha...gosh, i do'nt know how to calculate it!!! ARGHHHHHHH, legnth is 60cm, height is 25 cm and width is 35 cm (no sorry, i do'nt know the US measures!!!)

Anyways~~~ I have this really sick fish inside, he look sad!!
LOL

anwyays, telll mee!!1

 

[dwarfgourami]

I have over 30 fish, i think it's 40 gallons..(or 25, i don't remember, ha ha ha...gosh, i do'nt know how to calculate it!!! ARGHHHHHHH, legnth is 60cm, height is 25 cm and width is 35 cm (no sorry, i do'nt know the US measures!!!)

Anyways~~~ I have this really sick fish inside, he look sad!!
LOL

anwyays, telll mee!!1

This sounds like a 15 gallon tank (or 12 UK gallons). Overstocked. No doubt your guppies are miscarrying because of stress due to overcrowding. You do not have to move a pregnant female guppy- but you do have to ensure she is comfortable where she is. This includes plenty of space, and some plants to hide in.

As for the tank being dirty- well, that comes with overstocking for a start. And how often do you do water changes?

 

[cliffydoggy]

we started by changin everyday but eventually, we stopped at 25%/day.

I do'n tthink it's only 15 gallons, i think it's more like 30...no way it's 15....i'm sure about that

do you have pictures you can post so i can tell cuz i have no idea, lol...

anyways, but it always ends up dying before the eggs are released from the female.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

we started by changin everyday but eventually, we stopped at 25%/day.

I do'n tthink it's only 15 gallons, i think it's more like 30...no way it's 15....i'm sure about that

do you have pictures you can post so i can tell cuz i have no idea, lol...

anyways, but it always ends up dying before the eggs are released from the female.

I just told you that guppys don't lay eggs! Geez...Anyways, im no good myself at calculating gallons but wether its 15gals(which would be incredibly overstocked) or 40gals(most likely overstocked) you are not in a good situation and need to make some changes.
What exactly do you have in your tank in the way of fish or other aquarium creatures and how many?

 

[tidytourniquet]

If the measurements you gave are correct then yes it is 15 us gallons

 

[cliffydoggy]

ohh, actually, i just checked, i think it's 25 gallons, maybe i measured it wrong, but i remember there was the numbers 25 on my box
anyways, thanks for the help.