Two Male Guppies

[JonesyJ666]

I have two male guppies that are not swimming right. instead of swimming horizontal like all fish. they are now swimming at  10 and4 ( look at a clock and u will see what i mean) one of the males now just sit permanently on the floor of the tank, moves now and then eats off the floor. 
 
Whats going on?

 

[TallTree01]

What are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, temperature, ph, tank size, tank mates?

 

[JonesyJ666]

love that question, only guppies and mollies and all the level are with in the ranges for them.

 

[TallTree01]

What are the specific numbers though?

 

[JonesyJ666]

why do i need to post that is they are with in the normal tolerances? noobie here

 

[TallTree01]

why do i need to post that is they are with in the normal tolerances? noobie here

Cos as specified by you, you are a noobie and we will not be able to help you if we don't know the exact numbers. Do you have a test kit? I get not having one of those but forgetting how big your tank is? Unheard of .

 

[JonesyJ666]

its a 3ft tank and the test kit says
 
no3: 25mg/l
no2: 2mg/l
gh: this is abit high14d
kh: 6d
ph: 7.2
cl2: 0

 

[TallTree01]

No2 is nitrite and it should be reading at 0. What are your ammonia readings?

 

[JonesyJ666]

in between 0 and 0.5 mg/l

 

[TallTree01]

Do a couple of water changes and watch for any improvement. I've read somewhere that some fish lean towards light? Not sure if guppies do this though.

 

[JonesyJ666]

their heads are at 10 and thier tails at 4, i have just recently cleaned my external filter

 

[Blondielovesfish]

How did you clean it?
How many litres/US gallons is the tank?

 

[JonesyJ666]

Its a 3ft by 1ft x 1ft tank and cleaned it using water from the tank like u do

 

[Blondielovesfish]

So it's around 81 litres/21 US gallons?
 
Hmmm, I'm not sure what to suggest sorry.
 
Hopefully someone will come along and be able to help

 

[JonesyJ666]

One is sticking to the bottom.of the tank only