What Does A Guppy Do When He Is About To Die Of Old Age?

[druxboyz]

I ask this because over the past 6 months, 2 of my guppies have passed away. Prior to their passing, i would see them the night before huddled under a plant leaf and very close to the ground. The next morning, it would be dead. Is that what they usually do when they die of old age?

 

[Morquinn]

How long have you had your guppies that passed away? I had my female guppy for 2 years and she passed away a few months back, she basically stopped eating like 2 days before she died, and than she would just stay at the bottom... than she died, it was sad.

 

[druxboyz]

i had one of them for about a year.. and the other about 3 months. I'll just assume i bought them as 'old men' guppies

 

[donna123]

hi,
sorry for your loss, mine also sit on the bottom and dont eat, ive had guppys that are well under a yr old die on me, because they just not strong fishes, .

 

[Morquinn]

I dont really know the particular age in which most petstores aquire their fish, but I always assumed it was when they were sexable, around 3-4 months of age.

 

[Rafael Dilone]

That is the same thing that happened to my male swordtails that past away last month I had him for almost a year and he did not want to eat for days. He always stood at the bottom of the tank calmly. Then a week later after not eating he died.