Mindflux Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 So my wife and I got a couple of little guppies at the store on Saturday for my daughters FW tank. These were the 5th and 6th fish to enter the tank. Last night one of them (Lothar) was hovering near where the HOB filter drops water back into the tank. It made me suspicious, but .. I'm no fish doctor. This morning I found him sunk and dead in the tank. The other fish all seem fine and doing their normal activities and all my water parameters (according to Petco) are spot on. No ammonia, no elevated nitrate or nitrite. I thought maybe he was having O2 problems since he was hovering right where the water would aerate for the tank, but he didn't look like he was gasping for air or anything. Are guppies hard to care for or did I just end up unlucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzobob Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Likely just bad luck. What was his behavior like in the store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I agree, it does sound like bum luck. Cause guppies are the apistia of the freshwater world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Guppies acted normal in store and even in my tank until last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 deifnatly add a bubble stone! it couldnt hurt! but petco and petmart fish arent the best! but if you give it a couple weeks you should have at least 20+ baby fry! and youll forget all about your loss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Other guppy showing same symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 do you have a bubble stone? and take some and dump in some stability from seachem if your looking to nsave your live stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 deifnatly add a bubble stone! it couldnt hurt! but petco and petmart fish arent the best! but if you give it a couple weeks you should have at least 20+ baby fry! and youll forget all about your loss! Yeah I know they aren't the best but they're close to me where other LFS aren't. My Mollies and Danios from Petco are getting along just fine, darn guppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Now my month old zebra danio was found in the intake tube to my HOB filter R.I.P "Stripey".. that's 3 fish in 2 days now if you count the other guppy I returned after it started acting funny (like it was going to die) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 do you have a bubble stone? and take some and dump in some stability from seachem if your looking to nsave your live stock No bubble stone, this is a FW tank so there's no LR either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I had a similar problem with my planted tank a few weeks ago. I had some REALLY nice (and expensive) show guppies and added some nice blue females from Aquatek and the ones from aquatek had something that wiped out all my guppies but my otto was completely fine. It must have been some kind of species specific virus or pathogenic bacteria. Best bet is to try adding some aquarium antibiotics or just emptying the tank and cooking everything and starting over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mel in Elgin Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Not sure about the danio, but guppies are just not the healthiest fish around IMHO...Until I started my saltwater tank I always had freshwater...i could keep anything alive and thriving...except the dang guppies. They would be fine for a while then one by one they would just die... Don't give up on fish....just maybe the guppy Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We have guppies if you are looking for more... been raised at our house not from a store 1.00 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorflower Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 You can try adding some aquarium salt, but without any symptoms aside from lethargy, it will be difficult to diagnose what the problem is. It could be bacterial, parasitic or viral (probably one of the first two, and if it's viral then there's pretty much nothing that can be done). Salt can help in the first two cases because it alters the osmotic pressure and makes life harder on bacteria and pathogens. Can't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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