MinxMermaid

Not sure what's going on with my guppy tank.

First my beloved Picasso died a couple of weeks ago, then another one a couple of days ago, then another one today

i checked the water,
nitrates 10
nitrite 0
hardness hard 150
chlorine 0
alkalinity ideal at 120
PH neutral at 7.2

water temp good, heated tank, tropical range.

the two remaining look good, although one looks a little chubby, the cory cat in there looks good too.

no observed aggressions.


now i know i said i wanted to convert this tank to betta tank someday, but i didn't want my guppies to die off so soon

any thoughts?

Steen16

Any exteria damage? Inflamed gills?
Was there any symptoms?

MinxMermaid

nope, from the exterior they look normal

sirdarksol

Nothing there suggests why they're dying. Any possibility that something got spilled in the tank? Too much food or soap or something?

Shawnie

even tho we are on opposite sides of the world, im wondering if theres a bad batch somewhere? would ca get the same batch as nh?..I lost 8 in the last few weeks...water is great, no agression or snackers in there either..hmmm very weird..

Lucy

Dino mentioned something about guppys in the stores having problems.....I can't remember exactly what he said or what thread it was in.

MinxMermaid

No, no soap, and no, these i don't have a problem with over feeding cuz my little guppy food is in a nice shaker and it only shakes out a little at a time.

i will admit that sometimes i overfeed the fishies on flake food cuz its hard for me to judge when the new flakes are big and i gotta break em down.
i get in trouble for this about once a week
but not with the guppies or the bettas.

MinxMermaid

we've had these guppies about 5 months

only 2 left

helen38

does seem odd cos the last 4 days ive lost 3 of my guppies for no apparant reason

MinxMermaid

WOW, that's very strange!!!

now the temperature has cooled down quite a bit in the last few days, but their tank is heated and temp is consistant.

laur.laur.234

Idk but I hope your tank get's better.