phillip_wellmanjr

will female guppies hurt other guppies?i bought 5 guppies 2 male and 3 females.a day later 1 male had its fins bitten and he dies same with the other male.now today 1 of the female guppies was at the top of the tank and i looked and her fins looked to be bitten and she dies.can anyone tell me whats going on.

Jonah

Hi and Welcome

Which tank are the guppys in and who do they share with, not the bass I hope?

Did the fins look ragged or were they disolving with a white edge to the missing bits?

phillip_wellmanjr

no there not in with the bass..it looked alittle of both.and there in the 20 gallon.i just dont know what to do my bass are in the 125 tank and there great but for some reason i cant keep the guppies aliv.ive prolly lost 100 bucks on fish now.what do u think ot could be

there 2 females left both are prgnant and the 1 is starting to show signs with her fins so i put her in a breeder box.but the other guppy is perfectly fine..thats also how the males died..there top fin was gone and couldnt swim any more.

mardaver

Sounds like fin-rot? Hard to tell without seeing them. I've not had much luck with guppies sold locally. They have always seemed to be very unhealthy and difficult to keep alive (no problems with my other fish!)
Are they quarantined?

phillip_wellmanjr

yes i just did but theres 1 female shes the biggest and shes just fine

Jonah

I am guessing, without seeing them, that you are buying fish from breeder (feeder) ponds and they are coming to you with Fin Rot, so you need to add a fungicide and then do daily PWC and with prime or StressCoat+ at every water change.

Funnily enuff seems to be a lot of threads from US Guppy owners with similar problem at the moment seems like if I was in the US just now I would not buy Guppys or Neons from any store and stick to reputable mailorder via Aquabid or similar

phillip_wellmanjr

but theres 1 female whos the biggest and shes just fine

Jonah

she just has more resistance than the others. If you have fin rot in the tank and the fish are stressed or weakend in any way they will all be affected eventually.