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I read alot of the post by the people here about fish and alot of ttimes when fishes die they tell them to check the water's parameters. What does it actally mean?? I know it has to do with pH. What do I need to get to check my water parameters??
I think I have some problem with my water since my gubbies are dying and are attacking each other. None of my other fish in the same tank are dying except the guppies. My shrimp and neon, barb aint dying but my guppies. Why? Is it cuz of my water aint balance? or what.
PS 4 of my guppies died. 3 female and 1 male. firs 2 females and 1 male died. (these 3 r from the same shop) then i got 2 more female guppies (thats b4 the male died) and now a bigger female guppies is attacking the smaller one so I separted them with a net breeder. Of coz I put the weak one in there then like 5 hr s later the attacker died. It didnt get bite by any fish but part of the body turned black. Is it cuz of posioning??

2006-12-10 16:13:15 · 4 answers · asked by zleeeeepies 1 in Pets Fish

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Checking the tank parameters means checking several things:
-ammonia: should be 0
-nitrite: should be 0
-nitrate: should be less than 40ppm
-pH: varies by species, but a constant pH is more important than a correct pH
-GH/KH: hardness tests, depends on species
-salinity: for marine or brackish tanks

Guppies like a little salt in their water. To check your parameters, get a test kit from your fish store. If the ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate are too high do a partial water change (20-40% depending on how high the levels are). As for good tank maintenance, you should do a weekly 20% water change. Make sure you add dechlorinator when you add new water.

2006-12-10 17:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Carson 5 · 2 1

BUY A TEST KIT. THe most important thing is that it has a test for ammonia, a test for nitrite, a test for nitrate. Ph is important but not as threatening for the fish that you have in your tank. If you had discuss I would be a little more concerned about the Ph. The test kits have all the information you need. Do you understand the cycling of a tank? First the water is pure and clean, then the fish start to sh*it and piss in the water, also there is uneaten food, this creates ammonia, very quickly aerobic bacteria that eat ammonia are formed. However these ammonia eating bacteria produce wast called NITRITES, quickly another aerobic bacteria is formed that eat the NITRITE, these bacteria produce NITRATES, the only cost effective way to get rid of the nitrates is frequent water changes. They do sell a device that you can use that houses anaerobic bacteria that eat nitrates but its not worth it. You can also throw in a product called biospira, it is a little expensive but I love it. If the fish start to die off you can throw in some ammolock, but this will force you to start the cycling over again. DO NOT ADD MORE FISH until you test your water and you have NO ammonia, NO NITRITES and less than 50 Nitrates

2006-12-10 17:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by dicksee87015 1 · 2 0

Answer number 2 was the best. You can get a complete test kit at petsmart or walmart.

Do your water changes and vacuum the gravel.

Ive never seen guppies attack each other and I'm a breeder of them. Maybe they were really breeding?

If all of the other fish were already in the tank then maybe they were used to your water but when you added the guppies you water may have been to hard on them!

2006-12-11 00:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 0 0

tank parameters mean check everything like ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, temperature, etc,

2006-12-10 16:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by chico_d_888 1 · 2 0

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