guppies are dying?

Question

i lose a guppy male and female at the rate of 1every 2 weeks i do 25% water changes and check the water temp. nitrates and nitrites and everything seems to be OK is losing guppies at this rate normal? what can i do ? what do you recommend?

about every 2 weeks i lose a guppy male and femalesometimes 2. i do 25%water changes everyweek .test the water for nitraits and nitrites water tests ok tempiture is about 78 degrees.is this normal?what can i do?HELP

Answer 1

Something that cut down on my guppy losses when I bred them - do you use aquarium salt in the tank? Try a low amount -1 tsp per 5 gallons. I found this on a breeders website and I've rarely lost any since I've used the practice. It's especially good when adding new fish, and you can decide whether you want to continue this, or gradually reduce to 0.

It seems like everything else that you're measuring, and with the water changes, you should be fine. Do you know your pH? You could check that just to be sure you aren't at an extreme of the range.

Are these presenting any other symptoms (especially curvature of the spine)?

Answer 2

Well that's certainly not normal. If everything seems normal in your tank I would suggest you try a different supplier for your fish. Maybe that store simply has bad guppies coming in. If possible buy from a shop that gets it's guppies from a local breeder or look for a fish club in your area that might have a member breeding guppies and selling them.

MM

Answer 3

It could be a piece of driftwood, spawning mop, shell, ANYTHING that has not been bleached or boiled before entering the tank. You might even be overfeeding your fish which poisions the water. If this is the case, one or two things could be happening.....
1# - You are feeding your fish too much food, thus leaving uneaten food in the tank, thus poluting the water, thus killing fish.
2# - You are feeding your fish too much food, thus the fish will eat until they explode (literly), thus being too heavy to swim, thus dyeing, or, thus making them sick and you fail to notice their plead, thus dyeing.

OR

You could look at it this way..

You are getting rid of the weaker fish, thus keeping stronger, healthier fish, which gives you MUCH BETTER breeding pairs (if you are a breeder, but Im guessing you aren't...no offence)!
I keep all my many tanks at 78 degreese so you should be ok there...
Hope this helps!
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Answer 4

I should win the best answer for this one dangit. Take a sample of your water to the pet store, they will test it for you and tell you exactly what you need. You can stop reading these know it all answers now:)

Answer 5

are you using straight tap water? this could be a prob. tap water has chemicals in it like chlorine. you need to get something like aquasafe to get rid of tap water chemicals.

you should check ammonia levels too.