I feel so bad that my guppies keep dying...?

Question

One died yesterday - a female guppy. Today, this male guppy looks so depressed - it keeps hanging around the top position and barely swim unless I approach him. I'm running out of ideas as to how to take good care of my guppies. Partial water change didn't work....I changed the filter today. Used that vacuunm thing-o and barely suck up the dirt...
I shouldn't have bought them - maybe they would have lived longer and happier...seeing them dieing just makes me so depressed.

Answer 1

If your tank isn't cycled yet you need to do plenty of water changes.Did you use drops to remove the chlorine before putting in your fish and do you have a heater also what did you change in the filter was it just the cartridge because if there is something like a bio fibre or aerobic grid you should never change that just rinse it in some tank water if it gets really clogged but really it might not be anything you did sometimes a fish can be sick when you get it.

I have had trouble with the male guppies and have yet to get one to live although all my other fish do fine,don't get discouraged and give up on fish keeping because it is a very fun and rewarding hobby and sometimes stuff like that can just happen know matter how good a care you take of them.If you decide to get some more fish maybe try a different store from where you got the first ones.

Answer 2

Don't feel bad guppies are fish that can either live for years or sometimes and most likely they die from stress while aclimatizing to the water. Guppies with ther long tails areone to infections and stress. What kind of filter are you using? I suggest using a bio wheel filter because they work the best. I would also consider adding a bubbler and maybe a heater to raise the temp a few degrees above room temp. Make sure you have high quality food, do not oven feed to partial water cahnges once a month, use liquid bio additives and water conditioners. You have also not mentioned the size of your tank. For two guppies I would suggest a 5 gallon tank. If you have a softner I suggest taking it out because guppies prefer hard water. How often are you doing these partial water changes? Unessasary water changes add stress to your guppies When get your new fish place the bag floating in the aquarium for 20 minutes. Then open the bag and add equal parts water to the bag and leave the bag floating for another 20 mintues. Finally turn the bag on it's side and let the guppy swim out. For your male guppy he is probably wondering where the female went. Try my tips and I hope all goes well for you and your guppies!

Answer 3

No fish can stay in a million gallon of water identification purchase a much bigger tank and why could you employ a bucket thats quiet stupid for the reason which you may purchase a tank tremendously low priced these days. I breed guppies aswell and that i breed them in a ninety gallon tank with discus then i pass them right into a breeding internet. And guppies are tropical fish meaning they want a heater you by no skill pronounced something a pair of heater

Answer 4

My guess is that your tank isn't cycled yet
Check your ammonia and nitrite levels, they are suppose to be at "0" that means that your tank is cycled
Here is some info on how to do that
http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php

Also if you keep females and male together you have to get 2-3 females to 1 male, otherwise the male will chase your female to death

Also when you buy new fish, you have to float the bag for at least 30 min that they can acclimate to the new temperature, then you can release them into the tank


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 5

Gosh...I can't stop my guppies from breeding!
I have had them for almost 3 months. I have the water temp set at about 28 degrees (C)....I am sorry to say I have NEVER changed the water in the tank, but I do regularly check and adjust the Ph....and add StressZyme weekly.

I have had not much luck with any other type of fish, the guppies seem to thrive on neglect....

I DID read somehwere that you should be extremely careful not to overfeed them...I feed mine (I have about 12 in various stages of growth...) just a small pinch of fish food once a day..
and probably every 3rd day I dont feed them.

Sorry...I'm no expert..but my lack of expertise seems to be working!

Answer 6

years ago we bred guppies and this year got another tank ..anyway we have the same prob..our guppies kept dying but the other fish thrived and are going strong so we have given up on guppies

Answer 7

my mate had the exact problem wit her guppies kept dying..... she bought few more an then died the next day an she also changed the water.... so she jus gave up in the end.... coz she dint know wot to do. she fed em but i fink she killed em by puttin to much in the tank