SlenderSilver
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Hi all, in my 54 litre tank I currently have 6 zebra danios, 3 amano shrimps and 4 guppies (three of which are babies - around 3 months old) and the tank has been cycled for around 10 months now. The readings from the tank are: 0.25 ammonia (can never get it below this), 0 nitrite and around 30ppm of nitrate. Ph is 7.2 and temp is 24 degrees celsius. The JBL O2 test kit shows that the oxygen levels are fantastic.
My problem is that the baby guppies are always at the surface of the water (their fins are moving rapidly but they aren't moving anywhere) and when they aren't at the surface they are at the bottom of the tank. They don't gasp for air at all and they don't eat when they're at either the top or the bottom of the tank.
I did previously have a problem with ich which affected the male guppy I once had (he developed a huge amount of white spots) but unfortunately he had to be removed. I raised the temperature of the tank to around 30 degrees celsius for a week which seemed to stop the ich from infecting the other fish and none of the others displayed symptoms.
If anyone could assist me with this then I'd be very grateful.
My problem is that the baby guppies are always at the surface of the water (their fins are moving rapidly but they aren't moving anywhere) and when they aren't at the surface they are at the bottom of the tank. They don't gasp for air at all and they don't eat when they're at either the top or the bottom of the tank.
I did previously have a problem with ich which affected the male guppy I once had (he developed a huge amount of white spots) but unfortunately he had to be removed. I raised the temperature of the tank to around 30 degrees celsius for a week which seemed to stop the ich from infecting the other fish and none of the others displayed symptoms.
If anyone could assist me with this then I'd be very grateful.