Help? Guppy, platy, or molly?

[FishNturt808]

My lil guy/gal Sherman isn’t doing so hot in my shrimp tank. He came no bigger than my pinky nail as a stowaway in a bag of shrimp so I have no idea what kind of fish he is. I want to put him in a tank with water that suits him. As he is obviously not flourishing in the water he is in now.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

My lil guy/gal Sherman isn’t doing so hot in my shrimp tank. He came no bigger than my pinky nail as a stowaway in a bag of shrimp so I have no idea what kind of fish he is. I want to put him in a tank with water that suits him. As he is obviously not flourishing in the water he is in now. View attachment 154691

Looks like a guppy that needs to eat more.

 

[foxgirl158]

I agree, looks like an undernourished guppy.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

@FishNturt808 You're gonna want to feed the guppy plenty of flakes and ideally frozen foods like bloodworms, daphnia etc.

 

[FishNturt808]

It eats. Do guppies need hard water? Cause the tank he is in is on the softer side. Did the tests this morning to confirm, I’m out running errands so I don’t have the results on me, but kh took 1-2 drops to change, gh took 8. If I remember right that’s 143.9ppm gh and like 17ppm kh

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

It eats. Do guppies need hard water? Cause the tank he is in is on the softer side. Did the tests this morning to confirm, I’m out running errands so I don’t have the results on me, but kh took 1-2 drops to change, gh took 8. If I remember right that’s 143.9ppm gh and like 17ppm kh

Yes, hard water.

 

[FishNturt808]

Yes, hard water.

Yeah I think that’s the main issue here. Unfortunately it grew up in the water it’s in so I thought it would be ok. But it seems time and exposure has worn the lil guy down. I’m gonna set up a hard water tank and hope for the best.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Yeah I think that’s the main issue here. Unfortunately it grew up in the water it’s in so I thought it would be ok. But it seems time and exposure has worn the lil guy down. I’m gonna set up a hard water tank and hope for the best.

Get it some tank mates too.

 

[emeraldking]

It's a skinny female guppy. If she's raised in soft water, you don't have to increase the hardness. Then she's used to these circumstances. But she does need a good nourishment for sure. I don't know if she's always been like this. Otherwise, worms could also explain why she's so skinny.