Help My Guppies Are Dying

[veeja111]

amonia is between 2.0 and 4.0

 

[MegaZerino]

amonia is between 2.0 and 4.0

it should be zero, you need more filtration or more cleaning and water changes

 

[gregswimm]

I say stop doing water changes and let your tank normalize

 

[Cazgar]

Your ammonia levels are way too high, you need to be doing large water changes to get it down to below .25

 

[fish48]

that’s very good advice gregswimm

 

[fish48]

Your ammonia levels are way too high, you need to be doing large water changes to get it down to below .25

you need to get high ammonia levels down slowly and not to fast to much and to many water changes = more stress on fish

 

[Cazgar]

From all the advice I've ever seen here, water changes need to be done to get the ammonia level down
Ammonia at 2-4 is going to kill the fish if water changes aren't done to get it down

 

[Fishy friend2]

okay, the advice on this thread seems to be differential by person, and I have to agree with both sides to some extent as too many water changes of too much can have a small impact on the cycle while when doing no water changes when there are is a substantially large amount of build up in toxins it can potentially harm the fish as we are seeing right now with 2 dead fish that are usually very hardy and can withstand a high amount of harmful toxins that some fish may have trouble handling


First we need to find the cause of the problem to prevent it from happening again, some causes could be- the dead fish releasing toxins into the water, under filtering, tap water contains large amounts of ammonia, too many fish, decaying matter, the cycle has been ruined... well the possibilities are endless but the most reasonable ones are most likely what I listed above.
Now we need to keep this problem at bay and take to ammonia down to atleast .25 ppm. and to do this i would add seachem prime, change the water daily and add java moss, and hornwort.

 

[fish48]

yes water changes need to be done you need to get high ammonia levels down slowly and not to fast, over time those fish have slowly adapted ammonia levels so need to come down slowly and not to fast, to fast to much and to many water changes can also kill the fish,

 

[Fishy friend2]

I dont think a fast change in ammonia will harm the fish in any given way. honestly, Its been done all the time and the fish have been fine. my advice for water changes would be 1 50%, then test water. and gradually bring it down as a high ammonia is an indicator of not enough water changes so the water most likely has a huge difference beetween hardness and PH of the tap and that of the tank

 

[veeja111]

ok one says do more water changes, I did another 1/3 change before the amonia reading. one says stop water changes, who do I go with help

 

[veeja111]

Fishy where do I get the items you reccommend ty

 

[phocoena]

Ammonia is toxic in tiny quantities.

Your filter will still cycle if you change the water frequently as there will still be trace amounts of ammonia in the water.

 

[Fishy friend2]

it is easily found in most fish stores

 

[fish48]

of course a fast change in ammonia can harm the fish honestly