It's happening again...

[Danny Boy]

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I have another Guppy (oddly this time the largest) who is being harassed by his other two male guppy tank mates, and he's now stopped eating.

Last time this happened a few days ago, I lost the fish concerned extremely quickly.

Everything else in the tank is happy as Larry...

pH 8 temp 25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 Ammonia 0

Help!

I should add...he has a LARGE chunk of his tail fin missing.

 

[scuba_jez]

how many female guppies do you have in there?

 

[GSD]

sounds like he is being bullies.Guppies need to be in a ratio of 1 male to every 2 females or they will become agressive towards eachother

seperate him in a small tank.Add some meilafix and stress coat

 

[Danny Boy]

I think I've learned this the hard way...

All three of my guppies are males. )

His tail has been totally shredded now...but I have nowhere to put him!

 

[xxSarahxx]

Where is Tamworth? If I close enough I can pick him up and place him one of my numerous medication/hospital/isolation tanks.
You need to get about six females...five minimum.

 

[Danny Boy]

We're a fair way apart Sarah, I'm up in the Midlands.



Thanks for the offer though.

 

[xxSarahxx]

Was worth a try! Sorry can't help more. It would probably do him good to get out of there. YOu could use a sterilised ice-cream tub if necessary. Ensure there is good air access and keep the temperature up using a non-flourescent spot light (like a desk light with a 60W bulb in works well). Make sure it doesn't get too hot though!
I'm not sure what else to suggest. Unless you can go to your LFS and buy a breeding tank/net that sits in the main tank as this will keep him separated from the others. The sooner you separate him the better.

 

[Danny Boy]

In the interests of keeping the fish in question alive, I removed two of the male guppies, and replaced them with 1 female. My intention had been to add two, but my LFS only had one.

I've also, under advice from here, increased the size of my neon shoal from 4 to 6.