Male Guppies

[glyndawn]

ive just put 7 male guppies in my tank yesterday


the thing is 6 off them are swimming around but seem to be chasing each other

1 off them seem to rub itself across the gravel

and 1 seems to just stay at the top of the tank in the corner is this normal

i treated the tank last night with white spot treatment

 

[razer121]

can i just ask, have you cycled the tank? have you any way of testing the water? and, are you sure there all males?? (all have pointed dorsal fins)

 

[glyndawn]

hi yes i had the water checked yesterday by the fish store which they say it is fine


what do u mean by (all have pointed dorsal fins)

 

[mattlee]

how long has the tank been running for?

 

[glyndawn]

3 weeks

 

[razer121]

your tank is not cycled......lfs would say your water is fine, they want you to keep going back lol, go have a look at the "fish in" cycling option,

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/

or take your fish back and do a fishless cycle, up to you

""edit""

its an idea to get a api master test kit so you can test the water yourself aswell....

 

[OldMan47]

If you have fish showing distress, your best bet is a large partial water change. Unless you have your own test kit, you will not be able to monitor the water well enough to do a fish-in cycle. The LFS may have been right that without the fish load the water was fine. Today you are seeing a fish showing signs of irritation so it is time to test again. That is when the kit comes in handy.

 

[glyndawn]

just checked my water

ph is 7
nitrite is 0mgl
nitrate is 5.0 mgl
ammonia is 0.50


does that look ok

 

[glyndawn]

does this look ok as i dont wanna loose any

 

[yasinullah]

does this look ok as i dont wanna loose any

its good that the nitrite levels are at 0, but ammonia should also be at 0, as ammonia is harmful to fish, so a partial water change to bring it down would be recommended. Have a look at the link razer121 has posted to read up on cycling.

 

[drobbyb]

just checked my water

ph is 7
nitrite is 0mgl
nitrate is 5.0 mgl
ammonia is 0.50


does that look ok

This is bad. you need to stay below .25 and large daily waterchanges are needed asap.

 

[OldMan47]

A large water change, about 50%, is in order with an ammonia reading near 0.5 ppm.

 

[razer121]

what they all said good luck with it mate, let us know how you get on and get that water change asap!

 

[stinkerbell]

ive just put 7 male guppies in my tank yesterday


the thing is 6 off them are swimming around but seem to be chasing each other

1 off them seem to rub itself across the gravel

and 1 seems to just stay at the top of the tank in the corner is this normal

i treated the tank last night with white spot treatment

 

[glyndawn]

i have a 95 ltr tank how much should i change

and will this drop the ammoniastraight away ?