Itsmekaybee
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I'm looking for advice please.
1. How can I help my guppy that seems unwell?
2. What's a good fish to live in a guppy community to eat fry but live peacefully with guppies?
Details:
My female guppy has been stressed since giving birth. She was a bright red beforehand and now she's fading and has lost most colour on her tail. She was glass surfing and hiding, barely eating for a bit and we put it down to the babies crowding the tank (10 gallon/40L Aquaponic tank). Babies left and she didn't improve.
She hides in a corner, tries to bury herself in the pebbles, has a gaping mouth (barely closes it, not sure she can) and drags her mouth along the glass.
I've given her mashed peas, bloodworms, guppy pellets, bug flakes, she eats flakes occasionally and that's it. We have had her about 6 months.
I put her in a breeding separator for a little bit to see if she'd get relief being away from the boys, but it clearly made her unhappy.
Temperature 25-27 celsius
pH steady at 7.4-7.6
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 40ppm
20% weekly water change with substrate vacuum, refill with water at the exact temperature of the tank with a teaspoon of stress coat (per instructions on bottle)
Aquaponic pump / plant filter and water filter in place, live plants (mossy plant died but some dragon plant left). Plenty of hidey holes, daylight during the day and dark sleeping conditions.
4 X female, 2 X male guppies, 1 X tetra (who thinks he is a guppy) and about 15 new new fry. Just waiting for them to get a bit bigger so we can move them on. I'm planning to get a couple of fry eaters to control the population, as they are typical guppies!
We had 2 x Otos die a few months ago due to low pH, but the guppies all were fine, a tetra died after a water change, and again the guppies were fine... I think its post birth stress, but I don't know how to help her. She's hiding behind the rock bridge and pump in the pic below:
1. How can I help my guppy that seems unwell?
2. What's a good fish to live in a guppy community to eat fry but live peacefully with guppies?
Details:
My female guppy has been stressed since giving birth. She was a bright red beforehand and now she's fading and has lost most colour on her tail. She was glass surfing and hiding, barely eating for a bit and we put it down to the babies crowding the tank (10 gallon/40L Aquaponic tank). Babies left and she didn't improve.
She hides in a corner, tries to bury herself in the pebbles, has a gaping mouth (barely closes it, not sure she can) and drags her mouth along the glass.
I've given her mashed peas, bloodworms, guppy pellets, bug flakes, she eats flakes occasionally and that's it. We have had her about 6 months.
I put her in a breeding separator for a little bit to see if she'd get relief being away from the boys, but it clearly made her unhappy.
Temperature 25-27 celsius
pH steady at 7.4-7.6
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 40ppm
20% weekly water change with substrate vacuum, refill with water at the exact temperature of the tank with a teaspoon of stress coat (per instructions on bottle)
Aquaponic pump / plant filter and water filter in place, live plants (mossy plant died but some dragon plant left). Plenty of hidey holes, daylight during the day and dark sleeping conditions.
4 X female, 2 X male guppies, 1 X tetra (who thinks he is a guppy) and about 15 new new fry. Just waiting for them to get a bit bigger so we can move them on. I'm planning to get a couple of fry eaters to control the population, as they are typical guppies!
We had 2 x Otos die a few months ago due to low pH, but the guppies all were fine, a tetra died after a water change, and again the guppies were fine... I think its post birth stress, but I don't know how to help her. She's hiding behind the rock bridge and pump in the pic below: