I'll start off with the very beginning.
I had to buy 4 guppy fish, two males and two females along with two mystery snails for an ecosystem that we were making in a jar along with an aquatic plant. We closed the pickle jar on top with a lid, and left it like that for two weeks, noting down the observations. All of the fish and snails were alive after the two weeks, and everything was OK. We never fed them during that time since the jar was closed for two weeks, but I'd imagine they fed off the aquatic plant.
After the two weeks, we unassembled the ecosystem, taking out the snails and the fish, along with the plant. I brought a pickle jar to school to transport the 4 guppies home, along with one other guppy from another person and a zebra danio, leaving the snails at school to the teacher because they reproduce too quickly.
I came home on Friday afternoon. The fish survived the ride. Since I didn't have an aquarium at that time, I took out a large vase and I put in conditioned water by Big Al's Water Conditioner. I also put in an automatic heater that heated the water to around 24 degrees Celsius. Then, I inserted the fish along with the plant.
We thought about getting a large aquarium because we love pet fish here, so we headed out to the store the next day, Saturday, and bought a large 29 Gallon aquarium starter kit from Tetra with a Whisper filter and some other stuff, along with gravel and decorations.
That day, we brought home some fish food for Tropical Fish that came with Tetra's starter kit, and I fed the fish a pinch of the food. They all ate the flakes, leaving a bit of flakes down on the plant. Then Sunday came, the next day, and I fed the fish once more, like I was planning to once a day. We were still setting up the stand and aquarium since we were quite busy with other stuff that day.
The next day, on Monday, I went to school in the morning. I didn't really pay attention to the fish in the vase, since I was in a rush.
When I came back home, I stared at the vase, and I saw two guppies just on the plant, and one zebra danio lying upside down at the waterline at the top. I checked to see if their mouths were moving, and they werent. The three other fish were still alive.
I started to transport the fish to a small pot with the water from the vase, and throwing the dead fish down the toilet. I changed around 70% of the old water with newly conditioned water. I put in the three remaining Guppies and now they're in there. They seem all right, for now.
The only thing im worrying about is, there is one Male Guppy who just swims upward, then floats to the bottom, then swims upwards, then to the bottom, etc. I read that it may be some bladder problem of overfeeding, even though I only fed once a day.
I'd like to know why my fish died, and why my fish is swimming upwards then floats downwards.
I had to buy 4 guppy fish, two males and two females along with two mystery snails for an ecosystem that we were making in a jar along with an aquatic plant. We closed the pickle jar on top with a lid, and left it like that for two weeks, noting down the observations. All of the fish and snails were alive after the two weeks, and everything was OK. We never fed them during that time since the jar was closed for two weeks, but I'd imagine they fed off the aquatic plant.
After the two weeks, we unassembled the ecosystem, taking out the snails and the fish, along with the plant. I brought a pickle jar to school to transport the 4 guppies home, along with one other guppy from another person and a zebra danio, leaving the snails at school to the teacher because they reproduce too quickly.
I came home on Friday afternoon. The fish survived the ride. Since I didn't have an aquarium at that time, I took out a large vase and I put in conditioned water by Big Al's Water Conditioner. I also put in an automatic heater that heated the water to around 24 degrees Celsius. Then, I inserted the fish along with the plant.
We thought about getting a large aquarium because we love pet fish here, so we headed out to the store the next day, Saturday, and bought a large 29 Gallon aquarium starter kit from Tetra with a Whisper filter and some other stuff, along with gravel and decorations.
That day, we brought home some fish food for Tropical Fish that came with Tetra's starter kit, and I fed the fish a pinch of the food. They all ate the flakes, leaving a bit of flakes down on the plant. Then Sunday came, the next day, and I fed the fish once more, like I was planning to once a day. We were still setting up the stand and aquarium since we were quite busy with other stuff that day.
The next day, on Monday, I went to school in the morning. I didn't really pay attention to the fish in the vase, since I was in a rush.
When I came back home, I stared at the vase, and I saw two guppies just on the plant, and one zebra danio lying upside down at the waterline at the top. I checked to see if their mouths were moving, and they werent. The three other fish were still alive.
I started to transport the fish to a small pot with the water from the vase, and throwing the dead fish down the toilet. I changed around 70% of the old water with newly conditioned water. I put in the three remaining Guppies and now they're in there. They seem all right, for now.
The only thing im worrying about is, there is one Male Guppy who just swims upward, then floats to the bottom, then swims upwards, then to the bottom, etc. I read that it may be some bladder problem of overfeeding, even though I only fed once a day.
I'd like to know why my fish died, and why my fish is swimming upwards then floats downwards.
