Whats wrong with my guppy

[Ace Rimmer]

I have 4 guppies in my 10 gallon tank, 3 seem fine and happy but one is usually either floating very close to the top or resting on the bottom, he seems to come good when food is on offer, none of the others seem to pick on him, the only other odd thing about him is the fact that he changes colour occasionally from silverish to black (only part of his body not the whole thing)

only other fish I have in the tank are 3 other guppies and two peppered cories

my ph is 8, ammonia is about 0 - 0.5, nitrite is 0.25, nitrate is 0

i got all four guppies about a week ago

my gf seems to think he doesn't like the light, possible he is scared and likes the dark to hide more???

please help him


if you need any more info, gimme a yell

 

[impur]

He is probably still adjusting to his new home. I find some fish take longer to acclimate to a new environment. One of my clown loaches took 2 weeks before it would come out of its cave. I never saw it, not even when it was feeding time. I would just watch it, keep an eye on water parameters and see if he comes around.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

yeah i'm hoping this is all it is

but i'm worried about him

 

[Ace Rimmer]

just rang my gf (the tank is at her house)

the poor little bugger kicked the bucket during the night

the other 3 are doing fine tho

 

[bigfish]

Sorry to hear that, maybe it was too much for him. Guppies are very fragile creatures a little difference in water and bang they get fin rot or dropsy etc. Due to alot of inbreeding i was told.

Do you have alot of hiding places in the tank?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

yeah there are hiding places

I think he wasn't very healthy from day one

poor bugger

 

[snotirl]

that happen to me before is the guppy getting fatter??

 

[Ace Rimmer]

nope didn't look fat or anything just not very active

 

[kevin007]

aw........ i just fel sorry for u

 

[guppieluver]

that happened to me a few days ago

 

[Ace Rimmer]

yeah I know I was following your thread

poor guppies

 

[Lipreader]

Three of my male guppies had acted that way. They were mostly at the bottom and I thought they were just resting. Next morning they died. Too much shock I guess.

Keep a close eye and hopefully he will come around and join the others.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

he already kicked the bucket

i said that earlier in the thread