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03-24-2008, 06:19 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio
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well since i have added a new male to my male guppy tank everything has gone wrong. i added this male and my fish acted normal for the first few days so i thought everything was fine. When i went to feed them i found a few of them with their color faded and then the next morning two were dead. they turned almost white and looked beat up but werent beat up so i dont know what it is. Now im almost out of it, i saved three from the illness whatever it is and now they eat fine and will peck on the ground but swim endlessly on the surface against the filter current.
please help me. I have no clue what it could be _________ Skiddoooo!! 
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03-25-2008, 11:35 AM
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| | Longfin Fairy Wrasse
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 44
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may have been just stress from adding a new fish, maybe it had something wrong with it....are they all ok now? _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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03-25-2008, 11:35 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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How big is the tank and how many guppies??(could it have been the fish that brock the camels back so to speak) have you checked the water paremiters ?(if so what are they)
When was the last water change( this will be linked to water quality)and do you have a airstone running? ( to many fishies and not enought oxegen maybee the reason they swimming on the surface) | |
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03-25-2008, 02:43 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio
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stress maybe yes but that long after and the tank is a ten gallon tank with yes an air stone. the PMs are good no ammonia no nitrite no nitrate ph is 7.0 and the temp is 78 to 79. the water was changed three days ago because of the death of fish and there were six male guppies and now there is only three left o with an old neon because this tank was a little schooling tank with 12 neons and he is like almost 2 years old!!! | |
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03-25-2008, 02:49 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Sounds like to me the "Alpha male" syndrome. Is that last male that you introduced bigger than all the rest? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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03-25-2008, 02:51 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio
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no no he was very small | |
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03-25-2008, 02:54 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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I agree with luna - i had a mystery in my freshwater tank where all my male guppies kept dieing, but all the other fish were unaffected. After consulting with my lfs about a possible strange illness that only kills male guppies - turned out, i didnt have enough females in the tank!! _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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03-25-2008, 03:00 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio
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really well i selective breed so i take one of them out every so often and put with four females but i have just seen them now scrape on the rocks for ich im thinking | |
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03-25-2008, 03:30 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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drop that copper in then - even if they dont have it, its a good precaution. I hear melafix is good for fresh water fish! | |
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03-26-2008, 02:36 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio
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well just got back from track today and they are perfect doing what they did before wow they went through a weird spell but not everything seems to be good but my pleco still has a few white spots but some went away. i hope everything is back to what it use to be
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