ahhh guppy is acting weird.
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It could be ammonia poisoning which does cause reddening of the gills, and makes the fish gasp for air.
Try doing an immediate 50% water change, make sure your filter is agitating the surface of the water, and if you have one, add a bubblestone.
Also, get an API testng kit asap. It is an essential part of kit if you are keeping fish.
Try doing an immediate 50% water change, make sure your filter is agitating the surface of the water, and if you have one, add a bubblestone.
Also, get an API testng kit asap. It is an essential part of kit if you are keeping fish.
One of my pregnant(bought her pregnant) guppies just died randomly. that makes 2 today.
:rant2: :rant2: :rant2:
Im pretty angry right now both at myself and the false information given to me by my dad.
I knew about all of the fish tanks he had in his past and assumed this meant he knew what he was talking about.
Well we all know what assuming does.
I didint let the tank cycle like i was told by MANY experienced people on here and followed the instructions given to me by someone who obviously doesnt have a clue.
I asked him about the nitrogen cycle and he claimed to know about it.
I asked if i should trigger it by adding food to the tank to slowly build up ammonia and then test the tank with a test kit.. he said that was definitely not needed, and that they are really easy to care for.
Im furious.:angryfire::angryfire: Oh and to make matters worse when i told him about it he said i "play with the tank too much"
Yea... by playing with the tank i guess he meant doing a water change after fish died?!?
Then i said"well i think i added fish too soon" and he still says i didint add fish too soon.
I told him and my brother NOT to get me fish for my bday that i wanted to get them and pick them out sure enough they walked in on DEC 6th with a bag of 8 male guppies and some bulbs and etc they bought them all from WALMART ... i wouldve atleast gotten them from Petco... not walmart.:headshake2: And i wanted to cycle the tank...
My next step is obviously to buy that test kit.
Any other suggestions?
:rant2: :rant2: :rant2:
Im pretty angry right now both at myself and the false information given to me by my dad.
I knew about all of the fish tanks he had in his past and assumed this meant he knew what he was talking about.
Well we all know what assuming does.
I didint let the tank cycle like i was told by MANY experienced people on here and followed the instructions given to me by someone who obviously doesnt have a clue.
I asked him about the nitrogen cycle and he claimed to know about it.
I asked if i should trigger it by adding food to the tank to slowly build up ammonia and then test the tank with a test kit.. he said that was definitely not needed, and that they are really easy to care for.
Im furious.:angryfire::angryfire: Oh and to make matters worse when i told him about it he said i "play with the tank too much"
Yea... by playing with the tank i guess he meant doing a water change after fish died?!?
Then i said"well i think i added fish too soon" and he still says i didint add fish too soon.
I told him and my brother NOT to get me fish for my bday that i wanted to get them and pick them out sure enough they walked in on DEC 6th with a bag of 8 male guppies and some bulbs and etc they bought them all from WALMART ... i wouldve atleast gotten them from Petco... not walmart.:headshake2: And i wanted to cycle the tank...
My next step is obviously to buy that test kit.
Any other suggestions?