Hi everyone, newbie to this site here. I have a 5 gallon tank set up with 4 guppies (2 male and 2 female) and a small pleco and I have had nothing but problems so far.
The tank has been set up since November and the guppies were just added last weekend. For a few days, they were great. Then one of my male guppies started sitting on the bottom of the tank, motionless. He would be breathing fine but he looked dead at first glance. As I don't have a water test kit, I brought a sample to my local pet store. He said everything was fine but my pH which was 8.2 (yikes?). He sold me a pH regulator which I put in two days ago. Now my male that was at the bottom is sitting in the same exact spot at the TOP of the water. Not having breathing issues or anything, just staying in one exact spot. But now he won't eat!! He looks totally normal otherwise.
Then I have my other male which suddenly has a huge notch out of his tail? I assume from fighting/nipping??? I am just so frustrated with how many problems I'm having... any tips? I'm about to throw in the towel to be honest.
The tank has been set up since November and the guppies were just added last weekend. For a few days, they were great. Then one of my male guppies started sitting on the bottom of the tank, motionless. He would be breathing fine but he looked dead at first glance. As I don't have a water test kit, I brought a sample to my local pet store. He said everything was fine but my pH which was 8.2 (yikes?). He sold me a pH regulator which I put in two days ago. Now my male that was at the bottom is sitting in the same exact spot at the TOP of the water. Not having breathing issues or anything, just staying in one exact spot. But now he won't eat!! He looks totally normal otherwise.
Then I have my other male which suddenly has a huge notch out of his tail? I assume from fighting/nipping??? I am just so frustrated with how many problems I'm having... any tips? I'm about to throw in the towel to be honest.