I have a 55 gallon tank. I did a fishless cycle first and then have slowly been adding fish.
Right now, the tank has 6 black skirt tetras, 6 mollies, 7 fancy guppies and 5 hatchetfish.
The guppies are the most recent addition (I got them on Friday). I got 4 male and 4 female.
I had one female guppy die overnight (it had been listless and just floating near the top the entire day before). Before it died it was not really swimming or anything, it was just floating. It's tail also looked like it was torn.
I have another female guppy that has the same symptoms right now. It also looks like she has a torn tail, and she is staying near the top all day. She has been swimming some but it is not a normal swimming motion (I ould imagine because of the tail). I have a feeling that she is going to die.
None of the other female guppies or any of the other guppies appear to have any problems whatsoever. I have been paying close attention to their behavior and they are all swimming normally and their tails look fine. The rest of the guppies are active. There is one other female guppy that spends time near the top but I don't believe that it is the same kind of behavior as she is still swimming around alot and her tail looks fine. It just appears more that she is resting near the top instead of down lower.
None of the other fish in the tank appear to be having any problems. They are displaying a normal level of activity.
I have checked all my water levels. They have been reading 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites and very very low nitrates. I am using an API master test kit. I don't think that the issue is water related.
To answer some potential questions:
(1) I did not quarantine the guppies prior to adding them to the tank.
(2) I have not observed any of the the fish attackign the guppies or anything that could explain the fins. It is my understanding that all of those fish can co-exist.
(3) The guppies appeared to be acting normally when I added them to the tank and right after they were added. It was not until Sunday that I noticed any sort of problems and even then it is only with two of them.
Can anyone give me an idea of what is going on? Should I try and take out the other guppies? Also, since I don't have a quarantine tank and there is no place to get one at this time, if I need to tank them out, what should I put them in?
Thanks.
Right now, the tank has 6 black skirt tetras, 6 mollies, 7 fancy guppies and 5 hatchetfish.
The guppies are the most recent addition (I got them on Friday). I got 4 male and 4 female.
I had one female guppy die overnight (it had been listless and just floating near the top the entire day before). Before it died it was not really swimming or anything, it was just floating. It's tail also looked like it was torn.
I have another female guppy that has the same symptoms right now. It also looks like she has a torn tail, and she is staying near the top all day. She has been swimming some but it is not a normal swimming motion (I ould imagine because of the tail). I have a feeling that she is going to die.
None of the other female guppies or any of the other guppies appear to have any problems whatsoever. I have been paying close attention to their behavior and they are all swimming normally and their tails look fine. The rest of the guppies are active. There is one other female guppy that spends time near the top but I don't believe that it is the same kind of behavior as she is still swimming around alot and her tail looks fine. It just appears more that she is resting near the top instead of down lower.
None of the other fish in the tank appear to be having any problems. They are displaying a normal level of activity.
I have checked all my water levels. They have been reading 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites and very very low nitrates. I am using an API master test kit. I don't think that the issue is water related.
To answer some potential questions:
(1) I did not quarantine the guppies prior to adding them to the tank.
(2) I have not observed any of the the fish attackign the guppies or anything that could explain the fins. It is my understanding that all of those fish can co-exist.
(3) The guppies appeared to be acting normally when I added them to the tank and right after they were added. It was not until Sunday that I noticed any sort of problems and even then it is only with two of them.
Can anyone give me an idea of what is going on? Should I try and take out the other guppies? Also, since I don't have a quarantine tank and there is no place to get one at this time, if I need to tank them out, what should I put them in?
Thanks.