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No idea why my guppys are dying?
Ok so i have like 15 guppys 4 adults and the rest we're fry there nearly adults neway i moved them from the breedin set up to there new home the tank is fully cycled and has been for a couple of months ( had tiger barbs in it but rehomed them ) and now they are startin to die? i tested the water its pretty much perfect same as the tank they was in ph 7.6 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrates 5 ppm they was all really healthy and all feedin well before i moved them now 1 of the adult males is lookin really ill a couple of fry have died and i really dont know wot iv done wrong am i missin somthin?
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- Raymond SLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
You shocked the tank. Unless your talking 55 gal you are not supposed to add that many fish at one time. And not that many larger fish for a 55 either.
http://www.aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor.php?AquTankName...
http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm
http://www.firsttankguide.net/newtanksyndrome.php
A biological filter (the entire inside of your tank is one even if you don't have a type
of filter called a biological filter) has a bacteria colony growing on it that feeds on
the ammonia and another that feeds on the nitrites.Simply put the amount of them
depends on the amount of food they have been getting. The size(number) of them
will increase/w more fish but this happens slowly. Which is why you should never
add more than 4-5 fish at one time. Likely you can get away with a few more
Guppies if the tank is over 29 gal but you are pushing it though.
Add the small bottle of this and it will fix things if this is your problem.
Check the "Advisor" to see what it thinks about your number of fish/size of tank.
