joannde
Aquarium Advice Addict
Awhile back I bought 4 males guppies - 48 hrs later 3 were dead and someone said it sounded like stress, since the guppies had all lost their tail color when found.
Two weeks ago I bought 6 male guppies and put them in QT. 3 were snakeskins (and very pretty), 3 were sortof mosaics. The three mosaics died within 72 hrs, the snakeskins are fine and now in the 29G.
The snakeskins seem to be around together alot in the 29G. Is it "normal" for guppies to hang out together or is this aggression that I need to be worried about (I haven't seen any nipping, or anything that looks like aggression - in fact they just seem to be "synchronized swimming" - but I thought I should ask).
While I'm at it - since only the snakeskins survived is it possible that they are more aggressive (in general) and stressed the "sortof mosaics" to death ? None of the dead guppies had lost their color, but I figured I'd ask anyway just i case.
I have three more of the "sortof mosaics" that I brought home today in the QT tank. I didn't mix any snakeskins in just in case aggression WAS the issue.
Two weeks ago I bought 6 male guppies and put them in QT. 3 were snakeskins (and very pretty), 3 were sortof mosaics. The three mosaics died within 72 hrs, the snakeskins are fine and now in the 29G.
The snakeskins seem to be around together alot in the 29G. Is it "normal" for guppies to hang out together or is this aggression that I need to be worried about (I haven't seen any nipping, or anything that looks like aggression - in fact they just seem to be "synchronized swimming" - but I thought I should ask).
While I'm at it - since only the snakeskins survived is it possible that they are more aggressive (in general) and stressed the "sortof mosaics" to death ? None of the dead guppies had lost their color, but I figured I'd ask anyway just i case.
I have three more of the "sortof mosaics" that I brought home today in the QT tank. I didn't mix any snakeskins in just in case aggression WAS the issue.