Guppy seems sick

[JackHammer]

I have just noticed my Guppy looks unwell. Over the last two days i have noticed that it has been staying near the bottom and appears to be breathing quite heavily. i have just looked at him and he seems to have some discoloration (could be me) but on the end of his tail fin it seems to be a little brown. i dont know if other fish have been nipping at it or whats going on....

I have had the tank for almost 2 months (since the 1st of October).

I have had serious ammonia problems due to terrible advice when i got my tank (this is my first) but it is now getting to much lower levels, due to its cycling the nitrate levels have been quite high but i have been doing 1/3 water changes every 2-3 days.

I will do a water test but in the mean time, does anyone have any experience with this or know what it is?

* I have a 34lt Aqua Style tank. I have 1 Dwarf Gourami, 1 Guppy, 2 Neon Tetras, 1 Leopard Danio, 1 Zebra Danio, 1 Pearl Danio and 1 Bristlenose Catfish. Black painted rock substrate and a few plants. The tank is kept around 24-26 degrees Celsius. *

 

[JackHammer]

here is a picture just taken of the guppy.

i have done a water test and the results are as follows;

PH - 6.4
Ammonia - 0 - 0.25ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm

 

[JackHammer]

I checked this morning and it was dead.

 

[Ljk09]

I'm sorry for your loss. Maybe it was because of the ammonia issues in the past.

 

[JackHammer]

Yeah that's the only thing I can think of... It must have worn him down or something

 

[fernandohsa]

I sorry to hear that, tks for posting it though cause I am having the same issues

 

[Coco1019]

He looked kind of skinny. Is that just the lighting or did he lose weight?

 

[JackHammer]

I sorry to hear that, tks for posting it though cause I am having the same issues

Hopefully you have a different outcome!

 

[JackHammer]

He looked kind of skinny. Is that just the lighting or did he lose weight?

I didn't notice him losing any weight but its possible