Male guppy acting strange

[SushiRoll]

My male guppy isn't acting right. He is just kinda hanging around the heater not really moving. He has been doing this for a few days now. I did a 50% water change last night to see if that helped him and it didn't. Here is a pic of him

I just hope he'll be ok.


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[SushiRoll]

Oops forgot to tell the water parameters, tank mates and water change schedule ? tank mates are 4 smallish Apple snails and 1 large one and 2 other female guppies I do water changes 1 a week and take out like 10 to 15% of the water ammonia = 0ppm Ph = 6.8 this must be my problem. I have no idea why this is so low normally it is like 7.8!! I'm going to move my snails to my betta tank until I get the ph up. The ph in a betta tank is 7.8


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[SpaceFish42]

It sounds like stress to me. How many other guppies are there?


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[SpaceFish42]

Oops, didn't see your second post.


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[SushiRoll]

Ok so I did a little water change and now the ph is back up I put my snails back in because my betta was being a betta and nipped off a few eye stalks ?


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[SushiRoll]

He won't eat either but the two females love food.


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[SpaceFish42]

Can you think of anything that could be stressing him?


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[SushiRoll]

No just all of a sudden he stopped swimming and wouldn't chase his girls or eat. I did have one die though, would that stress him? I think it might of been his favorite. ?


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[SpaceFish42]

It might. I always think that fish have unique personalities. One of my guppies, Rose, is always the first to come swim around my hand.


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[SushiRoll]

Do you think there is any thing I can do to make him happy? I don't any of my fish to be sad.


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[SpaceFish42]

Try adding things to the tank to occupy him, and putting a little aquarium salt in there might relieve the stress.


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[SushiRoll]

He seems to be doing better today he's kinda swimming at the top of the tank then stopping but he's not hiding in the fake plants like he was doing the other day here's a pic

He's now in the middle of the tank.


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[SushiRoll]

He isn't on the surface of he water any more!! I think that is a good thing?


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[Matt68005]

Lol get some more guppies! Hes probably lonely if theres no ammonia in the tank and everything else is fine theres not much you can do. I bet if you put some more guppies in there he would be o.k. Looks bored to me.