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[Corinaanne]

Hi everyone , pleased to meet you all...
Im a newbie just started my own tank. Its only a 2 ft and i have gravel with under gravel filter as well as a fluval 2 filter, i have some live plants and and 1 driftwood ornament, i currently have 11 male guppies and 16 female guppies, i went for these fish as the males are so so pretty and they seem to be the easiest way to go...
i do however have a few questions but i will find where the right place to go to post about my problem...
for taking the time to read my post

 

[Fishobsessed7]

Hi, welcome to AA!


What are your problems?


Fishobsessed7

 

[Corinaanne]

Hi i have just found some guppies droopy and their poop is clear, is this a internal bacteria infection and if so what should i be treating them with, i have them in a hospital tank.....

 

[Angela1108]

What size is the tank?? You said 2ft but gallons/liters would give us a better idea. 27 guppies in a 2ft tank seems overstocked....


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[Corinaanne]

its a 60 litre

 

[Jaeroo]

!!!!

 

[Fishobsessed7]

60 liters is 15 gallons.


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[Angela1108]

Ok so I just checked in a conversion thing - between 15 and 16 gallons.

With 27 guppies in there, while they are a relatively small fish is overstocked. In a 15 gallon you would really only have space for like 10 :/

Having that many can easily make the water parameters out of whack which could be why you are seeing some issues. if you can I would take some back. They are also prolific breeders so you will get fry eventually too. It can get out of control pretty quickly.


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[Fishobsessed7]

I'd recommend rehoming several of them to clear up space.


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[Fishobsessed7]

Ok so I just checked in a conversion thing - between 15 and 16 gallons.

Which 26 guppies in there, while they are a relatively small fish is overstocked. In a 15 gallon you would really only have space for like 10 :/

Having that many can easily make the water parameters out of whack which could be why you are seeing some issues. if you can I would take some back. They are also prolific breeders so you will get fry eventually too. It can get out of control pretty quickly.


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+1


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[Angela1108]

Also with fry some just don't make it- which also can make parameters go crazy.

If you had the space maybe seperate them into 2 tanks- males in one and females in the other?


If you wanted more fish in a smaller fish you might want to consider trading them for some microfish like ember tetras, micro rasboras or maybe small killfish


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[Angela1108]

And also welcome by the way





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[Corinaanne]

I will purchase a bigger tank and seperate them , that sounds like it will be the way to go...

 

[Angela1108]

it should clear up some of the issues too. And they'll be happy. I love guppies. I have a 20g tank with just guppies and red cherry shrimp


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