Recent content by Kirk808

I agree. Try treating for internal parasites first. Might want to try Prazipro or API General Cure. If one of these treatments doesn't work it may be bacterial.

Were they breathing heavily at the surface or resting on the bottom? Transparent poop?

Her body will be bloated (mine look like they swallowed a ping-pong ball) and her gravid spot will look like a square when you look at her from the back. That's when she's ready.

Yes, when her "gravid spot" squares off (not her belly) she should drop within 24 hours.

The orange/pinky stuff are the eggs you're seeing. The black stuff that gradually appeared are the eyes of the fry.

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You have to look at the gravid spot from the back of the fish. If it's opened up in the shape of a square, they will drop within 24 hours. You won't be able to tell by looking from the side or the front.

She looks close! Try looking at her from the back. If her gravid spot looks like a square, that means she's ready and should drop within 24 hours.

What were their symptoms before they died?

Are they male or female? When guppies bend their spines down that means they're either not happy about something or not feeling well.

Females can act pretty weird when pregnant and nearing birth. It worries me time and time again. How's her gravid spot look? Do u know when her due date is? I usually keep track of my females births so I usually know. Guppies are pretty regular birthers.

Sounds to me that she may have eaten them all. It happened to me last month. My mama guppy was in her breeder with 20+ babies and was still fat when I went to sleep. The next morning I woke up and there were only 7 left and all her weight had shifted from the back to the middle. She was bloated...

It sounds to me that the ammonia spikes may be the result of too much gravel vacuuming. A lot of beneficial bacteria is lost when the substrate is vacuumed too much and is often times the root cause of ammonia spikes, that's why the water looks cloudy because the biological balance in the tank...

Definitely the ammonia and high nitrates along with the warmer weather caused your problems. I also recommend keeping the temp in the low 70's if possible.

From my experience, salt won't help at all for your specific issues. Columnaris is highly contagious and difficult to get rid of. Fin rot can take awhile before the fins grow back. Are all of the fish infected or only some? If only some are, then you could try giving them methylene blue baths in...