I guys. I've wanted an aquarium for years and finally got one around a month ago. I made the water safe from chlorine when I first put it in and cycled the tank. I started slowly adding the fish like I had been told. I added 6 at first and left it for two weeks (turned into 7 cos one was pregnant) then added another 7 fish two weeks later. Everything was going fine. I looked online to see what my tank capacity was and from looking at different websites I learned that my tank was 'full' but I am running two filters and a massive bubble wall and when I bought my second filter the guy in the shop said if you're using two filters you can afford to add a few more fish. Not loads but a few. So I added three more fish and decided that it wouldn't add any more and this was a safe limit for the tank. That was 5 days ago and everything was going fine for a few days then three days ago my guppies started acting strangely.
I have 6 guppies in there and they all seem to be hanging around the bottom near the gravel. They're not laying on the gravel but are just above it. I have 4 glow light tetras and they appear fine, I have 3 xray tetras and they too appear fine. I have a siamese fighter that appears fine as far as I can see. And three tiny golden colored ones that I forget the name of they are also fine.
So it's just the guppies. They have been eating fine. I'm pretty sure one of the females is pregnant but I can't be certain and they haven't got any red discolouration near their gills like I have read can be linked to ammonia poisoning.
I have been doing 30% water changes every day for 3 days, using API stress coat plus to make the tap water safe. But it doesn't seem to have helped much.
The tank is 64 litre. I am using the filter that came with the tank and a fluval U2 along with a large bubble wall. The water is perfectly clear and has no smell whatsoever. I have not been over feeding as far as I am aware. Been feeding them once daily as much as they can eat in two minutes but there hasn't been anything to clear away anyway so I can't be feeding them too much.
I am really worried and at a bit of a loss as to what could be wrong.
Please give me some ideas as to what I can do to help them. I don't have the tools to measure amonia levels nitrate levels etc yet but I am going to buy a testing kit tomorrow.
I have 6 guppies in there and they all seem to be hanging around the bottom near the gravel. They're not laying on the gravel but are just above it. I have 4 glow light tetras and they appear fine, I have 3 xray tetras and they too appear fine. I have a siamese fighter that appears fine as far as I can see. And three tiny golden colored ones that I forget the name of they are also fine.
So it's just the guppies. They have been eating fine. I'm pretty sure one of the females is pregnant but I can't be certain and they haven't got any red discolouration near their gills like I have read can be linked to ammonia poisoning.
I have been doing 30% water changes every day for 3 days, using API stress coat plus to make the tap water safe. But it doesn't seem to have helped much.
The tank is 64 litre. I am using the filter that came with the tank and a fluval U2 along with a large bubble wall. The water is perfectly clear and has no smell whatsoever. I have not been over feeding as far as I am aware. Been feeding them once daily as much as they can eat in two minutes but there hasn't been anything to clear away anyway so I can't be feeding them too much.
I am really worried and at a bit of a loss as to what could be wrong.
Please give me some ideas as to what I can do to help them. I don't have the tools to measure amonia levels nitrate levels etc yet but I am going to buy a testing kit tomorrow.