Guppies dying

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artzechic

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I had 4 guppies. 2 female, 2 male. The water tested great, never has it tested any less than perfect since I set it up about a month ago. One of the males died about a week and a half ago. I thought that he might have gotten tangled in the yarn ball I'd put in for baby fry, so I took it out. But, yesterday, I saw one of my female guppies laying dead on the bottom of the tank. :( She didn't have any fungus or growths or anything, and the day before she passed the only thing I noticed was that she was swimming REALLY slowly and she was REALLY pregnant. So, I'm not sure if the incidents were related, or if it was just a sad coincidence and she died from pregnancy complications. Any ideas? my other female did manage to pop out a baby and she is about 2 weeks old now, in a different tank with my red cherry shrimp and doing great. I don't want to lose my other guppies, especially my last male because he is gorgeous, but I don't know what else to do since I see no visible illness signs, no odd fungus in tank, in gravel, etc, and I do 10% water changes every 2 days or so. Please help! :c
 
Did they seem disoriented before they died? Like not swimming correctly (sideways or upside down) or not swimming at all?
 
Nope. She was fine except for swimming slowly. I assumed cuz she was goober preggy. Everyone else was awesome. I have noticed my male is constantly chasing the females. He hardly ever isn't. But they don't act sick. Been swimming around faster than normal actually.
 
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