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Hi everyone!
I set up my 30L tank 3 weeks ago and have 8 male guppies, who for the most part all get on. I am still getting used to guppy behaviour but I am obsessed with checking on them and have had a few concerns, and followed advice from the aquatics shop I got them from
1) One guppy was being chased/bullied and this stopped for a while but then started again today. I have added some big leafy plants to give him somehwere to hide/stop constant line of sight but I am thinking I maybe need to invest in a much larger tank so they have more space and not be territorial? I don't want to lose any of my little guys and hate the idea of him frightened and bullied!
2) I today added Thera-P that they said would relax them and my tank is still new, so hoping that helps too. I also added Microbe-Lift Bio CO2 for the plants and the water is now brown!!! Will this go away on its own and the fish are ok?? They said they would be...
3) One little guppy was looking very sorry for himself and when I checked the parameters using a proper testing kit the nitrites were so bad! I have done weekly partial water changes as advised but perhaps I need to do extra ones? Small and often?
Thank you so much for all advice, and happy to be part of the forums
I set up my 30L tank 3 weeks ago and have 8 male guppies, who for the most part all get on. I am still getting used to guppy behaviour but I am obsessed with checking on them and have had a few concerns, and followed advice from the aquatics shop I got them from
1) One guppy was being chased/bullied and this stopped for a while but then started again today. I have added some big leafy plants to give him somehwere to hide/stop constant line of sight but I am thinking I maybe need to invest in a much larger tank so they have more space and not be territorial? I don't want to lose any of my little guys and hate the idea of him frightened and bullied!
2) I today added Thera-P that they said would relax them and my tank is still new, so hoping that helps too. I also added Microbe-Lift Bio CO2 for the plants and the water is now brown!!! Will this go away on its own and the fish are ok?? They said they would be...
3) One little guppy was looking very sorry for himself and when I checked the parameters using a proper testing kit the nitrites were so bad! I have done weekly partial water changes as advised but perhaps I need to do extra ones? Small and often?
Thank you so much for all advice, and happy to be part of the forums