newfrye
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Feb 15, 2014
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Since starting my 10g planted tank I have added fancy guppies and Amano shrimp. The shrimp are doing great and I'm picking out shrimp skin every couple days, gross.
The fancy guppies on the other hand aren't doing as well. They were fine the first couple of days, but then they started dying, 1 a day every two or three days. I thought it might be lack of oxygen because I didn't have an air stone on the tank and I don't have any sort of night lights on the tank either. So I added an air stone and thought things were getting better, but I came home last night to find another guppy in the pre death stages and spending most of its time on the bottom of the tank moving its tiny mouth rapidly. I clicked on the air stone and the little fellow seems to be doing better this morning, but am still confused as to what is going on.
The tanked has cycled and ammonia and nitrites are almost 0 and nitrates are around 5, the temp stays around 78 without a heater. The plants appear healthy. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
The fancy guppies on the other hand aren't doing as well. They were fine the first couple of days, but then they started dying, 1 a day every two or three days. I thought it might be lack of oxygen because I didn't have an air stone on the tank and I don't have any sort of night lights on the tank either. So I added an air stone and thought things were getting better, but I came home last night to find another guppy in the pre death stages and spending most of its time on the bottom of the tank moving its tiny mouth rapidly. I clicked on the air stone and the little fellow seems to be doing better this morning, but am still confused as to what is going on.
The tanked has cycled and ammonia and nitrites are almost 0 and nitrates are around 5, the temp stays around 78 without a heater. The plants appear healthy. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.