r/Guppies

Everyone shame Lemon Drop, who is a food hog, eating his peas in a 2010 Shrek Forever After McDonald’s collectible glass

I got my first one by accident when I got a mystery snail and there was a frye in with him. 2 days later, i went back and asked for 3 more frye and Big Al's gave me about 6 for free. As much as catching the frye can be frustrating, i would not change it for the world.

I’ve only just noticed it recently and as you can see I think the others have been nipping at his fins as he’s become less active, if anyone has any ideas if this is treatable or causes distress in the fish because I don’t want to keep him alive and suffering if it’s going to kill him in the end.? Thanks

I found one tiny baby in my big tank/used to be the mixed tank yesterday. But upon closer inspection it looks different from the guppy fry- could this be a tetra baby? I have black neon tetras, glow light tetras, and some Cory catfish in the bigger mixed tank as well. No other babies spotted yet.

Water QualityAmmonia (0 ppm): Perfect and safe.

Nitrites (0 ppm): Perfect and safe.

Nitrates (25 ppm): Safe level, though you should do a water change soon to keep it below 20 ppm.

Water ChemistrypH (7.4): Ideal for guppies and very good for most corydoras.

Alkalinity (120 ppm): Good buffering capacity to stop the pH from crashing.

Hardness (25 ppm): Soft water.

Guppies prefer harder water (150+ ppm), while corydoras like soft water.

I added a wall bubbler today and some root tabs for the plants .

Are they struggling and if so with what ?

added this guppy about a week ago. clamped tail began yesterday and worsened today. noticed some hierarchy adjustments and some chasing. other guppies completely fine and have been doing regular cleanings and water changes.
other guppies are completely fine appearance wise. don’t have a hospital tank because i just moved and don’t have space, relatively new to fish keeping. unsure if it’s too late for this guy.
i have an extra container i could keep him in with the methylene blue, but unsure if this would help him? thoughts?
thanks in advance

One of my female guppy is looking much paler and did not show interest in food when i was feeding her.

I have two female guppies. I have had them for a month now. they were happy and thriving before this week. But after i added 3 small neon tetras (bc they were not so happy with the school size), maybe bc of the more dense population of fish in the tank, the female guppies starts to stress out. Both of them had clenched fins tightly to their body and needle looking tails. They were hiding in the bottom together. to keep the male from harassing them and to relieve their stress, I put them into a temporary diy isolation box in the tank immediately. After that their fins were no longer clenching, tails were big and open again.

But I noticed one of them is looking significantly paler than the other one and is rejecting food. It swims around slowly but normally but not eating. I suspected there might be some stomach issues or too much stress? internally infected? or did she become blind or old?

I have two females and two males in the tank previously(I know it is a bad ratio after i did some research). i was planning to get more females or return one of the males. But I am not sure what to do.

I am a first time fish keeper and super stressed about them recently, having constant nightmares about fish. Please give me a lot of advice:(

I got some female guppies yesterday. Today I noticed that this one wasn’t eating at all and was separating itself from all the other fish. I noticed that some of her scales seemed whiteish so I separated her into my shrimp tank so she isn’t bothered by the fish. However, she’s acting weird in general. Does she look sick?

Hi!
A bit of backstory. I am a betta owner. I have had bettas for years and have recently done a lot of research and learned how to properly care for them. I know in the past that I have not given the best care to my bettas, but things have changed! I have a very well planted 10 gallon tank that i just moved my little buddy into over the weekend after cycling it for a month (he was in a planted 5 gal before this). I got this fish earlier this year and he’s a male. Well today, I went to a chain fish store with my roommate so she could get some ghost shrimp for one of her tanks. I noticed some floating plants on the shrimp tank and asked the man working if they had any floating plants for sale for my betta. He said no, but offered to let me have some of his personal stash for free. I was very grateful, but he also included 3 teeny tiny guppies that he said he wouldn’t be able to put back in the tank (for some reason idk) and they were surrendered and probably won’t survive. I felt guilty and said it was fine, but now i’m a parent to 3 baby guppies. I have only cared for bettas and have failed at caring for other types of fish in the past. The man said I could put the guppies with my betta, but he has been attacking the small cup floating in the tank with the guppies. One of the plants i bought from this store also came with a dozen bladder snails that just recently surfaced and my betta is attacking them, so i have no hope for the guppies survival should they be released in his tank.

What do I do? I have a tall 10 gallon tank that is a pain and i did NOT want to set up, but also a 5 gallon long and 2 2.5 gal tanks. I have black sand, goldfish flakes, a filter, betta conditioner, shrimp conditioner, betta pellets, a heater that is usually set to 76-82. I can move plants in there if needed. Can i use any of this stuff or do i need to buy everything new? I want to do what’s best for these guppies. Please help!!

My guppy only seems to use his front fins and not his back fins. He also seems to hang around the filter stream alot. I would assume only using front fins would tire him out but he just keeps swimmimg in the stream.

Its a 45L tank. Did a 10l water change 2 days ago (weekly). Test kit showed nothing weird (no3, no2, gh, kh, ph, cl2). Just did a nh3 nh4 test which showed around 0.2 mg/l. Heater is set to 25c but tank reads 28c, probably because its been really hot weather for a long time.

Actually before he showed this behaviour it hid in the treasure chest alot

I’m dealing with a behavior issue in my guppy tank and could use some guidance. One of my males constantly chases my yellow guppy and won’t give him any space. I originally had a Blue Moscow and the yellow one — it was my daughter’s — and now that the fish are mine, I’ve been trying to reduce the chasing. I was told adding another male would help spread out the attention, but I ended up with two additional males, one very docile and one who has become the new problem.Since I’m still learning, I’m unsure whether adding females would calm things down or just lead to a tank full of fry. Any advice on how to create a more peaceful and healthy environment for all of them would be greatly appreciated.

Eventually going to make scans of these, they can be folded into mini zines!

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Estoy preocupada , se me acaba de morir una hembra y ahora está está así !!!😭😭😭😭

Ha ha these guys always make me smile - they have neon green/yellow lipstick. 💄

I made a planted beta tank and my beta died last night (she was a gruff guuurl) so for now these guys are hanging out here to help add extra nutrients, as I’ll make this a shrimp tank in the future now.

They were plucked out of my main tank because I love their lips LOL 👄