Dieing male guppies

[daiju007]

hi I got guppies about two months ago my females had 14 babies and recently i noticed a dead male guppy in the tank the next day another one was swimming strangely so i put some of that blue medicine in the tank but then decided to move both males one which looked like he got his tail bitten off and another that was swimming strangely in my other ten gal tank and put some medicine in that tank the next day the one that was swimming strangely died and the one with the tale bitten off is still living but it looks like its going to die anytime... all i have in the tank is 5 female had 3 male 14 babies three snails two long fined albino sucker fish guys some baby assassin snails and a dwarf frog what do u think is happening to them my females seem perfectly find and when i looked at the males it doesn't look like they have any spots or anything that is visible

[Tazzy_toon]

It could be a number of things, i'm no expert and i'm new to all this myself, but from my experience, my frogs nipped at my betta's tail sometimes when they where looking for food.

Medicating without actually knowing what's wrong can be dangerous so be careful. It can be more toxic then some diseases if a fish is already feeling week or stressed.


How's your water Ie. amonia, nitrites and nitrates etc.

Do you know how old they were when you got them?

[daiju007]

I have no idea how old they were when i got them but they were swimming around really fast and normally just yesterday and i just changed the water before they died to get the medicine out just in case that was the reason but they died anyway. water shd be all good i changed it in the early morning n they died in the evening.

[daiju007]

my babies seem to be doing fine and all the lady guppies r doing great... poor boys

[Tazzy_toon]

Sorry to hear that.

Have you tested your water recently?

[daiju007]

nope maybe i will do that tomorrow

[Tazzy_toon]

that would give you a good starting point.

[daiju007]

okay so i checked the water and everything was fine now three four female fish all i have left have been bitten to shit i have nothing except the guppies in the tank i have a feeling the babies r doing this do u think its possible that the babies r biting the adults i saw the adults stomache is full of blood and it has a bit puncture in it and her tail is gone and anothers fins got bitten off and the others tail is split in two

[Elle]

Check your PH and also your GH/KH (water hardness). My fancy guppies keel over really fast when the water is too soft for them, or if the PH isn't right. If you're zero on ammonia/nitrites and low nitrates, chances are that it's the hardness of the water that's doing it. We have really soft water in the lower mainland, and it doesn't agree with all fish.

[Tarobot]

pretty sure the babies are busy running away from hungry moms. possibly the moms cause they get read hungry afterwards. you should provide tank parameter numbers like what tests you did and the number results. "everything is fine" doesnt really help us in solving the mystery!