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Hi folks, I'm having an awful time with guppies. I really love having them, but they keep dying of stress and I can't figure out WHY.
I just bought 6 new guppy males 3 days ago and have placed them in a 5 gallon quarantine tank (they will be moved to a 20 gal). I did a very slow acclimation for them to the new water. I've tested the water. It's perfect. Except for it being very soft water, the PH and KH are just fine, and there is no ammonia problems or nitrites or nitrates (since it's all new water). The water was dechlorinated and treated, and I put a bit of aquarium salt in.
I've got one guppy male that is clearly dying of stress right now and I don't how to help him. The rest are all acting fine. But this keeps happening with my guppies...I had to buy more because I lost all but one out of the batch of 5 that was in the 20 gall. He's still perfectly healthy and strong. The rest all died of stress too and I don't know why!
How do I save this poor fish dying of stress right now? What can I do to help the others?
I just bought 6 new guppy males 3 days ago and have placed them in a 5 gallon quarantine tank (they will be moved to a 20 gal). I did a very slow acclimation for them to the new water. I've tested the water. It's perfect. Except for it being very soft water, the PH and KH are just fine, and there is no ammonia problems or nitrites or nitrates (since it's all new water). The water was dechlorinated and treated, and I put a bit of aquarium salt in.
I've got one guppy male that is clearly dying of stress right now and I don't how to help him. The rest are all acting fine. But this keeps happening with my guppies...I had to buy more because I lost all but one out of the batch of 5 that was in the 20 gall. He's still perfectly healthy and strong. The rest all died of stress too and I don't know why!
How do I save this poor fish dying of stress right now? What can I do to help the others?