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A dying (and coming back to life) guppie

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  • 12-05-2008 10:57pm
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    sternn
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭


    Ok well, I got new guppies recently in a 2nd hand tank (water was flowing for 3 weeks). 2 days now since i got them, and one of them is a bit ill i think. He swims constantly against the surface, stops, sinks for a bit...then when he hits something...he swims again for the surface. He has also got gragged up against the filter grill, but when i try to take him out...he begins to swim again. He usually goes to the corners nd then sinks. Any ideas???


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    sternn
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭sternn


    He died a few minutes ago. Inevitable i think. Back to the fish shop I go, i realised its only one day since we got him! Certainly not our fault


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    trout
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭trout


    Possibly a swim bladder problem ?

    Not sure if you can do anything about it. I've read that starving them can help, as can feeding them peas (I know ... it does sound odd).

    I've had a few fish with the same symptoms you've described, and sadly they all died shortly after. :(

    How is the other guppy ?


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    Fishyfreak
    Registered Users Posts: 576 ✭✭✭Fishyfreak


    sternn wrote: »
    He died a few minutes ago. Inevitable i think. Back to the fish shop I go, i realised its only one day since we got him! Certainly not our fault

    Did you cycle the tank? Set-up only three weeks?
    Have you got a test kit? What are the Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate Readings?
    What other stock is in the tank? How big is the tank?

    Ammonia poisoning it sounds like to me which is certainly not the pet shops fault!!!!


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