Daeorn:
Please bear in mind that my comments are based upon at least one year of no joy with guppies and only recently some
joy with guppies.
My joy is adverse to the literature as well as input from several members of the Forum.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
Now, here's my main problem... all my female guppies seem to die quickly. ...
... I've lost several females and I can't figure out why. ...
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Yep: had the same experience in my main tank with a meltdown of female guppies
But: subsequently had a meltdown of my male guppies (after I had restocked with female guppies).
I also do not know why this occurred.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
My water parameters are perfect ...
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I am presuming that you are referring to ammonia and nitrite concentration.
Please recheck your nitrate concentration as I have never observed zero.
Also please post your Gh for other members with much more experience than I.
And please post your water temperature.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
I do 10% water changes every few days ...
... Should I do less frequent (1 water change- 1-2weeks) water ...
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My experience says that "10% every few days" this is not adequate and as such less frequent WCs are not appropriate also.
More like a 20% WC daily but this quantity and frequency will depend on the concentrations cited above.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
I had 2 females to every male, but now after the last two weeks or so,
Can males chase them around so much they stress and die?
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I have found that 1 male/3 females will function.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
Perhaps I am merely overstocking my tanks, I had about 25 guppies in a 20gal long, with a 40gal
filter and 40gal rated airpump with 8" bubblewand
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Yes I believe that you are.
As somewhat stated above I have found that one guppy male and three guppy females will produce offspring in a 5G tank.
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Originally Posted by Daeorn
... its been a really devistating couple of weeks ...
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I have been there, done that, and got many tee shirts (as the death of fishies which I supposed to be keeping is not good at all).
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One additional item is floating plants and do you have any? as I have found them to be necessary for the guppy fry to survive.
TR