David Dudson

Hi Jetts, Both were from local aquarium stores here in Brisbane, Australia rather than from chain pet stores, I know for certain that the first batch were imported, as the staff member said they arent bred locally. I didnt ask in the second store, although from now on if getting fish i will try and source locally bred fish and actually ask that question.

Hi all, New fishkeeper here. After cycling my planted 65 litre I put in some Pepper Cory's (My new favourite fish) and Neon Tetras, they were happy and a week later we decided to finish stocking with a few guppies (2 male, 6 female). In the fish store, male and females were seperated into different tanks. After putting our guppies in the tank the males were fine, but the females seemed a bit off, a little bit lethargic. They were either resting near the bottom of the tank, or swimming into the air bubble at the surface. I put it down to stress and thought they would be okay in a day or two. 36 hours later 3 had passed away, and 48 hours after that all 5 females had unfortunately passed. The males were happy and swimming around. We were deeply saddened and rushed to test the tank etc. and all water params seem fine. Waited a few days to make sure the male guppies were okay. Since then I have bought 6 more females from a different store and as soon as i put them in the tank, they looked completely different to the first group, happy, swimming around, getting chased, regular guppy behaviour, they look very happy which makes me think water was not an issue. What could have happened? Should I request a refund or could it have been something we did? Also, now I know the signs, if something like this were to happen again, how would you try and save the fish? Thanks, Dave