Patrick_G Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) I checked the tank last night and found my beautiful midnight black Guppy on the bottom with only a little gill movement that stopped completely after a few minutes. An hour later he was up and swimming like nothing happened! Boy is it hard to get a pic of a spastic black guppy! Edited May 14, 2021 by Patrick_G 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Patrick_G said: I checked the tank last night and found my beautiful midnight black Guppy on the bottom with only a little gill movement that stopped completely after a few minutes. An hour later he was up and swimming like nothing happened! Boy is it hard to get a pic of a spastic black guppy! That is one good looking guppy! Sure hope he's alright. Any signs of fin rot or fungus on him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: That is one good looking guppy! Sure hope he's alright. Any signs of fin rot or fungus on him? It looks like all three of my males have nipped tails, but I’m pretty sure there’s no necrosis or fungus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samanthabea Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Look up fish sleeping patterns sounds like what it was if there is no sign of illness he was taking a nap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samanthabea Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 What's the water parameters second thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Samanthabea said: What's the water parameters second thought 75 gallon tank. Ammonia, Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 15-20 PH: 6.8 GH: 8 KH: 2 Temp: 78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samanthabea Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Nitrate is a tiny bit high but not anywhere near panic levels(trust me my saltwater has been high for a week I keep lowering it though fish are still healthy) when you say gh(for gh I don't know I don't have a specific test for that) and kh what do you mean exactly my tests have a conversion chart for drops to ppm and strips I have is just ppm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Samanthabea said: Nitrate is a tiny bit high but not anywhere near panic levels(trust me my saltwater has been high for a week I keep lowering it though fish are still healthy) when you say gh(for gh I don't know I don't have a specific test for that) and kh what do you mean exactly my tests have a conversion chart for drops to ppm and strips I have is just ppm My Nitrate fluctuates as the plants use up the Easy Green I add. If I stopped adding all that extra nitrogen it would probably be much lower. The API test kit measures GH and KH in degrees hardness. I think there is a conversion chart to convert both to ppm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samanthabea Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I think you caught him "sleeping" unless he is acting strange constantly/more often then I'd worry about disease parameters seem normal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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