hi..can i know how long will the guppies start breeding averagely?.

i just bought 3male + 8female around 2weeks ago..still hoping..

ya..for sometimes..

but 2 females died..but not at the same time ..it started with something like fungus on her head..and slowly weaken and died..

how exactly guppies give birth?..did saw a video where it gave birth for 10-20 fry in one time..

for my tank, not sure what the problem is, i only detect 1 fry..then around 2/3weeks found another 1 fry..is the fry being eaten by others?.or something else i dont know?.



This post has been edited by usmanjailani: Dec 23 2015, 03:22 PM

can anyone identify why is this happening?.only 2 female left in my tank. 1 is healthy 1 is bloated and her fin seem rough (as pic)..absolutely not pregnant since no male around for 4-5month..live in community tank with cherry barb, neon, molly otto etc..

hahaha...otto and guppy?..why not kan?..

but it seems more to sickness than pregnant..

from what i see, not weird..just lost appetite, bloated tummy and rough fin..still swim well..

any possible reason for that cancer type disease?.im only feeding tetra bit complete..is it because the food to big for their mouth?.so they just gulp it in instead of chewing first?..

EDIT: possible reason
-Poor water quality
-Ammonia or nitrite spikes
-Large drop in water temperature
-Stress from transportation
-Improper nutrition
-Aggressive tankmates
-Other diseases

This post has been edited by usmanjailani: Oct 18 2016, 02:48 PM

if i have more guppies i would give them those..but already giving up keeping guppies..from like 20 or so (bought seperately) only left 2..some manage to breed..but now only left with 2..and 1 just catch dropsy..i tot keeping guppies is smooth and easy, but nope..maybe just keeping the one still living until the end of his life..

UPDATE on my dropsy infected guppy..

well, im not sure what happen..basically, after i found out that the fish not in good condition,i immediately transfer it to my other tank, to be precise my blackwater tank(plan it for biotope)..it only have temporary cherry shirmps at the moment..i think everyone here know that tannin is basically good for fish right?.as i intended to do biotope, i only put ketapang leaves into it..probably from several month ago and add another leaves when the tannin seem abit clearer..so back to the story, later i just observed that my infected guppy scale slowly looking better than the picture above..seems like it back to normal with actively eating food, not staying silently on water surface and looking excited as i coming close to the tank..bear in mind i dont use any medication at all other than the tannin..

so, not sure if the fish got lucky with the infection, or the tannin that helps it recover..maybe this would be an alternative treatment for your guppy if it happen to be infected with dropsy.

hi guys..sorry for no update..unfortunately, she still dies..

for 3-4day after introduce in the tannin tank, the fish can hardly be seen with the symptom of dropsy..she ate well, active as normal etc..but after several days looking "normal", the stomach become big again, the scale look kasar like cat tongue..and later floating on the surface helplessly and died..

but still, anyone who have spare tank to try this treatment might do so since it do look promising for me..just hope for the best..



ketapang leaves can be found almost everywhere in malaysia if i'm not mistaken..prevoiusly i thought i need to buy it online, but then my landscape architect friend mention the tree is just nearby my house and after i know what it looks like, i just found out another tree here and there at the roadside while driving to office..

maybe you could try asking some nursery..who know they plant it infront of their gate for the shade..

yep..the first time im looking at brownish colour tank, it doesnt attract me at all..but after looking more into blackwater aquarium, i just fell in love...haha..


for who wondering what is blackwater tank look like..




more question about this can be directed at the planted tank forum..
just trying to racun anyone hungry for something new in their house..

oic..will keep in mind about that..any reason?