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Posted by Ozdude on March 14, 2005, 11:21 am
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> Overnight I lost a female guppie... Don't know what happened...
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> Last night it looked fine, and this morning it's dead...
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> I Still have four neons, two gouramis, two platties and a male guppie.
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> One question about the guppies and the platties.
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> They seem to like swiming at the top of the tank, they rarely come
> down. IS this normal behaviour or there is something else in the tank?
How are your oxygen levels? I just discovered tonight that Platys (well
Swords in my case) come from richly oxgenated, alkaline water of lower
temperatures.
My single female Sword sometimes hangs near the surface (when the CO2
reactor goes off after a recharge or if she's stressed), but generally is
all over the tank. I can tell when she's happy because she pecks algae off
the plants and flutters around the tank taunting the Honey Gourami.
If the Honey gets the upper hand, she heads for the surface and hangs there
in a corner for a minute, sometimes gulping something (air?) until he comes
over then she dives down to the bottom and hides amongst the Blue Stricta
forrest for an hour or so until he loses interest.
They feed from the surface generally (the up turned mouth is an indicator)
but mine will also go down to lower levels, even the substrate and get worms
and pellets if she's hungry enough.
What are the remaining fish doing? Anything? Rapid gill movement? Clammped
Fins? Purple Gills? etc. Do you know what your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate
levels are?
Oz
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>
> Last night it looked fine, and this morning it's dead...
>
> I Still have four neons, two gouramis, two platties and a male guppie.
>
> One question about the guppies and the platties.
>
> They seem to like swiming at the top of the tank, they rarely come
> down. IS this normal behaviour or there is something else in the tank?