guppy problems

[wilsonriverfish]

one of my 2 guppies the male is on the bottom and hes not swimming and it looks like his stomach is bloated. He looks all dead but i can tell hes alive cause his gills and he also swims up but spends more time on the bottom. A couple of days prior i shut off the biowheel cause i didnt want the fry to get sucked up the tube because there is a preggo female. Water looks clean

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

if you absolutely dont want to run the filter put a bubbler in there. it might be from lack of oxygen in the water, also is you tank cycled? if not... do a water change ASAP!

 

[wilsonriverfish]

yeah it has cycled I have a ten gallon and a 70 gallon and this is my ten gallon a

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

what are your params? do you have a bubbler?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

also are his scales sticking out like pinecones?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

also i turned on the biowheel today to see if the male would improve and its been awhile with minimal if no results yet

 

[wilsonriverfish]

no bubbler and the fish is cosmetically ok

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

have you checked your params? when was your last waater change?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

1 month ago or so also i took the media out of it and out it in my 70 gallon and i put new media in the 10 gallon should i have cycled it the ten gallon has been in operation for 1 year

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

im not sure what you are asking... when was the last water change?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

one month ago

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

HOLY JEEEZZZZ!!! with a new tank you should be doing at least weekly changes. i suggest doing a 50-75% one right now! do you have a test kit?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

no and its not a brand new tank its a oldie but a goodie it had new rocks

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

still... fish create amonia by breathing, and the fish waste rotting, then these little bacterias eat those and make nitrites, and a new set of bacteria eat those and make nitrates... in the wild, nitrates just get washed away... but since it all stays inside a glass box, you need to do water changes to keep them down. since the tank is (not new) but newly set up... i think... but any ways, a month is way too long to go with out a water change. i suggest you do a large one, and fast. also, i am going to ask again... DO YOU HAVE A TEST KIT?

 

[jumpfreak26]

yahoo, i dont think he said he had one, read his last post.
wilsonriverfish: do a water change as soon as possible, even the smallest one will help, but do at least a 25% now or within 12 hours since its so late, bu tif you read this during the day, do a 50% NOW!

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

sorry... didnt see that no...

 

[jumpfreak26]

its all good, its alittle late too, so i dont blame you also, yahoo, could you help me out in the plants section?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

the male fish seems to have spurts where hes swimming around and looks good than he heads back down to the gravel

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

did you already do a water change?

 

[wilsonriverfish]

not yet i will soon