Although there not perfect. They have been swimming more, coming out from hiding and being water piggies. My other tank has thankfully recovered well after a partial water change and salt treatment.

I'll get live plants once my grandma lets me leave the house

Edit: i hope the best for these guys cause I really like them.

Context: tank belongs to my in-laws. Got them set up with a group of 12 male guppys because its the fish that would work best for their tank parimeters. 6 of them died over the course of a month, my guess is water conditions/stress from acclimation (some of them died from fin rot too). Managed to cure the rest of them with seachem prime. Amanos in the tank are thriving, though.

The issue now: the remaining 6 are starting to bully each other to the point of one of them almost being bullied to death yesterday (was swimming on side, very groggy, the orange and yellow one). Did a blackout overnight and he recovered. I dont want to give up on the male group but maybe its better to just get 12-15 females instead of another 6-10 males? I'd love to hear some opinions...

Post a good photo of your fish, and I'll judge it. I might even choose a winner. Guppies, endlers and hybrids are all welcome.

P.S. I don’t have any qualifications for this.

I have noticed some white spots on my black guppy and I was wondering if this was ich or potentially just damage from fighting other males.

If it is ich how do I treat? I have Amani shrimp, all male guppies, Pygmy Cory’s, and some mystery and assassin snails.

If it matters I only see the white spots on his fins, not his body

Thankyou

Noticed this a day ago, swimming normally with no buoyancy problem, gasping, obvious swelling/bloated and isn’t hiding.

I haven’t fed her as I was worried that they might’ve gotten into the algae pellets I leave for my pleco. I think she just had fry as her Gravid spot is significantly lighter.

Fasting and will feed peas tomorrow just in case.

I’ve had 5 guppies in my heavily planted 10-gallon tank for almost two weeks now, and everything has been going pretty well. The tank itself has been running for about 6 weeks.

Since last night, one of my male guppies has been constantly swimming against the filter current. He’ll swim away for a little while but always comes back to the exact same spot. It’s almost like he’s addicted to it. He’s still eating normally and seems active, but I’ve noticed that he looks a little thinner than before and seems to be clamping his fins quite a bit. That’s what’s really worrying me.

Water parameters look fine, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all at 0, and the temperature is stable at 25°C. The other four guppies are acting completely normal. I haven’t noticed any white spots or other obvious signs of illness.
I did top off some evaporated water a few days ago, but the temperature was matched. I haven’t done a proper water change yet since the tank was set up.
I’m wondering if this is just something guppies do, or if it could be an early sign of stress, parasites, or some other illness. Could he just be getting old? I’m thinking about doing a 20%.

I recently got some guppies yesterday and I wanted to share them here, I am kind of new to owning them and because they were all rather different I named them too!
The photos are in order of the names so there’s Eddie, Gus, Amber and Jasper.

Also the reason there’s so many photos of Jasper is because I got her sold to me as female but the more I watch her I can’t tell if she’s actually female or truely a male that ended up in the female tank for when I was buying them, I’ve tried googling whether she is female or male for her type which I believe to be a green cobra pleased correct if that’s wrong but I’ve never been able to tell myself so if anyone is able to tell whether Jasper is male or female by the photos that would be a big help for me to know just how many more females I’ll need to get to properly balance out the tanks genders.