Aquarians who have no experience in cultivation of the guppy often ask a question how the healthy individual has to behave? If you bought a small fish no more than 2 weeks ago, be not surprised that she will be frightened and hide, it is possible to notice that she, moves breakthroughs, fades on the place.
Happens and so that guppies lay down on a bottom, at the same time at them the back fin very often rises and falls. You should not be frightened, these symptoms are not signs of the desease, and acclimatization. In particular brightly it is shown in the first several hours after start to the new dwelling. It can be caused by the fact that earlier fish was kept in other water, in other situation. If the health of fish is affected, these symptoms can last even longer than 2 weeks.
If you note that the guppy cannot get used to a situation, then the following will be the most probable causes:
- The affected health of an individual, she could transfer resettlement badly;
- Different conditions of keeping;
- Bad water in your aquarium, the special sensitivity to it is shown by new settlers;
- You could buy fish savage or an individual with psychological deviations, in this case process of adaptation will be dragged out up to 3 months;
- Track cohabitants, maybe, someone from them offends the beginner.
If you bought a small fish less than 2 weeks ago, and she almost eats nothing - it is connected with acclimatization process too. She for a while can lose appetite, perhaps, for her the forage is unusual. Wait a little, fish will get used to new feeding, will remember frequency and the place of feeding. If fish continues to refuse food, but at the same time does not sail far from the filter or air flows from the compressor, then it indicates a problem with water.
The aquarium can be overpopulated, or you insufficiently often change water. Beginners aquarians are not taught to maintain the correct biological balance of monasteries of fishes yet therefore it is not surprising that because of a sharing of new inhabitants or violation of filtration balance is displaced.
Behavior of fishes
If you noted that fish long lies at the bottom, leads low-active lifestyle or spits out a forage, it can be sign of the desease or reaction to water quality. It is worth paying attention to conditions of keeping and then if the majority of fishes swim on a surface and swallows of air. It means that in an aquarium there is not enough oxygen so it is necessary to take care of aeration. The water is warmer, the stronger there has to be an aeration.
The normal behavior is considered when fishes swim along glass or fall up, down. Happens and so that you will note changes in their behavior: fishes are bent by a zigzag, fins are developed, can circle or sideways towards other individual. At the same time can even try to grasp other fish by a chest fin. It can be not only manifestation of hostility, but also courting. So males concerning individuals of an opposite sex act. During some periods also fights are considered not as a rarity. It is desirable that in your aquarium was equally both males, and females.
If you noticed that the beginner is sent on all aquarium - it means that there was a conflict. In particular it is characteristic of a same-sex environment, it is war for the territory. Track the most aggressive person and remove her from an aquarium.
What happens to a small fish?
Did you note that at fish the tail is turned off into a tubule, and fins are on the contrary developed? - it is sign that she is frightened or oppressed. Perhaps, it is caused by a disease or prosecution of other inhabitants, you should observe her behavior more carefully. Also similar changes in a trunk of a small fish can speak about deformation of the case owing to bad conditions of keeping.
Fishes can sometimes bite stones or glasses under water - it does not constitute danger to her health and is not sign of aggression. Just on these surfaces small seaweed which serve as food of the guppy grow, it diversifies its diet, but will not do harm. Another matter if your pets constantly scratch about stones or a bottom. It is sign that in their dwelling ammonia accumulated, and biofiltration does not cope with it. Sometimes such pochesyvaniye happen after feeding, but stop after concentration of ammonia falls down.
If your pets badly coordinate movements, pulls them down, up is a certificate of the increased content of nitrates in the habitat. It does not respond to treatment any more, but it is worth throwing all forces to save other inhabitants.
If fish continues to lose weight, she deforms a trunk and branchiate wings are bulged, it means that it does not suit composition of water. It is the best of all to change water in an aquarium gradually, but it is not massed - 50% for once. Also the irritation and a tumor of gills testifies to bad water - it is an alarm signal about a situation in an aquarium.