Hi! I’m soph, I’m new!

[SPR1968]

Hi Soph welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Hi! I’m new to this forum! I have a fish tank which is 5 gallons, im still going to add 2 more hides to it though. And i am planning once the ph balance gets good I’m planning to get my fishes! I know this is a saltwater fish forum, but I’m getting freshwater fish since it’s my first time having fish exept for a beta I had years ago.


here’s my tank pic! So far . I’m panning to get 2 guppies, 1 platy, and a ghost shrimp

Welcome!

Looking good! Glad you joined

 

[new fish owner!]

Just got the fish! we waited 15 minutes and then added 1 cup to each of the bags so now just waiting for the timer so we can add the fish! It’s 2 guppies and 1 tappy

 

[new fish owner!]

Exploring

 

[stewie]

Welcome

 

[new fish owner!]

So, one of my guppies is sorta surfacing on the top of the wafter, is this Ok?

 

[cnote$$$]

Welcome.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Pics? Guppies hang near the top but if it’s gasping or lethargic it could be reacting poorly to the water.

 

[new fish owner!]

Here, it’s odd because my orange guppy and my platy are perfectly fine and have eaten some food I gave them, but the yellow one keeps surfacing and hasnt eaten yet.

 

[new fish owner!]

And I thought maybe he was surfacing because hunger, but i sprinkled some food into the tank and it didn’t eat it.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Sounds like it is reacting poorly to an uncycled tank. Check your params again.

 

[|Frank|]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

I would like to do a fresh water planted tank but the 2 tanks I have are a handful.

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !!!

 

[new fish owner!]

@Sharkbait19
me and my mom looked, and the fish just needs time to adjust, it’s swimming a little now, it’s top fin is a little short to, the water isnt the problem, because the 2 other fish aren’t reacting to it.

 

[Sharkbait19]

@Sharkbait19
me and my mom looked, and the fish just needs time to adjust, it’s swimming a little now, it’s top fin is a little short to, the water isnt the problem, because the 2 other fish aren’t reacting to it.

It doesn’t always happen to all of the fish at once.
Most of the fancy guppies are not healthy fish, as they are so inbred that their immune systems are pretty bad.
Hopefully it pulls through for you!

 

[new fish owner!]

Hello everyone….., my yellow guppy was surfacing and wrapping around the pole in the fish tank…. this morning I went and checked and sadly the yellow guppy had passed. Rip. At least my other 2 survived!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Hello everyone….., my yellow guppy was surfacing and wrapping around the pole in the fish tank…. this morning I went and checked and sadly the yellow guppy had passed. Rip. At least my other 2 survived!

Sorry to hear. Guppies tend to be unhealthy, so it isn’t surprising that one may pass. Glad to hear the others are fine!

 

[Wick3d_1]

Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry to hear one of your guppies passed. But at least the other two fish are okay. I know next to nothing about FW, I went straight into saltwater tanks as my intro to fish keeping. Good luck and happy keeping.

 

[new fish owner!]

Just came back from petco and they let us exchange the dead fish through a process,

so here’s the new arrival! He’s still aclimating.