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If you want to ensure that there is enough oxygen in the water, the best thing to do is add some live plants. A simple pump can also help keep the oxygen levels in the water optimal. Another reason why your fish might come to the top of the aquarium is that it is hungry.
When guppies are swimming at the top of the tank, look at their mouths. Are they upturned? Upturned mouths show that they are at the surface looking for food. Often, after feeding you will see one or more guppies having swimming issues or hiding in the corner. So, to ensure your water is ammonia-free, cycle your aquarium first. The cycle should take at least one week, but I personally recommend 3 weeks.
If you just set up your aquarium, you should also get a water test kit I recommend API Test Kit — which is very accurate — you can purchase it from Amazon. Guppies are peaceful fish. They get along with a wide range of other species, which are not aggressive. Here is a list of best guppy tank mates, if you want to learn more about which fish are compatible with guppies.
If you put your guppies together with aggressive fish, such as cichlids, angelfish, tiger bars or other bigger fish that can eat them, most likely your guppies will feel insecure. The lack of hiding space or live plants is the worst. Your guppies will not be able to hide, and the aggressive tank mates will chase them until they die.
I see this question popping up a lot on Facebook groups and forums. Beginners complain about their beautiful guppies staying in a corner of the tank. When I ask when was the last time when they did a water change, they say, that never changed the water in their tank. Well, you should keep in mind, that even though your filter and plants can remove a lot of waste from the water column, changing water is essential in every fish tank. Sometimes you might find that some of your female guppies will retreat in one corner of the tank, or will hide between plants.
The female guppy is in labor and is ready to give birth to lots of guppy fry. If you want to save the fry, this is the perfect opportunity to remove the female from the main tank. You can either use a breeding box to save the small fry, or you can use a separate tank for raising the baby guppies.
I really hope my article has helped you figure out why your guppies stay in the corner of your tank. If you still have any questions, please submit a comment.
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Stressed Guppy The most common reason why a guppy fish would stay in the corner of the tank is stress.
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