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Why are my guppies swimming up and down?
By guppylover427 from the guppylover427 department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:02:34 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

I don't know if it's good or bad.

All of my 9 guppies swim up and down the walls of the aquarium. Though they don't seem to be sick or anything, I just needed to make sure that my guppies are okay.

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Why are my guppies swimming up and down? | 2 comments (2 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Why are my guppies swimming up and down? (none / 0) (#1)
by bel on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 05:06:00 AM PST

The same thing has happened to me. Don't worry about it. I reasearched and found out that's a sign she will be giving birth soon. The other guppies just like to follow her even though they might not be pregnant. It's nothing to worry about.
JW

Re: Why are my guppies swimming up and down? (none / 0) (#2)
by New Guppy Momma on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 08:01:01 AM PST

Not necesarily a sign of impending motherhood.

How often do you do partial water changes? The racing up and down could be them trying to escape from something nasty in the water. In my experiance a soon to deliver female will race up and down. But only when in full labor and the fry are partially visible.

When all else fails and you don't know what to do...do a 25% water change with seasoned (if possible) treated water. That will get rid of a bit of nasty stuff and can even trigger close to dropping females to have their fry.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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Why are my guppies swimming up and down? | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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