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What reason is guppy swims rapidly up and down? How to do?

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Guppies swimming up and down may be due to the new environment does not adapt, this situation does not need treatment, just need to maintain water temperature and water quality, rest for a period of time. It may also be due to illness, which requires judgment of the cause and symptomatic treatment. It is also possible that the male guppies will run up and down when they are in heat. This situation does not need to be stopped as long as it does not harm other fish. It is also possible to be chased by other fish. At this time, the two kinds of fish should be separated as soon as possible.
What reason is guppy swims rapidly up and down? How to do?

One, changed new environment

1, reason: Guppy is more sensitive to the change of the environment, if changed new environment suddenly or when just buying home, can appear up and down the circumstance of urgent swim.

2, solution: This situation generally does not require treatment, just need to maintain good water temperature and water quality, pay attention to shading, to avoid shock. Just wait for the guppies to get used to the new environment.

2. Suffering from diseases

1. Causes: Guppies may get sick when they swim up and down, such as white spot disease, saprolegniasis, gill rot disease, etc. After illness, guppies will swim back and forth when they are not feeling well.

2. Solution: You need to confirm what kind of disease the guppy is suffering from, and then treat it symptomatically. You can raise the water temperature first and sprinkle salt in the fish tank. When the symptoms are serious, you can choose yellow powder, oxytetracycline, malachite green solution and other drugs for bath treatment.

3. Estrus

1. Reason: When the guppy is in estrus, it will swim up and down. This is a normal phenomenon, and the breeder can observe whether all the fish swimming up and down are male fish.

2. Treatment: If there is no harm to other fish, the breeder does not need to intervene, because this is the normal estrus stage of guppies.

4. Being chased

by other fish 1. Reason: The breeder can observe whether other fish in the fish tank attack guppies. Because guppies are smaller and milder. They are easily bullied by other fish. If another fish attacks the guppy, they will swim back and forth to avoid it.

2. Treatment: The breeder can feed the two kinds of fish separately to avoid the guppy being injured again.

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