why did my guppy die right before giving birth ??????

my guppy was ready to give birth and i got up and went to lunch got back she was dead ????

Welcome to our forum. Is your aquarium new, or was the Guppy new to the aquarium? Moving a fish to a different aquarium often produces shock to its immune system. Although Guppies are live bearing fish, the birthing process is different and much less stressful than in a mammal. The eggs mature inside the fish and are simply expelled as free swimming individuals. No placenta is involved.

If you can send more details about your aquarium, we may be able to help you analyze the Guppy problem.

no the fish have been in this tank for 2 months and my ph level and all my levels were fine i call the pet store i got her from and they said it does happen but i had it happen 2 times now

If all the water parameters are good, it may be a genetic problem. Some fancy Guppies have reproduction problems because of all the in-breeding. Still, it's a good idea to make sure your aquarium has no ammonia or nitrites. Some pet stores give very good advice, but many others have minimum wage employees with little experience or technical knowledge.

god thanks didn't even think of that about the pet store emply this site is great I'm hooked

Thanks guys

I did not mean to criticise pet stores; they have to make a profit to stay in business. It's just that sometimes we don't know which employee is knowledgeable and genuinely helpful and which one is just trying to sell stuff. You can buy a gadget or chemical to "cure" for just about anything aquarium, but they seldom deal with the cause of the problem. Regular, partial water chances fix more problems than medicines.

PS: I'm glad you like our website. It's free to join, and nobody will try to sell you stuff.

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Hi, and welcome.
All that is very true. And I have a theory about what may have happend to, here's my take on it from personal experience.... I recently lost 2 females and both were almost due. I had 3 male guppies (2 endlers 1 red cobra) and 2 females. Normally you want 2 females per male. Its in the guppies genes to reproduse lots and often. So males will keep harazing the females and nipping at their fins to catch them, well when she's full of eggs and latter fry she cant swim away as quick, thus can't spand up for her self much, and the males can nipp off a little to much of the fins hurting them. At least that's my take on it and that's what I noticed happened to my fishies =( you don't want to seperate them from the tank cause that may worry them sick (literaly) but its good to give them some room to relax and live out their motherhood. Please let me know what you guys think about my theory. I feel it makes some sence, I could be wrong. I know I'm a little late but I've been bussy,... =P jajaja. Maybe this will help others.