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HELP! My pregnant guppy died this morning! she was in a separate fish tank. she was probably due to have her fry maybe 6 days from now. i am so sad! how did this happen? please someone help me!

It's hard to say without some basic information. This separate tank... did you just set it up? did you allow it to cycle? It's usually best to keep the female in the main tank in a breeding box for 24 hours or less. If you have a water testing kit, and the tank where the female died in is still set up, let me know what the water parameters are so I can help you figure out what's wrong.
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

Well I'm not a professional at this so I don't have a water testing kit. I did, however, put her in the seperate tank much sooner than just 24 hours before birth signs. I put her in when I noticed she looked pregnant, big belly, darker gravid spot, ect. Please help!

She could have stayed in the main tank until she was almost ready to give birth. Then a breeding net/box is fine. The babies would need the new tank. You can probably take a water sample to your local fish store, and they should do one for free. Without some knowledge of your water quality, it is very hard to give you an absolute answer as to what was wrong. Are your fish in your main tank doing well? If so, it was probably just the water quality of the newer tank you set up for your female. If your other fish aren't doing well, you will need to get a water sample to test it too. Water parameters are an important indicator to whether your fish are just experiencing a water quality issue or it is truly a disease. Fish hide their illnesses very well, so it is usually hard to say what is wrong with a fish without symptoms and water parameters. So whenever you can afford or care to get a testing kit, it would be helpful for proper diagnosis. Just a suggestion.

Also, your water in the new tank for your female may have been fine... your female may have died from pregnancy complications. So, as I said before... right now there are many possibilities.
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!