curved spine?

[wilmo]

hey folks,
one of my male guppies has all of a sudden, got a curved spine, and has lost a shed load of wait. any ideads?
cheers

 

[wilmo]

help anyone

 

[Tim Wheatley]

guppies - Guppy Diseases

List of Guppy diseases. I think you're talking about a vitamin deficiency.

 

[wilmo]

thanks for the link, been looking for ages for a page like it

 

[Tim Wheatley]

No problem. FYI just so you are prepared when it gets to that point you have probably already lost the fish and/or will always have it carrying those issues. It's lifespan will be significantly reduced, etc.

Probably just take a look at what you feed and try to vary things more.

 

[wilmo]

i feed a varied diet, frozen blood worm, brine shrimp and fortified flakes. i was thinking that it was going to be a loss
thanks for your help

 

[Tim Wheatley]

A lot of people overfeed the stuff like brine shrimp and bloodworms. They basically are just protein. A good multivitamin flake should be fed 95% of the time. Bloodworms or shrimp once a week at most for fish like guppies.

Hope that helps.

 

[maddybrat]

My beta had a curved spine and lived a long time after it happened. It got stressed out and kept ramming into stuff... /:

 

[wilmo]

A lot of people overfeed the stuff like brine shrimp and bloodworms. They basically are just protein. A good multivitamin flake should be fed 95% of the time. Bloodworms or shrimp once a week at most for fish like guppies.

Hope that helps.

they get the BS, 1ce a week, and the BW 1ce every 2 weeks.
the flakes i use are nutrafin Max
cheers peoples