guppy looks "hunch backed"

[pleckobear]

I have a tank of 6 guppies all of which were born in my tank and I noticed one grew up to have a hunched looking back.anyone know if this is healthy? All the fish and plants are very healthy and flourishing it seems like but my one guppy looks a bit deformed. Lol anyone see this before? Here's a picture.

 

[Wiggles24]

Guppies tend to be very inbred so diformities are not uncommon

 

[freshwaterashley]

Deformities tend to happen with inbreeding.. and she also looks very pregnant

 

[Glow light tetra]

TB can cause the spine to bend.

 

[freshwaterashley]

By the way... i have a male that is identical to the one in the background

 

[pleckobear]

Check out Igor now! He's a healthy fish but just weird looking. Lol thanks for the comments guys/girls

 

[pleckobear]

Are you talking about the orange guppy in the back? I've got two of those, 3 blue guppies, 2 plecostomous and some assassin snails. My tank has come a long way and is finally very healthy and doing well. My plants are out of control though, I just trimmed them all back.

 

[freshwaterashley]

Yeah unfortunately he got picked on by my male platy and died from the stress

 

[pleckobear]

That sucks, that's kinda why I'm not mixing a bunch of different fish together anymore. I noticed I started having problems doing that so now its just guppies and pleckos and it seems to be working out pretty good

 

[pleckobear]

My momma guppy now has some black around her mouth and she's not eating. I think she's dying. Anyone know what this could be? This happened to one of my other guppies right before she died.

 

[Glow light tetra]

Most likely fungus

 

[pleckobear]

Any idea on how to remedy?

 

[freshwaterashley]

Try adding a small amount of salt to the tank to help keep the rest of your fish healthy

 

[pleckobear]

OK, thanks ashley.

 

[freshwaterashley]

Other than that i would need to do research and if you could get a picture of the fish that would be great so i have something to compare

 

[pleckobear]

That guppy died finally. All the other fish are happy and healthy though. I think it was just her time.

 

[freshwaterashley]

That guppy died finally. All the other fish are happy and healthy though. I think it was just her time.

Sorry about that.. how old was she?

 

[Tieberion]

Keep an eye on the others too in case it's some kind of fungus that found it's way into your tank. Sorry for the loss, I love the color and spunk of guppys!