Guppy scales pointing out? Help!!

[Kiarna]

It's hard to get a photo, but my pregnant guppy has her scales sticking out, she looks like a puffer fish. She seems happy and swimming and eating fine. I have excluded her from the other fish incase it is contagious, what is this and why is she doing it? TIA


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[Milene]

Looks like dropsy. It isn't a disease, more a consequence of poor water conditions. It's highly unlikely she'll survive if it is dropsy. If you google it, you can see fish looking exactly like that.

 

[Kiarna]

I've done water testing and it is fine. Water quality can't be too bad because the tank has breeding bristlenose and guppies. Any other causes?


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[Lung Fish]

Dropsy, that's the only thing i know of it could be....

 

[Milene]

I've done water testing and it is fine. Water quality can't be too bad because the tank has breeding bristlenose and guppies. Any other causes?


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Like I said, it's not a disease in itself. She must have gotten weak at some point (stress or even the fact that she's pregnant) and caught it.
Your other fish aren't displaying the same symptoms because they are healthy.

To help you understand a bit better, think of yourself as having a cut on your hand, you are prone to infections and other things. People without cuts won't get those infections. Your fish, for whatever reason, has a weakened immune system like you would if you had a cut.

If that makes any sense...?

 

[J.Mcpeak]

That's dropsy.

What were the test results?