Boxedvoff guppy for weeks now

[Chillie308]

Seriously all of my females have had the boxed shape for 3 weeks now. They are in a 20 gallon tank with plenty of Christmas moss and ornaments I've had 2 die in the past 2 weeks. There's 6 females 1 male in the tank I don't think they could be stressed. 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 10 nitrates 8ph .... Any reasons besides stress why they aren't popping?

 

[brennae]

Parasites. A tummy full of parasites would give them this look and could have killed the other 2.

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[Chillie308]

Idk if this pic will upload or not

 

[brennae]

She doesn't look fully ready to drop in my opinion.

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[Chillie308]

They get more boxy than this? Lol I swear all of them have been like this for awhile

 

[brennae]

They are not ready. The area behind the stomach above where the vent is will get very dark. The whole space will fill in dark and at that point sometimes you can see the eyes of the fry. The females get very big looking when they are close.

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[Chillie308]

I have babies! I only found 3 so far and to my surprise I've found some red rili shrimplets too