AshleePureFancy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello!
I have 2 young guppies, the batch was born Feb. 14th, so they're about 10 weeks old. One is a male, and his spine is severely deformed. I have heard this is common with male guppies, and i know culling is reccomended.
My first question is, if I should cull him, what is the most humane way? I have no idea how to do it.
Now, the other guppy, I thought it was male for a long time, but I'm not entirely sure anymore because I can see what might be a gravid spot. But this guppy, i cannot tell if his back is deformed, however he is VERY small compared to the others. His back bends toward the ground kind of, as if his tail is too heavy, but i can't really see through him to tell. I'm not sure what to do with him, because he looks very unhealthy to me, he's puny and yucky looking, but he has survived this long, and he does eat and does everything a normal fish does, i just don't know what is wrong with him, if anything.
I guess my second question is what should I do with the smaller guppy, if anything?
Here are some pictures, i appologize for the quality, they're awful!
Here you can see how much smaller one is than the other.
There you can see the condition of the larger male.
This is the one that I'm not sure if anything is wrong with.
Same fish.
I have 2 young guppies, the batch was born Feb. 14th, so they're about 10 weeks old. One is a male, and his spine is severely deformed. I have heard this is common with male guppies, and i know culling is reccomended.
My first question is, if I should cull him, what is the most humane way? I have no idea how to do it.
Now, the other guppy, I thought it was male for a long time, but I'm not entirely sure anymore because I can see what might be a gravid spot. But this guppy, i cannot tell if his back is deformed, however he is VERY small compared to the others. His back bends toward the ground kind of, as if his tail is too heavy, but i can't really see through him to tell. I'm not sure what to do with him, because he looks very unhealthy to me, he's puny and yucky looking, but he has survived this long, and he does eat and does everything a normal fish does, i just don't know what is wrong with him, if anything.
I guess my second question is what should I do with the smaller guppy, if anything?
Here are some pictures, i appologize for the quality, they're awful!
Here you can see how much smaller one is than the other.
There you can see the condition of the larger male.
This is the one that I'm not sure if anything is wrong with.
Same fish.