can guppys tails grow back

[bikerchic]

can guppys tails grow back , cos my small male guppys tail has been bitten and so has hes side fin . He seems happy enuff and swimming about ok Sorry if this sounds such a silly question )

 

[MartinB]

Yes. Guppys tails do not stop growing.

 

[bikerchic]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww thx for that, much appreciated.

 

[MamaPish]

yes.........they do,
but I have one that was bit off as a baby....and his brothers have huge tails...and his has been very slow to grow back...they are adults now, and his is at about 1/2 the size of the others.

 

[guppymonkey]

When guppies lose their tails many times they can get fin rot which can end up killing the fish. I had a guppy whose tail was nipped and then just started disintegrating.

 

[MartinB]

I have a male guppy who had allmost all his tail niped off by a swordtail.
But he is doing well and his tail is growing back very slowly.

 

[Doggfather]

i'm not sure if it will grow back...but you'll want to raise the temperature to try stop whats left of the tail getting infected

 

[bikerchic]

Sadly he just died, poor little thing

 

[MartinB]

 

[ruffmeister]

yup they do grow mine got fin rot at an early stage and has not totally grown back and looks great