Black Swordtail Fish... Guts?

[Mr. Big]

Hello everyone.

I have this black sword tail fish (female) and was wondering what the heck is the stuff hanging out of her anus? I do not know much about fish, as I am fairly new to the hobby. I noticed it just today when I went to feed the fish.

There are no male black sword tails in the tank, and the temperature of the water is kept around 75 degrees Fahrenheit if that helps.

I also am having trouble uploading a picture of the fish, it is 1.23MB and the attachments section says
"413 Request Entity Too Large" ... Can someone help?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[djultimate]

It's probarly just poo , they tend to have long stringy poo

 

[Mr. Big]

Unfortunately, I do know for a fact that it is not poo, because its like a red bulgy thing... I will try to post the picture again

 

[razer121]

a prolapse maybe?

""edit""

use something like photobucket to upload your pictures to, then just copy them here using the "img" links

 

[Mr. Big]

The weirdest thing just happened... it just fell off!

It looks like guts but the fish isn't dead!

I guess I don't need to upload the picture anymore...

Thanks for your help though djultimate and razer121

 

[darklight]

Could it be a stillborn baby? Swordtails are livebearers, i.e. the give birth to (usually) live young.

 

[fluvial]

Thats really weird because I had 2 male black swordtails, and one of them had exactly the same
hanging from its anus. Looked like part of its intestine.
But it also dropped off, and 6 weeks later he is still swimming happily around as though
nothing happened.
This occurred shortly after I got it from the LFS - maybe something odd to do with rehoming them
in a new tank.

sadly it was the other swordtail that disappeared while I was away for a week - never did find it,
or its remains

 

[soph_betta]

Could it be from red food? turned the poo red?

 

[Mr. Big]

At least my fish is back to normal... for now

well thanks everyone for helping out.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

probably just some feces-no big deal