Flashing?

[darkmerlin21]

Hello all.. I am new here so I am hoping that you will pardon a few questions I have. I have a 5 Gal tank with 3 guppies (1M 2F) and two bronze corys. Question 1.. Can somebody tell me what it means when they say that guppies are "flashing"? Secondly, I read that some "blond" guppies have a pinkish gravid spot as opposed to a dark one. What does a "blond" guppy look like? I am asking as one of my females is quite light colored with a yellow/orange tail. She is quite fat and has a large pink gravid spot. Could she be pregnant? Thanks in advance for helping.. I am quite new to this.

 

[tttnjfttt]

I'm not very familiar wiht guppies, so i can't answer the blonde guppy part.

The flashing means scratching on objects. Usually it is a sign of an illness or poor water quality.

 

[darkmerlin21]

Thanks for answering.. I figured that it was something like that but, I am pretty green here so thought I would ask...

 

[pokagon55]

When a fish "flashes" it means that there is something in the tank that is eritating their skin, it could be the ph level up or down, it could be ammonia levels, it could be a parisite. It is something erritating the skin