Need Help

[balapickerel]

one of my female guppies has a crooked body and i don't know what to do

 

[paudie22]

iv seen some fish like that i think its tb.... im not sure if you can treat it from what i know its terminal sorry

 

[balapickerel]

she has been like this for a week of two, and has been acting fine but i don't want her in with the others just in case it spreads, btw, what is tb?

 

[WILDER]

Crooked spine can be many things from fish tb, internal parasites, injury, birth defect, vitamin defiency.



What do you feed your fish?

Signs of internal parasites are.
Long stringy white poo or clear mucas poo.
Worms prutruding from the anus.
Being skinny or bloated.
Bent spine.
Fish will swim on there sides sometimes.
Sunken in belly,.
Enlarged anus to red inflamed anus.

A link to tb.
http/www.torrens.org.uk/NatHist/Aqua/disease/tb.html

 

[balapickerel]

i feed them tropical fish flake food, and right now none of the things you listed are present but the crooked spine

 

[WILDER]

If the fish looks like its suffering I would end its misery.
The diet could do with improving, frozen foods like daphnia and brime strimp, green veg.
I would also issolate the fish.

Has she turned black anywhere. Has the iris gone black. Or eyes bulging out.

 

[balapickerel]

the fish is currently in a seperate tank from the others, but other than it's shape, it is behaving normally, so i wont put it out of its misery yet

 

[WILDER]

Ok.
If it goes downhill any further you know what to do.
Sorry not nice I know.

 

[balapickerel]

if nothing changes how long should i wait before adding her back to the community tank, if i should at all

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't add the fish back to the tank incase its fish tb.

 

[balapickerel]

ok, thanks for the help

 

[wackystarfish]

At a guess its just a birth defect. Don't euthanise!! Its not uncommon for bent spines to bend back and heal ive seen it happen in fry Well done for taking the precautions of separating him though
Finlay

 

[star4]

I have a male guppy with a bent spine, it bends from the back of his head, he was born like it but he has no problems swimming or feeding, he is about 6 months old now and doing well

 

[balapickerel]

yeah the only thing is, the spine has been getting increasingly bent so i thing it is more than a birth defect

 

[WILDER]

Is he getting worse bless him.