Pregnant Guppy seems sick..

[Mariah]

Hi,
My pregnant guppy seems sick. Shes laying on the ground sometimes swimming with white stuff coming out of her. What is this?

 

[WILDER]

Does the white stuff look beaded as you could be aborting, does she have internal parasites.

 

[Mariah]

Well none of my other fish are showing signs of internal parasites. I thought I finally got rid of the internal parasite problem. I havent added any new fish in a while and when I bought my two female guppies they were perfectly healthy.
Shes also breathing heavy. I would say it does not look beaded more stringy..

 

[WILDER]

Can you issolate her, she could be aborting,long stringy poo can mean internal bacteria infection, constipation, or parasites, is she eating try her on some shelled peas and daphnia.

 

[Mariah]

No I cant issolate her at the moment. I dont understand how this would happen. Do internal parasites just magaically appear? All my other fish are healthy and like I said before I havent added any new fish in a while.
She is eating the normal flakes when I feed the others. Im going to do a water change, maybe that will help?

 

[WILDER]

If you have had internal parasites in the tank, and didn't strip the tank down, yes they will come back.

 

[Mariah]

I didnt strip down the tank but I did use medication to get rid of the internal parasites.
Where would I put them fish if I really have to strip down the tank? Cant I just do water changes and such?

 

[WILDER]

That's only the way to get rid off them, products on the market for internal parasites don't always work, so you have to put the one's with internal parasites down, then strip the tank down and sterlise everything as they infest the tank, i had to do it and no problems since.

 

[black angel]

long thin white poo can also be stress related. is she still eating ok or not? if not then she could be stressed.

 

[Mariah]

To my knowledge yes she is eating normally like the rest. I just did a gravel vac and a water change. I dont see why she would be stressed as her and her "sister" came together and her "sister" is fine. The sister was pregnant and had fry but I didnt end up getting any as this happened at night and my other fish I assume ate them...

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