Shrinking Guppy?

[Dreamer03]

So I have this male guppy that used to be very large. And now I think he is shrinking? He used to be larger than the other male guppies around his age (he is a little older than a year) and now he looks smaller than all of them. Could it be that at this age the other guppies has a growth spurt? Or can guppies shrink? I've never seen anything like it. x_x

 

[JonesyJ666]

i had this and it wiped all my guppies out

 

[Dreamer03]

Oh gosh... then ill quarantine thia guppie. He doesn't seem sick but i dont want all my guppies to die

 

[JonesyJ666]

exactly how mine went mate

 

[iapple5678]

typically for a fish with chronic weight loss I would use a good dewormer like Flubendazole or levamisole.

 

[ncguppy830]

yea its internal parasites.

 

[Dreamer03]

The guppy is on a tank now by himself. Any way i can deal with the parasites? I have never dealt with parasites

 

[ncguppy830]

well ive read on other forums on a cure with this but i cant find a direct one, see if you can get some medicaton that covers different types of parasites.

 

[Dreamer03]

I'll go to the pet store tomorrow and see if the guy there can givr me something.

 

[ncguppy830]

ok good tell us what happens.

 

[Dreamer03]

So the fish still seems fine but I went to fish store. The guy actually came to my house (he is a friend too) and checked the fish, he said the fish looks fine but he did give me a medication to deal with internal parasites