Blown Up Guppy

Hey there.

All levels in tank are at 0 and the Nitrate is at safe levels. One of my guppys for about 2 weeks has been really large. I first thought may have just eaten too much, So I fed him some de-shelled peas. Seemed happy enough. Got a couple more fish for my tank, not a clue at all what they are, theyre little and darty.
Couple of days after I got them they showed ICH so I treated them for that with eSHa EXIT. Cleared that straight up.

Took a picture of my ill guppy to my LFS and he said it looked as though it was a bacterial infection. Gave me "King British Bacteria Control" to use.Which you put into the water that you replace into your tank and repeat after 4 days. Also have to remove any carbon filtering while still having air filtration in the tank.

Its been almost a week now and the guppy is showing no signs at all of improvement. Hes just hanging about at the top of the tank, all bloated, bent back kinda struggling a little to swim. Fed de-shelled peas again last night to see if that helped at all with anything.

if you look at him from above does he resemble a pine cone ? scales sticking out

Nope. I thought it was dropsy at first but his scales aren't sticking out at all.

The other male keeps paying him a lot of attention...

Are you sure it's a male?

Yeah, pretty sure. I've never been confused though in all my life about this really. Hes looking as though he could be pregnant but.. he looks identical with physical parts to the other male in the tank apart from having a less fancy tail.

Every time hes trying to excrete its just getting stuck on him and looking quite white

Tefex said:

Yeah, pretty sure. I've never been confused though in all my life about this really. Hes looking as though he could be pregnant but.. he looks identical with physical parts to the other male in the tank apart from having a less fancy tail.

Every time hes trying to excrete its just getting stuck on him and looking quite white

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Sounds like a tumor blocking his intestines... in which case nothing much can be done unless you'd be some pretty good surgeon...
If it is just food obstructing his bowels, try feeding him peas only and no other food. Especially no flakes, those tend to constipate.

Horrible picture but you can see in it what I mean about the size of him

FishBlast said:

Tefex said:

Yeah, pretty sure. I've never been confused though in all my life about this really. Hes looking as though he could be pregnant but.. he looks identical with physical parts to the other male in the tank apart from having a less fancy tail.

Every time hes trying to excrete its just getting stuck on him and looking quite white

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Sounds like a tumor blocking his intestines... in which case nothing much can be done unless you'd be some pretty good surgeon...
If it is just food obstructing his bowels, try feeding him peas only and no other food. Especially no flakes, those tend to constipate.

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Will give it a try

Tefex said:

Horrible picture but you can see in it what I mean about the size of him

Will give it a try

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Yeah, pretty bad. If it isn't a clog with food, then it's a tumor and ETA till death probably between 3 days and a week.
Hope the peas will help.

The white poo description sounds like something else I read about on here somewhere... some sort of internal parasite. Can't remember the name though, sorry.

Bugdozer said:

The white poo description sounds like something else I read about on here somewhere... some sort of internal parasite. Can't remember the name though, sorry.

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Could be hexamita, however, my swordies sometimes poop white when eating different food (daphnia).
If it is hexamita:

Treatment
The prime medication used to treat hexamitiasis is metronidazole (often referred to by the trade name Flagyl). The most effective approach is using medicated food, especially when early infections are being dealt with. But seriously affected fish may not be eating, in which case you need to add the medication to the water, typically at a dosage of 250 mg per 10 US gallons, once per day for at least three days. Metronidazole is available to aquarists over the counter in the United States, but elsewhere a veterinarian prescription may be necessary. Alongside the medication, improvements to diet and environment are absolutely critical.

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Taken from here.