Search results

I’ve recently been searching on the web about methods of yielding more male/female Guppies from batches of fry. I’ve read that softer water with lower PH yields more females, harder water with higher PH yields more males. I’ve read that even the temperature can affect the ratio of sexes. Has...

@OliveFish05 I just have two of these in the tank. :)

Not yet, it would be interesting to hear his opinion

Thank you for your advice. It is very helpful to me! I feed my fish the usual tropical fish flakes, and then once a week I feed them frozen bloodworms for a treat. Before that though I fed them blood worms every couple of days but I read that too many is bad for them to digest. So now I don’t do...

Yeah I’m definitely leaning more towards it being some internal issue. Hopefully the other fish will be ok, and don’t develop the same thing.

Yes, I will get a photo put on here shortly :)

It’s possible, but I don’t think, because his tummy was bloated before the open wound happened. I’m thinking something was going on internally within him. But I’ll keep my eye on my other fish around the plants.

Yes, I’m doubtful that it is the plants that caused this really, hence the swollen stomach prior to the open sore that had formed. Maybe it was just born with, or formed some internal issues. Like what you said. Well, at least it isn’t suffering now anyway.

Can you explain? Are they not good for aquariums? I did have a few real plants before but they died and went all limp so I went for synthetic afterwards. I tried to not go for super pointy plants. They are more leafy.

??

Yeah, think I will in a min, I’ll use the Clove Oil technique. Poor guy must be hurting pretty bad.

What else is/was in the tank? I have 5 other guppies, and Ramshorn snails. For the decor, I just have a couple of synthetic plants and then I have a chunk of Mopani wood with Java moss on it. I just hope my other guppies don’t get the same fate. They look fine so far, fingers crossed.

Thank you, any opinion would help.

Thanks for tagging him, I sure hope he might know!

Aw that is such a shame. It happened really fast, when I looked at him yesterday he had no tearing in his stomach, just bloated. But now I can’t believe how half of his stomach has ripped through his skin. Yes, I think I will have to do the Clove Oil method. Thanks for your response.

Please can someone help, my guppy is around three months old. He was born to one of my female guppies so I had him since birth. These last few days I noticed he was staying by himself and not interacting with the other fish. I also noticed he has a swollen belly so I wondered if he was...