Guppy with Growth Hormone Problem

[lizard]

I went to my lfs today, to get another Pepper Cory and a few plants, and saw a HUGE Guppy. I looked at the thing for a few minutes and tried to decide if it was actually a Guppy, or was some other kind of fish. It didn't match the pictures of any of the little cards that say what kind of fish are in the tank and it looked an awful lot like a Guppy, other than it's huge size. I decided it must be a Guppy with a severe growth hormone problem. I talked to the guy working there and he said it was indeed a Guppy with a growth hormone problem. He said the breeder it came from said it was the same age as the rest of 'em (whatever age that was). This Guppy was HUGE! S/he must have been four to six inches long and big! If I'd have had my camera with me, I'd have taken a picture. Perhaps I'll go back to do so. If my tank wasn't borderline overstocked now, I'd probably get the Guppy.

I got a little Pepper Cory so my lone Pepper Cory could have a buddy. I wanted a bigger one, but they just had little ones, so that's what I got. Also got two Corkscrew Vallisneria (sp?) plants. Considered getting Java Fern, but they were $6.00 and I don't have that much money to spend on one plant right now.

Pamela
aka Married Lizard

 

[spottedbovine]

maybe it was a guppy mixed with a molly, could even call it a pavement special...........lol, that came up because my male guppies are always giving the female molly a bad time , dont understand it there are pleanty of fertile female guppies in the tank, suppose guppies like bigger women

 

[bshockstubb]

My best friend had a female guppy, which soon died from being hunchback from malnution but anyways this guppy got up to 4" in lenth(before it was huntchback) and about 2" wide. Its name was BIG Momma It gave birth to hundreds of fish, now THAT is a big guppy

 

[Opcn]

BUY IT! Guppies closest relatives are mollies so a hybrid isn't to far out of the picture

 

[SirMinion]

I had a friend who was always going on about his huge guppy that he had bought..I hadn't the heart to tell him that it was actually a betta.

Poor deluded fool.