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katwally Small Fry Posts: 4 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2004   | I got these two female guppies who when I first bought them were perfect. Now I know that one of them was going to have babies. But anyway they both are like bent. The front part is straight and then the back half is bent down. They dont swim like normal, dont move around like normal. They do eat and swim top to bottom but something is wrong with them. Does anyone know whats wrong. They don't have any spots, and they look their normal color. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 |      |
~jamie~   Big Fish Posts: 463 Kudos: 671 Votes: 65 Registered: 08-May-2004 | It is possible that they have "bent spines" which can be quite common with guppy fry, though you should have been able to tell at quite a young age. Did you happen to notice this in the fish before you bought them???  |
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warrion_2000 Enthusiast Posts: 257 Kudos: 169 Votes: 1 Registered: 29-Apr-2003   | I had a guppy like that once, after it had its fry her body became like an L. She stopped swimming around and died.  |
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| katwally Small Fry Posts: 4 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2004 | I bought both females as adults from wal mart. One was big like she was going to have babies- I did find one baby I dont think that the other one was though- they are still eating and getting along just fine I think its been a week now that they have been like that. Keep looking for more babies. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 | |
jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | It's hard to tell with guppies sometimes if its genetics or diseases, or diseases due to genetics. http://www.2cah.com/pandora/Disease.html#TB is a cause of bent spine, but there are other causes as well. |
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