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Sorry for the third post in only a week or so, but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about keeping my little guppies well as quickly as I can - especially considering I started off in the worst way with what I now know was poor advice to sell fish/products!
My guppies are doing well in their new 60 litre tank and I am much more clued up thanks to great advice on this thread - my only concern is for my little yellow guppy.
He has always been the most passive and none of the others chase him like they do with the rest, they're very civil. My concern is for him physically - he has been a kind of downward curved shape since I got him, and was always less "darty" than the others but did swim around and interact.
He does still swim around with the others but his curve seems a little bit worse, and he doesn't have the speed of the others. He eats well, he goes all over the tank exploring and I've seen him picking at algae - he is in fact one of the first to the top for his flakes.
I've looked it up and it mentions scary things like TB and scoliosis, none of the others seem affected and he doesn't tilt sideways or upside down or have bouancy issues like mentioned with swim bladder (not that I know anything other than what I have read).
I didn't give these little guys the best start out of ignorance, but they seem to be doing so well despite that - I just want to make sure if there is anything I can do for him, I will, or if it is something I can't help (but don't want him to be in any pain or anything!)
I noticed it only 2 days after bringing him home and took a video to show the pet shop and (surprise surprise) they sold me something called Thera-P which I used only once saying he might be stressed. Could I be causing him stress now somehow? He isn't picked on at all, and I am obsessively checking my water parameters and feeding better food now too (although any further suggestions welcome).
Thanks so much, and sorry for yet another post. Also, I can't get the photos to rotate so apologies for sideways photos.
My guppies are doing well in their new 60 litre tank and I am much more clued up thanks to great advice on this thread - my only concern is for my little yellow guppy.
He has always been the most passive and none of the others chase him like they do with the rest, they're very civil. My concern is for him physically - he has been a kind of downward curved shape since I got him, and was always less "darty" than the others but did swim around and interact.
He does still swim around with the others but his curve seems a little bit worse, and he doesn't have the speed of the others. He eats well, he goes all over the tank exploring and I've seen him picking at algae - he is in fact one of the first to the top for his flakes.
I've looked it up and it mentions scary things like TB and scoliosis, none of the others seem affected and he doesn't tilt sideways or upside down or have bouancy issues like mentioned with swim bladder (not that I know anything other than what I have read).
I didn't give these little guys the best start out of ignorance, but they seem to be doing so well despite that - I just want to make sure if there is anything I can do for him, I will, or if it is something I can't help (but don't want him to be in any pain or anything!)
I noticed it only 2 days after bringing him home and took a video to show the pet shop and (surprise surprise) they sold me something called Thera-P which I used only once saying he might be stressed. Could I be causing him stress now somehow? He isn't picked on at all, and I am obsessively checking my water parameters and feeding better food now too (although any further suggestions welcome).
Thanks so much, and sorry for yet another post. Also, I can't get the photos to rotate so apologies for sideways photos.
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