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Male Guppy Losing Color
By MimiGuppy from the MimiGuppy department, Section Ask Guppylog Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:17:02 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

Lately my most activest male guppy in my 29 gallong tank has not been eating, and has been staying by the heater. He usually stays there all day until I feed them, and then he grabs food and spits it back out. I also noticed that his tail has lost color. He's a full red guppy, and his reddish orange color is very bright all over ecept for part of his tail where it has turned a lighter shade, almost white.

I'm not sure if this is because of stress or age, or sickness. But my levels are fine, I don't do water changes everyday, and none of my other fish are showing this sign. Another theory is maybe my pleco brought something to the tank.. I just don't know. Anyways , if this situation has happened to anyone before, or if you have any suggestions or ideas of what it may be, please tell. Thanks!

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Male Guppy Losing Color | 4 comments (4 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Male Guppy Losing Color (none / 0) (#3)
by momof2 on Thu Oct 14, 2004 at 12:10:52 PM PST

I had a female molly that had one bent fin , she would not eat and was staying at the top of the water. when she would swim around it was on her side. about 2 hours later before i could do any research and figure out what was wrong she had already sank to the bottom. :( I hope the best for your male guppy

Re: Male Guppy Losing Color (none / 0) (#1)
by MimiGuppy on Wed Oct 13, 2004 at 05:59:14 PM PST

Oh no, I've researched on GL and google and I'm afraid it may be a sign of Columnaris.. I'm going to go back to doing frequent water changes, but this time, now that I have the good bacteria in my tank, I'm going to vacuum the gravel. I hope Riley, the sick guppy, and all my other guppies will survive. They actually seem to enjoy water changes, they like to swim in the water as I pour it in. :/

Re: Male Guppy Losing Color (none / 0) (#2)
by miskairal on Wed Oct 13, 2004 at 08:40:21 PM PST

I read this while working on the QuickLinks page earlier and thought of columnaris but I wasn't going to mention it b/c I may have been way wrong.

Good luck (and don't buy any more fish yet)
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Re: Male Guppy Losing Color (none / 0) (#4)
by MimiGuppy on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 07:40:16 PM PST

Sorry, I havn't been on in a while, but that guppy died a day after I created this topic. I also did 25% water changes everyday, my levels have been staying normal, and all my fish are acting fine. I think I took care of the disease before it could spread... whew! Anyways check in my diary, I have an update on my tank.

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