I heard bent spines can mean TB, is this usually the case. There is this one pet store that I see several tanks with many fish that have bent spines so I was just wondering. If it could be TB then I assume that I shouldn't ever get fish from them because it's contagious.
Bent Spines
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or inbred. I have 2 very bent spine guppy, so I know its time to get new stock, I gave away a lot of my guppy and am in the procerss of adding more blood lines now.
Well, it sounds like either you're seeing fish TB, or just imbred/poor quality stock as grannylvsfish suggested. Regardless, that would raise some serious red flags for me as far as shopping there, given you have noticed it in several tanks.
TB is not as common as people think...many will automatically assume that a fish with a bent spine has TB, when there are actually many other different causes for a bent spine
1. female livebearers that have just given birth will have a "bent" spine.
2. fish that have not been eating will have a bent spine
3. fish with the "wasting disease'' will have a bent spine
4. inbred fish may have a bent spine
5. fish that have not been properly culled with weak genes may have a bent spine
6. a fish with a broken back will have a bent spine
1. female livebearers that have just given birth will have a "bent" spine.
2. fish that have not been eating will have a bent spine
3. fish with the "wasting disease'' will have a bent spine
4. inbred fish may have a bent spine
5. fish that have not been properly culled with weak genes may have a bent spine
6. a fish with a broken back will have a bent spine
