Guppy

[tenlientl]

Hi. I just bought 2 male guppies and 3 females. I know I need more females since I have 2 but I wanted to buy the other females from a different store.

Anyways, are females usually more "dull"(less color). The store I got the first group had like very colorful males but not much on female(except the tail). Also, 1-2 of the guppies I just bought, their eyes is very dark. Like full black. I read somewhere about this, forgot where. I'll keep searching on some guppy things again.

 

[chunksofpoooo]

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[tenlientl]

One of the female guppy is attacking the male guppy. It was biting the fins. This male guppy has been tired/not swimming around when I put him in my tank. His tail also looked "not good" ever since we got him. I guess I was a bad buyer although I'm glad I bought it too so I can try and help him. I just took the male guppy(the sick one) out the tank and into a 4 litter bucket. I dont know what to do. Should I leave the male in their and stuff(without filtration, etc.) or should I take the agressive(female) guppy out instead? I left the agressive in there as it was only picking on the sick guppy. Any thoughts? What should I do?

 

[tenlientl]

OMG. :rant: :rant: :rant: The sick/female guppy has a bite mark before the tail. Like the body.

 

[Lazersniper]

I've seen and had some very colorful females. It just kinda depends on the what the lfs has in at the time I guess. With all the different strains that have been introduced, females can be just as colorful as males, but it's pretty uncommon.

Are you sure it's a bite mark or a deformity. With all the inbreeding that guppies get put through it's not uncommon to find guppies that have wierd shaped tails.

 

[tenlientl]

They are bite marks. The guppy just died 2 days ago due to the attacks