Fish Illness ID needed...

[skinz180189]

Any ideas? It's spine seems arched.

 

[Mortis]

Is this a fish youve always hoad or is it new ? Could be a genetic defect or a tumor. If it isnt showing any signs of illness then I guess it should be OK

 

[skinz180189]

Had it a few months. It's only just started to look that way, and seems quite "lazy" now.

 

[JamesM]

Its as good as gone. Put it in a sammich.

 

[skinz180189]

Its as good as gone. Put it in a sammich.

Not much meat on it for a Sarni. Guess I'll have to humanely put it out of it's misery.

 

[Themuleous]

Looks like a curved spine or something. This can often take time to develop and start to affect the fishes ability to swim. It doesn't necessarily mean its a gonna though, I've had a tetra with a spine that's curved in two places for several years now!

Sam

 

[skinz180189]

This fish died a few days after this thread was started, as did another female guppy of unknown causes. I think they may be either getting old or just too stressed from pregnancy/male harassment.

 

[TLH]

Curved spine is often associated with old age. It can also be attributed to Vit C deficiency sometimes I've heard, something akin to rickets I suppose.

 

[skinz180189]

I feed them a variety of live/processed & natural foods. It's not like I can give them orange for Vit C lol, anything I can use?