Alessa

Ok... I have 4 male fancy guppies and they get along fairly well, (they were friends until this week!!!) They usually shoal together and search for food and play... until...

like one week ago, the fighting for the dominant male began... the smallest little youngest guppy started fighting the biggest one with the largest, most colorful tail...

then the turn was over then, like two days later it was the next guppy (fighting against the largest one again), then the other one, and the next one....)

I had to break up the fights!!! and now they seem peaceful again... but with concequences. Now, my biggest fancy fancy tail, the dominant one with the longest tail has it now SPLIT IN HALF!!!! and another one of them has a little bite on his that has the exact shape of a little guppies mouth


How can I help them? is there any medication that I can give them to help them regenerate their tails? like vitachem or something like that?

Chief_waterchanger

You could use chemicals, I suppose, but when that problem arises in the fishhouse we add more obstacles (dense plants is our obstacle of choice) to the tank and leave them be with normal waterchange schedule and no chemicals added.

That approach works well for us, but you may prefer another method.

Alessa

my tank is densely planted lol... couldnt possibly add any more plants!
So... they will regenerate with the regular water change?

Chief_waterchanger

They should mend in time, yes.

Guppies, males especially, tend to get frazzled tails as they get older also.

If you want them to mend quickly for aesthetic's sake you could try using some sort of a vitamin suppliment in the tank, but I have no experience with those sorts of things, so I'd have to leave that to others. I think they call it vitachem, but I forget.

Alessa

yes, thats the one I ws asking about! I'll see, if the guppy gets worse i will get it, otherwise i'll just stick with the water changes.

Shawnie

stress coat works well with mending fins also..it contains aloe

I hope he gets better soon

Alessa

Oh! I still have some... Im goingt to add that one right away thanks shawnie!