Gravid Spot On Skinny Guppy

[Blueberrybetta]

I bought a few female guppies and yesterday I noticed one of the smaller ones has a black gravid spot and its noticeably dark but she is really skinny ? Is that normal? . My other female got really round when she was pregnant but this female is skinny like a stick with a gravid spot .

Does it mean shes already pregnant but not big yet or something else ? Thanks

 

[fishfoodlady]

A dark spot, or gravid spot, is completely normal. I have 7 virgin female Endlers, and some are plump, and others are thin. They all have dark gravid spots. If she starts plumping up in a couple of weeks, she may be pregnant. She’ll deliver at aprox 4 weeks, and her body may take on a boxy appearance a day or so before.

 

[DoubleDutch]

She doesn't have worms does she ?

 

[Gone]

If a guppy looks "really skinny," she probably has worms, it's very common. The whole tank has been exposed. The best medication I've used for worms is levamisole from subaquaria.com

 

[Blueberrybetta]

She doesn't have worms does she ?

I don't know how to check that . Her poop isn't white and she has no discoloration. I just got her a few days ago

If a guppy looks "really skinny," she probably has worms, it's very common. The whole tank has been exposed. The best medication I've used for worms is levamisole from subaquaria.com

How can you tell if she has worms ? I just got her a few days ago so maybe she might have them

 

[!poogs!]

I don't know how to check that . Her poop isn't white and she has no discoloration. I just got her a few days ago


How can you tell if she has worms ? I just got her a few days ago so maybe she might have them

Don’t panic.

You’d know right away if it had worms because there would always be red camallanus worms hanging out it’s anus and it would never go away. If it had white stringy poop that’s the sign of a parasite, not necessarily worms. It also kills guppies quicker than any other fish. Levamisole doesn’t cure infected fish either. It paralyze worms already hatched and in your tank.



I keep this on hand and feed it to fish I buy in a quarantine tank. This way the levamisole is ingested by the fish and the worms let go and can be passed by the fish. If it’s too late they don’t eat and game over.

I breed different strains of guppies as a side hobby to a lot of other fish I breed. It’s very common for the females to develop a gravid spot shortly after being recognizable as female if there were males in the tank, and still be skinny. I don’t separate males from females and when the females are about 2 months old they get a gravid spot.

I strongly doubt worms. They hardly feed fish in the store so not surprised it’s skinny.

Picture would help.

 

[Gone]

You’d know right away if it had worms because there would always be red camallanus worms hanging out it’s anus and it would never go away.

I disagree with that statement.

Camallanus isn't the only internal parasite. I don't think it's right to think if you don't have worms coming out you're free and clear for internal parasites. If you have an unusually skinny guppy in a tank with other guppies that have round bellies, the skinny guppy probably has internal parasites or a deformity. Camallanus is a possibility, but it's one of many.

 

[!poogs!]

I disagree with that statement.

Camallanus isn't the only internal parasite. I don't think it's right to think if you don't have worms coming out you're free and clear for internal parasites. If you have an unusually skinny guppy in a tank with other guppies that have round bellies, the skinny guppy probably has internal parasites or a deformity. Camallanus is a possibility, but it's one of many.

He said his other guppy got fat when she was pregnant. He’s not comparing a group of fish in the tank and saying one is skinny. He says this one guppy has a gravid spot but is not round yet. This is possible. The gravid spot doesn’t just show up when they are fat with fry. It gets larger when they get fat. So time will tell.

Your right. Camallanus isn’t the only parasite. But camallanus presents visually very differently from other intestinal parasites. You suggested levamisole, and that goes hand in hand with effectively treating camallanus. If it were to be a different intestinal parasite it would present way different then camallanus, and there are way better treatments and safer treatments then levamisole. Testing suggests levamisole is carcinogenic and is banned in many countries.

So the only time I use it is for camallanus as nothing else is as effective at treating it.

 

[emeraldking]

I bought a few female guppies and yesterday I noticed one of the smaller ones has a black gravid spot and its noticeably dark but she is really skinny ? Is that normal? . My other female got really round when she was pregnant but this female is skinny like a stick with a gravid spot .

Does it mean shes already pregnant but not big yet or something else ? Thanks

In general, also non pregnant femelas tend to show a gravid spot. Showing a gravid spot doesn't mean immediately that a female guppy is pregnant. For also a couple of days old female guppies can show a gravid spot. The gravid spot only tends to become bigger when pregnancy is developing.