Guppy Turning Green?!?!

My feeder guppy is a mutt bland color she is pregnant about 27 days in ish and she stays in the corner of the tank she is all alone in the 3 gallon other than a small pleco PLS DONT TALK ABOUT THE TANK SIZE IM UPGRADING and from where her tail fin starts it is green like an algae color is she gaining color?? she is only 4-5 months and she never got any new color since the first month PLS HELP

 

Can you post a pic?
What is your water change schedule?
What water conditoner/ dechlorinator do you use?
What are your ammonia/nitrite/ nitrate levels?
What's the temp?
Sorry for all the questions, just want to rule most things out

 

Can you post a pic?
What is your water change schedule?
What water conditoner/ dechlorinator do you use?
What are your ammonia/nitrite/ nitrate levels?
What's the temp?
Sorry for all the questions, just want to rule most things out

Schedule is about 20-25% a week I use Prime (Seachem) and tap water conditioner from API brand ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and nitrate is pretty much 0 temp is 72-78 she is also pregnant about 27 days in if I didnt mention already

Schedule is about 20-25% a week I use Prime (Seachem) and tap water conditioner from API brand ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and nitrate is pretty much 0 temp is 72-78 she is also pregnant about 27 days in if I didnt mention already

picture give me a second

Here’s pictures

 

Honestly I'm not really sure what it is. Do you mean the color at the base of the tail? Some guppies do change color, sometimes for no reason, sometimes for stress. It could even be hormonal.
Try changing 25-30% of the water daily for a week. If the behavior changes (good or bad) make a note of it.

 

Honestly I'm not really sure what it is. Do you mean the color at the base of the tail? Some guppies do change color, sometimes for no reason, sometimes for stress. It could even be hormonal.
Try changing 25-30% of the water daily for a week. If the behavior changes (good or bad) make a note of it.

okay could it also be from growing??

okay could it also be from growing??

it is the base of the tail also do younger guppies give birth to less fry?

 

Yes, coloration can change from them growing

And yes, generally younger guppies have less fry

 

And yes, generally younger guppies have less fry

ok good thanks I have a three gal upgrding to a 10 so hopefully there aren't . tooo many left

 

Since it's such a small tank, there will likely be very few that make it, if any. Course, there apparently are some strains that aren't cannibalistic, but most are.

 

Honestly I'm not really sure what it is. Do you mean the color at the base of the tail? Some guppies do change color, sometimes for no reason, sometimes for stress. It could even be hormonal.
Try changing 25-30% of the water daily for a week. If the behavior changes (good or bad) make a note of it.

Since it's such a small tank, there will likely be very few that make it, if any. Course, there apparently are some strains that aren't cannibalistic, but most are.

Why very few? The room in the tank

 

Schedule is about 20-25% a week I use Prime (Seachem) and tap water conditioner from API brand

I just wanted to mention that there is no need to use both Prime and API tap water conditioner. Prime is first and foremost a water conditioner with the added benefit of neutralizing low amounts of ammonia if present. If I were you I would just use one or the other but not both. Personally though, I would choose to use the Prime.

 

Why very few? The room in the tank

Because the mom and pleco will try to eat them, and since they don't have a lot of room to hide, most, if not all, won't make it

 

Because the mom and pleco will try to eat them, and since they don't have a lot of room to hide, most, if not all, won't make it

what if they were only in there for less than a day because if she isn't pregnant when I come home I'm seperating ASap

 

How much cover do you have in the tank?

 

Plants? Java fern amazon sword and Mermaid

Here

 

Looks like a few will survive, but they fare better in thin leaved plants (hornwort, anacharis, guppy grass, java moss, subwassertang) but that clump of plants looks promising

 

Might want to upgrade to a bit more than a 10 gallon if you’re keeping a pleco.

 

Might want to upgrade to a bit more than a 10 gallon if you’re keeping a pleco.

Personally I think bristlenose and rubberlips are fine in a ten, but pretty much any others won't work, especially commons