Guppy birthing red circle/orb things, instead of fry, what on earth are they?
ByQuestion by lilmissess: Guppy birthing red circle/orb things, instead of fry, what on earth are they?
I have now been keeping fish for a year and I have been through some hellish battles with disease; I’m not so sure this is a disease. Yet, I can’t find anything on the internet when I search. I have never heard of a guppy birthing these red circular liquid things. Please help me find out what it is.
I have a ready to pop guppy with a large gravid spot, and this morning I observe a guppy showing the signs of the birthing process. She wouldn’t take food and secluded herself from the others in the floating plants. I was excited because after the hundreds of fry my fish have spawned, I have never seen the process. Well I sit patiently waiting for fry to come out, when I see her “birth” four small red orbs, which floated to the bottom of the tank. She also ate one, and a liquid escaped the red circle, possibly a rosy color. At least 10 more were released. I did find 2 or 3 new fry, but I don’t know if they came from her as there are several new females in my tank.
Does annnyyone know what these things are?
In addition: I have fought with and won over camallanus worms, that was the worst, but I beat it with powdered levamisole and sheer determination. I am now dealing with an itchy batch of guppies from petsmart (yes I know petsmart equals evil but someone has to save those poor fish) ….. I am treating with coppersafe.
Cycled over 3 months, 75 gallon, rectangular with a decent wideness. Odyssea canister filer…. Ph questionable…. doing a water change this afternoon. Starting to get a bloom of black algae.
Hell while I’m at it, what the hell causes BLACK algae?
Thanks guys. I really appreciate the time you took to read my issue and address it; my fish thank you as well!
Best answer:
Answer by gustavo r
i will answer this question in the shortest way possible.
The red orbs are not a parasite, fungus, or a sickness. They are aborted babies. They did not form in the fishes “womb” and stayed like so. if you saw the newborns recently, then yes they are from the guppy. Usually my fry will have these orbs once in a while… and its not necessarily a bad thing. it just meant they werent fully formed (like deformation in human babies). the guppy pretty much aborted them. You do know that guppies, mollies, platies, swordtails, endlers are the only “livebearer fish” right?
ok…
the black algea is just another manifistation of any algea, and i heard that if you have a less planted tank, and a certain species of fish (catfish) they will likely grow. its unknown why and if the mentioned is true or not.
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good luck!
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