my feeder guppies....

[PhilipPhish]

So my little sister started with 4 feeder guppies a few months a go and they've exploded in her little 10 gallon, so now I have 18 of them in my 25 gallon with my 2 females.

Well I was looking at them and some of them have little strings of poo hanging from them. Does this mean they're sick?
Is there anything I can do to help them?

I'm worried that my little sisters tank is too crowded and there might be a chance of illness in her tank. Its a heated, filtered, and lit 10 gallon with a hatchet fish, a pleco, and a lot of guppies.

They don't look sick, but what would be some signs to look for in case her guppies, or even mine, are sick?

Thank you!
~Sydnie

[Olympia]

By "your two females" I hope you don't mean betta...
It's normal for them to have strings of poo lol. As long at it's the same colour as their food it should be fine. I agree, her tank is too overcrowded. This is why I never want anything to do with livebearers lol.

[Bombalurina]

Wow, her tank is extremely overcrowded, and with unsuitable species.

Hatchetfish are schoolers, plecos need 20 gallons minimum for the smallest species and of course the guppies will keep breeding.

[Olympia]

Oh man I thought it was just guppies :s
That's WAY overcrowded.. Hatchet fish are my favorite, and yes they need groups :s and yet I don't think getting another is a good idea. What a pickle.

[Aus]

Do the strings look like this?
http://www.alaquairum.net/imagenes/Camallanus1.jpg

[PhilipPhish]

Originally Posted by Aus

Do the strings look like this?
http://www.alaquairum.net/imagenes/Camallanus1.jpg

No, their smaller and fairly thinner. Most of the guppies are getting back into their diet scheduled and a pooping regularly. None of them have any poo hanging from them anymore and their breeding like rabbits!

She used to have 3 hatchets, but one jumped out, dried up, and died, while the other just died...