Guppy with tail too long?

[Chrisinator]

Good evening guys,
Today i purchased 4 malw guppies for my tank. Two of them are half black snakeskin and im not sure the other two. The other two are red and with really long tail. When i got back i saw that their swimming stance were different from the half blacks. They also had much longer tail. Could the long tail be too heavy and cause deformity in the future for these fish? Anything i can do to prevent deformities??

Thanks.

 

[GEV83]

Can u provide any pics of the two guppies in question? This would further help any advice someone may wanna give you.

 

[jackiomy]

I have a Lyre tail guppy that has an amazing tail.

Large strains Sword strains Short strains
A flag tail E double sword I spade
B triangle tail F upper sword J spear tail
C fan tail G lower sword K round tail
D veil tail H lyre tail L pin tail

 

[DrNo]

^ Great resource!

 

[Chrisinator]

Its hard to take pics of the fish. Their tail fin is lie A and C from the pics provoded.

 

[Madding]

Sounds like you've just got a couple of fancy tails. If you aren't seeing any actual problems (they will swim different because of their big tails regardless--it may look strange but it doesn't actually hinder their ability) then you probably just need to get used to the difference in fish.

Keep your eye on them, I suppose.

 

[NYCguppydude]

You can try to set-up the aquarium so it has spots that have very little to no currents. I think that would help a fish with unnaturally long fins as most of today's fancy type Guppies,Bettas and Goldfish.