Pregnant?

by **lilacamy931** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:57 pm

Hello peeps
I recently got some guppies, two females and one male, it has been suggested that the females may already be pregnant. I keep finding conflicting information some say the female always have the gravid spot and this is normal and other sites state it is an indication on how pregnant they are?
Here are some poor piccys!
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Oh and for funsies my pretty male
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by **kizno1** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:00 pm

yh there pregnant. if male and female where mixed at any time they will be pregnant they dont evan need males because they will store the sperm for upto 6 months. she dose look quite far pregnant but it will be another week or 2 before she will drop.

by **lilacamy931** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:05 pm

thanks kizno thumbup

cant get a good pic of the other one, but yay excited! Then attempts with the dad to be hopefully

by **kizno1** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:10 pm

the fry proberly wont be his for another few months.
ways to tell when the females are about to drop are
they will have a dark gravid spot and you should be able to see the frys eyes.
the females bellies will be a square shape it normally squares of a day or 2 before the female will have them.
they tend to stay away from the male s and other fish.
they will hang around at the surface resting on plants heaters filter ect.

i saw your post about wanting guppies on the other forum and ive got a load of endlers fry you could have had but i aint got the stuff to post them so it would have beeen quite expencsive and i wasnt sure if you would want endlers in with guppies so i didnt bother posting :[

by **lilacamy931** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:14 pm

Thanks so much, I have much to learn with guppies! I will have a closer look tomorrow to see whether i can see the eyes (wow!!!).

Aw thanks for that on the endlers, I absolutely love endlers and they seem far and few around here. Havent pennies to spare for posting till end of Feb Sad

Thanks for the thought though that is really sweet xxxx

by **kizno1** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:23 pm

there quite easy to keep and ones you have had them for a while it will be alot easier to tell when there guna have them.
shame i have about 14 8 males 6 females and im only guna keep a few pairs. i have 5 albinos aswell she must of been pregnant with them when i got her. there cool to watch grow up same as guppies you just notice little specs of colour on them and within a few days they have full colour. the babies are only about 1cm without tail and alredy have the full colour.

by **lilacamy931** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:05 pm

Aw thanks hon again for the offer, it is really sweet of you, Im sure you will find good homes closer to you xx

I have some more updated pics if it helps interpret roughly how many weeks?
here is the separated female, she paces the back of the tank quite alot and think this is because she wishes to be with others on the other side of the divide
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And the other female still in with the male
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sorry for the poor quality!

by **kizno1** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:47 pm

they stilll dont look to far along i would say atleast another week meby 2 but its quite hard to tell from pics. you will be able to tell better than we can just wait untill she squares of and stays away from other finsh at the top of the tank. :]

by **lilacamy931** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:17 pm

Thanks Kizno (I know the pics are really bad). For now will keep the two females together as they like each others company and the male separate so he doesnt pester them too much. Thanks for the guidance x

by **kizno1** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:22 pm

it not really there bad photos its just hard to tell from pics no matter how good they are becasue its hard to see how big and round they are. you can leave the male in with them because theres 2 females he should be alright if not try getting 1 more female 3f to every 1m is a good ratio. the male can also help to show when shes going to have the babies because they normally chase the female that is about to drop more than the others.

by **lilacamy931** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:05 pm

Aw thanks for that! Will see how they go then, will let you know how it goes on the frylet side which I hope is soon!

by **lilacamy931** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:04 pm

Small update still no fry, this coming Saturday would have had them 4 weeks, so all fingers crossed for some Wink

Here are updated piccys.
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by **kizno1** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:10 pm

look good shouldnt be to long then. they shold drop ever month. what temp is your tank? that can make a diffrence to how often they have babies.

by **lilacamy931** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:15 pm

Their tank is a stable 24/25C usually thumbup

hope this is goodx

by **kizno1** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:19 pm

thats fine they should have babies about every month. are they the only fish in the tank. if you want hen to live longer you can drop the temp down to about 22c but they wont have babies as often and the babies will grow slower but they are supossed to be healthier because they have more time to develop. some of your corys might prefere it at about that temp aswell :]

by **Irish_Lass** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:20 pm

My mam keeps and breeds guppies and swords. When mama guppy is ready to give birth, she'll literally look like she is about to pop!! Smile

I feel for them. Wink

by **lilacamy931** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:24 pm

I will most likely be dropping the temp for them, though they are likely to move as the cories move in (then again moving to cooler tank so should be good) at the moment they are on their own Smile

I have a feeling these females are pretty young so unsure when a look of popping is going to be!!!

by **kizno1** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:30 pm

sounds like a good plan to me thumbup

by **lilacamy931** on Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:36 pm

thanks hon x

by **lilacamy931** on Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:03 pm

Possibly a sign but the male was pecking at the rear end of one of the females where I would expect the babies to come out, have moved the male away now and left two females together with plenty of plants and floating plants and hope this is enough to keep them from being eaten, really hope that they give birth soon Smile

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