Su

Can anyone tell me how big su will get? I got him fromm one of the feeder tanks a while back before Herby died, maybe 4 mos. He is aproximatly 3/4 to 1" long right now almost triple the size when we got him and he is a sturdy little man, just would like to know if he's going to get any bigger? Thanks!

im guessing its a guppy? it will get to about 1" in legnth without its tail. the legnth of its tail will depende on the type of guppy.

Yeah, sorry, he's a clear silvery looking guppy and even when he was little he was shaped different than the neon feeders. Kind of big chested. I'll try to get pics, but he is quick! shoulda called him zoom zoom!

lol if you cant have a look on google but it should grow to about 1"

I tried every way of asking last night and kept being sent to places they were sizing feeder gold fish, how do you confuse feeder guppies with feeder gold fish?

most of them dont have a clue. same as one person at my lfs ssaid corys will get 15cm long and kill everythink in my 30g but would of happily sold be 20 odd goldfish.

where would 20 fit when they got big?

thats what i mean they dont have a clue they think they stay the size they sell them at wich is about 3"

Uh oh, guess what? Su is not a boy! And there is a gravid spot! I was sure she was a he, but now the she's bigger I was looking at photos and then her and noticed she did not have the sword, but the triangle! I feel fro her, cuz I got no way to take care of feeder/flashy fry!

It's very easy to take care of the fry... when she has them just net or cup them out of the tank (cupping might be better for small guppy fry, my platies were large enough to net) and you just leave them in with the parents in a breeding net/trap and feed them crushed flake. My platy fry are LOVING cyclops frozen food and grated bloodworms.

Thanks SR, I will see if they have a breeding net at the lfs today. They should.

it will get a little bigger then if its females it will get to about 2inches without tail. do you have a male in the tank? i know guppys are normally pregnant when you buy them but if shes only just got her gravid spot theni dout she will be.

I got Su about 4 mos ago, with Shi to help perk up Herby before I knew what was wrong and he died. Su did not have this spot until about 2 days ago, and yes there are 3 fancy guppies in tank with her, I bought a breeding box as they are out of the nets and I don't know length of pregnancy or anything, better to have the plastic box than nothing at all. I had to move all of the guppies together as last night Ric Flair turned on the two in with him and started munching tails. They are in with Phinneus but just til I set up the small 3 gallon in the bathroom, I have to make room. I am 90% sure the babies, if she is preg will be her and Marvels, Marvel has been in with her and Phinneus for a while he is a double tail fancy with splotches of color on him.

how many males and females do you have? you need 2 females to ever male so they don harras them. i would try to breed her yet if he only just got the gravid spot she is young and if they get pregnant to early it can damage there growth and stop the babies from beign to healthy. the babies wont just be from one male if theres more than one male they will be a mix from all of them. the females can store sperm aswell so evan if theres no male for e6 months + they can still be having the males babies.

Thought the gravid spot only shows when they are into their pregnancy?!

I think the pregnancy is anything from 4-6weeks, but they can hold onto the fry if they are stressed or anything.

no they have one all the time but it goes darker when pregnant. 4 weeks is about normal but if its hot it will be faster and if its cold it will take longer.

I was not really looking to breed, I just found out she is fem and don't have a load of tanks, only the small tank from before w/ the crappy filter system and a bowl from back when Yin was alive. I only got Su and Shi to try to help Herby as I was told (before coming here) that might help, it did too, for about three days. I then told my honey to get a few guppie freinds for Su after Shi was gone and Shimmer, and Hellboy, he brought home fancy guppies, long drawn out story I know, I then went and got three feeder guppies, only they only had the neons and weren't carrying the kind Su was anymore due to an early frost or something from their suppliers. neons are all dead now, two died in the silk plants and one was never that healthy, then i had to save ric so guppies were split between the two set up tanks. Not exactly my choice to breed, I did not know Su would live this long when I bought her and I did not know Su was a she. Can't afford new set up right now, can try to keep the guppies in the bathroom in the 3 gallon, and ask lfs to order some heat tape,(heaters wont work in that tank, they are to big.

Gravid spot is black and pink! I believe from what I have read there is a 90% chance of babies

Yeah i'm pretty sure that once the gravid spot is very noticeable, babies are on their way. That's my personal experience anyway. When my platies were due their spot darkened and the hole opened more. Might not see that on a small guppy's behind though lol.

I'm not 100% positive, but i've heard that guppies can tolerate lower temps, so maybe if placed in a warmish room you wouldn't have to worry about heaters?

Nature will take it's course and by the time you find the fry, the adults may have eaten some!

ETA: Just read that the lowest acceptable temp is 23C/74F

That is why I was thinking the bathroom, it's the warmest room, in our bedroom, on the other side of it is the laundry room, no windows and I keep the lights on normally during the day cause it is the rotton long bulbs that take forever to turn on! Here's a pic of sue with Marvel from today
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And another one showing Marvel's tail
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