Shaun85 Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hi, I have 2-3 pregnant guppies in my tank at the moment and have had t hem for nearly a month now, however i was wondering how do i tell when they are about to give birth? Never had fish produce fry before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 They get really fat and swollen, have a boxlike appearance from the front. Their belly actually gets red, and I think from memory, thats the eyes of the babies. She will also slow down a lot, ours used to basically just sit on the bottom of the tank, or hang around the filter. We used the breeding traps in a separate tank, as the babies will get eaten. Takes about a month before they pop also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Thanks for that, Their bellies have definatly gotta biggedr and on the side you can see a big black spot lookin thing, i am hoping they drop soon because i lost alot of guppies in my disastrous week last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Yeah it will get more black and eventually you will see the little red eyes of the babies. I found the biggest giveaway is that they seem to find a spot alone and not move around much. We just gave away our guppies last week, about 30 adults and more than 70 one-month-old babies... the bf wants to move onto bigger and better things LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Unfortunately i didnt plan on breeding them and one of the first ones i got from LFS was pregnant. I had about 5 in total pregnant then last week when i lost 15+ fish alot of them were guppies. My biggest disappointment was losing my snakeskin one :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 there are some nice looking ones, I dont mind them. And they are always pregnant LOL sorry to hear of your loss I just found an upside down catfish dead under the cabinet myself LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I have never noticed guppy belly going red but I don't have any anymore so cant go check I always just left mine in the tank and let nature take its course, otherwise you end up over run by baby guppies. As for not breeding them.....I don't think that's possible unless you separate the males and females from a couple of weeks of age. You would pretty much have to keep each one in its own container until you could assertain its sex and then put all the same sex in one tank. At least, that's what I've been led to believe. Even if you keep females away from the males you will still get babies for a few months in a row after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I have never noticed the gravid spot go red either, they shouldn't have red eyes unless they are albino. Once you have them a while you will just sort of know when they are ready to drop, they do it like clock work, my endlers drop every 23 days :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Well i am of t he oppinion if they survive the other fish eating them then they deserve to live :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I believe guppies drop every 28 days, endlers is every 21 days. I've noticed that some endlers does have with a red colour. But most are black... The females get so big that you think it's going to explode then you'll know that she's going to drop soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 my bf was the one who said that you can see the red, I have seen it in a couple, but not all... I just go for when they are big and black, inactive and looking like they are about to pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Mine must be getting close to dropping if they drop at 28 days then. If i dont separate the fry is it a 100% necessity for them t o have fry food ? As you might of been able to tell i am not really interested in a tank full of guppies lol and given i have 4 or 5 pregnant ....yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 if you don't separate them then you're likely to lose most of the fry due to the parents will eat them and also other fish in your tank will also find them to be tasty treats. I don't fed my endlers fry food coz I have a 3 ft planted tank and the baby endlers is able to eat some of the micro-organisms in the tank to they grow big enough to eat pellet food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I left mine in with the parent and usually ended up with anywhere from 5-20 that survived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I will keep monitoring my situation. I am more intrigued about who they hav e bred with and t he colors which might come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Previous to the last discussion do you think she has long to go now? i separated her in case. Lets see her can guess what day she will give birth As i know nothing about when to expect guppies to give birth my guess will be for 08/09/2011 and 7 fry :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 i have 3 females and they are all preggs, i have got to the point with where they drop and the bubs are clever enough they will hide in the weed, make sure u have heaps of weed for the bubs to hide inby the looks of the photo she still have a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 well they are gonna be up the creek without a paddle lol cause all thats in that tank is some moss and 2 anubias plants lol I wasnt attempting to breed them so i am not particularly phased if some get munched on though i might leave them separated for a bit cause i am intrigued as to what color they will be considering i dont know who the father is. What is your guess for the birth date lol ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 i dont mean to crash ur thread , but here is a video of my girl she is the blonde girl. she almost ready this is how big they get. i couldnt get a good pic of her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 wow well i guess i would be wrong to say mine will pop in 4 days i am gonna go let her out of her holding tank thing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've found my female drops one/two days after I've isolated her from the community tank (since my community tank isn't very fry friendly at all)... i think I remember reading something about females holding sperm for like 6 months until they feel comfortable/secure enough to drop. good luck with your guppy girl though ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl13 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hey Shaun, from the looks of that photo your girl is nowhere near ready to drop yet, she is still way too round looking from the front. They really do end up looking quite square You also need to bear in mind the fact that guppy girls can hang on to sperm and have up to 5 drops with out a male being in the tank at the time If your girls were preggers when you got 'em even if you take them out of the community now and keep them in a sep. tank you could still be over-run!! As for food, even the fry I kept in a sep. tank never got fry food, just really finely crushed flakes (the only reason they were kept in their own tank was so I could segregate the boys as I wanted the flash and colour without the kids!!) If you want to keep some of the kids then a breeder net and sep. tank for grow out is the way to go. If you're like me and got in this mess by accident but want to see what you get, then do the same. If it's survival of the fittest then chuck in a few extra plants (don't even need to plant them, floaters are fine)and see how you go good luck Nanna Jo B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 *sigh* its like going on a long car tripe "Are we there yet". I am actually thinking about getting some fancy guppies that people would be interested in and breeding them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) My female Guppies bellies always go red, and even from the side, their belly gets more of a point (as was said before, more boxlike and square) a few hours before they drop. If I can't move a female when I see her change like this, she always births in the tank and there are never any surviving fry. Saying that, even having her somewhere by herself, my females still eat their own fry. Terrible parents. edit: Sorry, I didn't read the post's on the 2nd page. Probably just repeating what has already been said. :embarrass: Edited September 7, 2011 by Lilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun85 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I have an aquaone breeding box so there is a divider and the fry will fall through the floor and mother cant get to them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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