Hi everyone~ I am new to the fish community and have a few questions for you all.... My son got a guppy from the store a few days ago. It was huge compared to the other guppy in the tank. So we assumed it was preggo. It's gravid spot was black. Last night my son told me that the spot had turned bright orange with black speckles. I wouldn't have believed him had I not seen it. It was bright orange and indeed had black spots in it. We moved her into a breeder net and now it has changed back to black again. Is this due to stress that she is changing colors? I don't want to hurt the poor fishy. We read that they need to be seperated if they are pregnant. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Question about my guppy~
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I have had guppies for years I have never seen that. I would say the anecdotal evidence would support that it was stress.
What other fish are housed with her?
She will be ok in the breeder net till she spawns just be sure to clean the net of old food.
do you have any live plants? she will spawn quicker some times if there is floating plants.
Either way onces she spawns you will need to remove her for the net so she does not eat her young.
What other fish are housed with her?
She will be ok in the breeder net till she spawns just be sure to clean the net of old food.
do you have any live plants? she will spawn quicker some times if there is floating plants.
Either way onces she spawns you will need to remove her for the net so she does not eat her young.
Thanks for the response.... We have 3 zebra danio a male guppy and her. There are some plants in the tank and I bought some breeding grass that is in the net with her. Is that ok? I don't know for sure that she is even pregnant that was just something we were told was a possibility. Are the danio's ok to be in with the guppies? What about mollies? We have a tetra that is large and very aggressive. The molly is with him right now but I am thinking of changing him over to this tank.
mollies are not good with guppies as a rule they are to aggressive an eater and will out compete them for food. (not that it can't be done)
that breding grass is fine the young need a place to hide from mom.
from what you have described think its a safe bet.(they are as close to being born pregnant as you can get :grinyes
The stress could have come from your male as they exist to eat and spawn. you will need to et at least 2 more females. A good ratio of males to female is 3:1 so his attention is split between the females ( the trouble is you will soon be up to your eyes in guppies think rabbits :eek3
that breding grass is fine the young need a place to hide from mom.
from what you have described think its a safe bet.(they are as close to being born pregnant as you can get :grinyes
The stress could have come from your male as they exist to eat and spawn. you will need to et at least 2 more females. A good ratio of males to female is 3:1 so his attention is split between the females ( the trouble is you will soon be up to your eyes in guppies think rabbits :eek3
Thank you again you've helped out alot. So I should get 2 more females 3 in total and my lone male is fine? I have a 3 gal. tank would this be suitable for fry on their own?
Sonshine, contrary to what draal said, guppies do not breed like rabbits but some really horny rabbits will breed like guppies.