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bettagurl
11-02-2006, 9:43 AM
this guppy is always fat like she is now but if she is pregnate how else can I tell other than a gravid spot?the boys have been in the tank with her for about 2 wks.
psilo
11-02-2006, 10:44 AM
Guppies are almost born pregnant! and if they have a swollen gravid spot like yours has then she will soon give birth. Guppy females can store sperm to fertilise her eggs for up to 6 months so even if you take your males away she will still have more babies. Make sure there are plenty of floating plants around and your fish are well fed and some should survive.
Forgot to also mention that if the males are always kept with the females she will often look fat even though she has recently given birth. This is her store of unfertilised eggs.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 10:54 AM
she is quite young,does that make a difference of how many fry she will have?
I will end up giving the fry to my LFS for store credit when they are big enough.
guppies birth from three months old giving birth to a dozen up to twenty fry at a time. They will produce more fry the older they get.
fballguy
11-02-2006, 2:30 PM
Your guppy will give birth very soon it looks like. There really is no telling how many she will have. I've had 3 month old guppies give birth to 10 fry, and some that had 25-30.
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 2:32 PM
oh, and from where i'm standing, it looks like a Gambusina species to me. anyway... yeah, she'll pop soon.
fballguy
11-02-2006, 2:35 PM
oh, and from where i'm standing, it looks like a Gambusina species to me. anyway... yeah, she'll pop soon.
I don't think so, to me it just looks like a non-fancy guppy.
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 2:39 PM
i've seen young Gambusina affinis sold as feeder guppies all the time. wild colored guppies don't have the iridescence, and are thinner, even when pregnant. they are also smaller. trust me, I caught these fish all the time when I was younger to use as fishing bait.
CaitxSith
11-02-2006, 3:18 PM
i've seen young Gambusina affinis sold as feeder guppies all the time. wild colored guppies don't have the iridescence, and are thinner, even when pregnant. they are also smaller. trust me, I caught these fish all the time when I was younger to use as fishing bait.
:eek: :eek: :eek:
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 3:28 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek:what? I used to love fishing. I always ate the fish i caught, of course. and besides, I was younger back then. i'd never do that now. let's not get off topic, please.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 5:41 PM
this is another female ,she looks pregnate to me also.
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 5:42 PM
this is another female ,she looks pregnate to me also.hmmmm... didn't know they had color variants on mosquito fish!
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 5:43 PM
the last one is my favorite :p:
I hope she isnt too young to be pregnate.
CaitxSith
11-02-2006, 5:44 PM
examples of pregnant guppies:
http://fins.actwin.com/fresh-pics/guppy-female.jpg
:)
*EDIT* sorry, the first pic didn't work >_>
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 5:46 PM
examples of pregnant guppies:
http://guppyplace.tripod.com/FISH2A.JPG
http://fins.actwin.com/fresh-pics/guppy-female.jpg
:)that one's a guppy, not what she has. you have to really know your livebearers (like I do) to see the differences in the species.
CaitxSith
11-02-2006, 5:48 PM
wait..
so she has mosquito fish or something?
hmm..
can't help that then, can't I? :D
:huh:
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 5:51 PM
wait..
so she has mosquito fish or something?
hmm..
can't help that then, can't I? :D
:huh:Gambusina affinis, A.K.A mosquito fish. they live throughout southern north america, and have been introduced to various locales all over the world to help fight mosqiuto bourne diseases by eating mosquito larvae. the main differences between them and guppies are 1. size 2. tail shape (look closely at the tails) 3. rotundness. (mosquito fish are a lot rounder than guppies.) 4. iridesence. mosquito fish have a bodily iridescence that guppies lack.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 5:51 PM
what do male mosquito fish look like?
I think I have some kind of guppy......I'll get some more pics of them.
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 5:54 PM
no, trust me bettagurl, I have experience with these fish. they are mosquito fish. males have a gonopodium and are smaller, like most other livebearers.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 6:26 PM
do the males have color?
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 6:27 PM
do the males have color?not any more flashy than the females.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 6:56 PM
these are my juvie females,my males have got color,I will find some pics of them.
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 6:56 PM
these are my juvie females,my males have got color,I will find some pics of them.that's an endler's livebearer.
plah831
11-02-2006, 7:00 PM
sorry :OT: But why can't people spell the word "pregnant"? Sorry, spelling and grammar snob here!
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 7:01 PM
sorry :OT: But why can't people spell the word "pregnant"? Sorry, spelling and grammar snob here!don't worry, I told her, plah. oh, and plah, u darn't neeg to ghet mag ven poeple missspel tings!
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 7:02 PM
sorry :OT: But why can't people spell the word "pregnant"? Sorry, spelling and grammar snob here!
im a little slow :rolleyes:
these are my boys
plah831
11-02-2006, 7:04 PM
im a little slow :rolleyes:
I'm sorry, bettagurl. I wasn't directing that spelling comment at you at all. This summer we had a troll who was constantly misspelling that word. It was one of the ways we knew he had returned, under a different username! Real smart.
Your guppie boys are very pretty!
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 7:05 PM
im a little slow :rolleyes:
these are my boysoh yeah, those are endlers. my idea is that you got a mixed bunch of young mosquito fish and true endlers. once they start to really grow (MF get to 2") you'll see the differences.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 7:05 PM
I'm sorry, bettagurl. I wasn't directing that spelling comment at you at all. This summer we had a troll who was constantly misspelling that word. It was one of the ways we knew he had returned, under a different username! Real smart.
Your guppie boys are very pretty!
dont be sorry! thanks for correcting that though... :)
aquaman325
11-02-2006, 7:05 PM
I love misquito fish. They are so cool!
plah831
11-02-2006, 7:07 PM
oh yeah, those are endlers.
sorry, I don't know my endlers from my guppies :rolleyes: Isn't there controversy over whether they're truly separate species?
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 7:09 PM
I think they are a different breed of guppy....
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 7:10 PM
sorry, I don't know my endlers from my guppies :rolleyes: Isn't there controversy over whether they're truly separate species?yeah... some say subspecies, others say same genus, different species. I tend to favor the subspecies arguement.
aquaman325
11-02-2006, 7:35 PM
If your guppies have large gravid spots and are really fat they are most likely pregnant. I have bred guppies my whole life and believe me, they breed really well! Good luck with your breeding!
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 7:39 PM
Im going to try to save the babies,i have a breeder net im going to put them in,they wouldnt last a minute in my 30 gal tank(check sig)
no_fin_nipping
11-02-2006, 7:57 PM
yeah... some say subspecies, others say same genus, different species. I tend to favor the subspecies arguement.
Can a guppy and endler mate? Will the offspring be sterile? Horse+Donkey= Mule, which is sterile. Genus can mate but produce sterile offspring. Subspecies can produce fertile offspring. Swordtail+Platy= fertile offspring. Most Platy's have some Swordtail in them and vice versa.
If Endler's and Guppies can produce fertile offspring, then I agree with you.
fballguy
11-02-2006, 8:02 PM
Can a guppy and endler mate? Will the offspring be sterile? Horse+Donkey= Mule, which is sterile. Genus can mate but produce sterile offspring. Subspecies can produce fertile offspring. Swordtail+Platy= fertile offspring. Most Platy's have some Swordtail in them and vice versa.
If Endler's and Guppies can produce fertile offspring, then I agree with you.
I could be wrong(again) but I think guppies and endlers produce sterile offspring.
bettagurl
11-02-2006, 8:27 PM
I have bred guppies with endlersmthen bred the fry to get better clors so the fry are not sterile....im going to try to get a almost pure endler with nice fins :)
plah831
11-02-2006, 10:00 PM
I have bred guppies with endlers... so the fry are not sterile....im going to try to get a almost pure endler with nice fins :)
Good work! Best of luck to you :)
fishcatch22
11-02-2006, 10:53 PM
I have bred guppies with endlersmthen bred the fry to get better clors so the fry are not sterile....im going to try to get a almost pure endler with nice fins :)hey, if you want to know which of your livebearers are MF and which one's are endler's just PM me a bunch of pics and i'll be able to sort it out.
great looking fish bettagurl. Wish i could get hold of some endlers over here.
Betagurl you would be surprised at the survival rate of fry. I have a 55 gallon tank in which i keep alot of my female guppies. They are always giving birth abd i take out about two dozen a week.
Put plenty of plants particularly floating plants in the tanks and keep your adult fish well fed and plenty should survive.
Good luck!