Well I thought they had eggs in them and then when the eggs hatched, the guppy babies came pouring out?
Guppy abortion
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Right, they start as eggs inside the female, but they don't lay eggs, they give birth to each live fry one at a time and it can actually take days.
Yea, so I meant maybe it had the eggs before they hatched inside her and then redbullbill just didnt see them or somethin
Like Ash said, they are livebearers. Breeders are pretty good at protecting they fry from the mother. When a female is stressed, she will self-abort as reabsorb the fry. They will also do this if the current population is too great in their environment. Guppies are the only fish I know of that self-regulate population.
Planted tanks with moss and floating plants will give fry a place to hide from predation. I always leave my pregnant females in the main tank and watch for them to drop. I then net out the fry and move them to a safe place. I have found that for breeding, this works the best. When the female is ready to drop, she will hide or try to find a place away from the population. Eventually, they may sit on or close to the bottom 1-2 days before dropping fry.
Planted tanks with moss and floating plants will give fry a place to hide from predation. I always leave my pregnant females in the main tank and watch for them to drop. I then net out the fry and move them to a safe place. I have found that for breeding, this works the best. When the female is ready to drop, she will hide or try to find a place away from the population. Eventually, they may sit on or close to the bottom 1-2 days before dropping fry.
they had a black spot but it is no longer there.They way the trap is set up i don't think they could have eaten all of them,but maybe they did.I know when i was trying to get them into the trap they were pretty freaked out.So since they are back in the tank give it a month and they may have some?
This is a learning process.I couldn't even imagine getting egg layers to do there thing!!!!
This is a learning process.I couldn't even imagine getting egg layers to do there thing!!!!
see when a mommy guppy and a daddy guppy love each other very much .. 
nah serious, sometimes they only have a few fry, they could've gotten eaten, and I've also seen some that ended up holding fry from stress, i don't know if they can reabsorb them or whatever.
nah serious, sometimes they only have a few fry, they could've gotten eaten, and I've also seen some that ended up holding fry from stress, i don't know if they can reabsorb them or whatever.
Sounds like it was a stress thing. I have shipped livebearers that were prego and had them reabsorb/self abort during the process because of stress, and I know it happens a lot when they are moved to breeder traps too. The good thing, or bad, depending on how you look at it is livebearers like guppies stay prego pretty much all the time, so in another 28 days you will probably have fry again. You might try Jeff's method though and scoop the fry once they are born so as not to stress the mom. Guppy fry are pretty big so they are easy to net out. Good luck.
I should also modify my statement by saying that I BELIEVE reabosorption happens in guppies, but there is a lot of debate as to whether this is the actual case or if they just give birth to dead or underdeveloped fry and gobble them up very fast. Either way, like I said before, better luck on the next batch.
Sort of, yes, but the fry are 1/4" long. Your eyesight would need to be pretty poor to not see them in a breeding trap.
Well thanks for all the info.I appreciate the help.
I think when i get my second ten gallon i will plant it heavy and not use the trap.The two problems with the trap one of which is getting them into it the other is all the crap collects in the bottom of it. Then when you gotta clean it out you gotta stress out the fish again.
Oh yeah a reason to set up another tank!!!!!
Once i am successful at breeding the livebearers maybe later on down the road i may try some sortof egg layer.But after reading some of the stuff on them, that seems way more involved then i am experienced fo now.
I think when i get my second ten gallon i will plant it heavy and not use the trap.The two problems with the trap one of which is getting them into it the other is all the crap collects in the bottom of it. Then when you gotta clean it out you gotta stress out the fish again.
Oh yeah a reason to set up another tank!!!!!
Once i am successful at breeding the livebearers maybe later on down the road i may try some sortof egg layer.But after reading some of the stuff on them, that seems way more involved then i am experienced fo now.
