Spawning Guppies

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About how often do adult female guppies give birth to fry, and about how many are produced on average?

Just wondering if the fry are getting eaten before I see them. Although, I haven't noticed the size of the female drop any(that is, if they get bigger while pregnant). Since I have had them, I have only gotten 6 fry. They are healthy and are almost 1/2" now. The parents were feeder guppies that I decided not to feed to a friend's oscar, so something could be wrong with them.
 
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Guppies will have fry every 21-28 days, and will store the sperm from the last known mating for future batches. So if you take out the male after the first mating, you will still have fry a few months down the line.



jim
 
oh...cool. for some reason i was thinking they had fry every few weeks. but if its around 21-28 days, it should be getting about time for another batch in a week or so.:)

as for not being able to feed them to things fast enough, i was wanting to set up a preditor fish tank and use them for live food. it's only 1 adult male, 1 adult female and six fry at the moment....once the fry grow up there is no telling how many will be showin up!

thanks for the replies!
 
I HATE to be picky, but this is one that needs correcting. Guppies and other live bearers do not spawn. In biology, spawning (verb) refers to the release of an egg mass, so while the young are a spawn (noun), the act of delivery is considered birth. Viviparous as opposed to the eggs resulting from oviparous species.
 
maybe i should have said breeding guppies? you learn something new everyday.

you don't think since they were feeders that anything would be wrong w/ them? the male has alot of cool colors on him, they are different on each side. on his right side there are 2 blue, what seem to be iridescent, spots. he isn't completly grown yet, i hope it will get a full tail sometime.
 
I started out with feeder guppies. The colors will come . Every generation will have more color. I even got a sword tail from somewhere. I use mine for feeders also, but they are by far my favorate fish. Just make sure you keep at least 3 females to 1 male. I have about 6 females to every male. Have fun. Tim
 
Just keep in mind the more females you have, the more fry, the more feeders. But I have found that in order to raise several batches of fry, you will also need additional tanks. I always start my fry in a breeding net in the original tank that they were born, keep them in that for about a month or so. This allows them to use less energy searching for food, and more energy for growing. Just some input.
 
Originally posted by OrionGirl
I HATE to be picky, but...
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I honestly think she loves it :) heehee
 
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