guppy females

[gohabs9]

if a guppy female IS NOT preganant will she have a visable breeding spot (gravid spot), or is it always there just darker at breeding. I bought a female today and shes has a grey coloured gravid spot...is she pregant?

so with a non preganant guppy is there a visable spot?

[Zagz]

I have some female guppies with that spot you are talking about, I sure hope they aren't all pregnant! I already have fry everywhere. I don't think it means they are pregnant.

[sudz]

I was going to open a new post, but this one seems perfect! I'm going to attach a picture of a female guppy i got at a local fishclub auction, shes fairly fat, so i'm wondering if shes pregnant. Anyone tell?

[Zagz]

Yes she sure looks pregnant to me.

[youronlysin]

Female Guppies most always have a visible gravid spot. It does get dark and grow during pregnancy. Depending on how they are adapted to the current conditions, they can be very selective in when they actually bear fry. You might not see anything for months, or it might only be days. Crazy fish.

[sudz]

My mom said she used to have guppies when she was little, she also said that the bent spines was because they were held in the mother too long. If this is the case, how can i make sure this doesn't happen with this generation?

If she is pregnant, how long can i expect? Do guppies eat your young? I think i have some google time ahead of me

[Elmware]

Originally Posted by sudz

I was going to open a new post, but this one seems perfect! I'm going to attach a picture of a female guppy i got at a local fishclub auction, shes fairly fat, so i'm wondering if shes pregnant. Anyone tell?

One of my famale guppies has the same style tail. She pretty much looks just like the one in your picture. The other two have speckled tails. One is pinkish red and the other is bluish pearl. I bought the one wich was like the one in your picture the other day, and the one with the pinkish tail slipped into the net, so the petstore just gave her to me because he didn't want to try and get her out.

[sudz]

sweet deal. Yeah, i just bought 2 more females, both highly pregnant, I also bought the cheap netted nursery, and got some "plastic paper", made a V and cut a slit in the bottom of the valley. i'm thinking the fry will fall through this slit, and live happily below away from the mothers. Its hard to tell which one is the most pregnant, so i have all 3 of them in there.

Anyone know how long it takes a mother to eat her babies when they're laid?

[Skyrmir]

Umm, they're guppies. Isn't the question "When aren't they pregnant?"

She does look pregnant in the pics though.

[Elmware]

Originally Posted by sudz

sweet deal. Yeah, i just bought 2 more females, both highly pregnant, I also bought the cheap netted nursery, and got some "plastic paper", made a V and cut a slit in the bottom of the valley. i'm thinking the fry will fall through this slit, and live happily below away from the mothers. Its hard to tell which one is the most pregnant, so i have all 3 of them in there.

Anyone know how long it takes a mother to eat her babies when they're laid?

I have a breeder designed pretty much like that. I bought it at PetsMart for about less than $5 CAD. You can also take the V trap out and use it as a small holding tank. The ends have holes so the water can flow through it, and it's designed to float.