Pregnant guppy or just fat?

[jj528]

Hi everyone, I just have a quick question about my guppies. in the picture attached there are my female guppies. They look a little fat to me so i was wondering if they are pregnant or just fat.

 

[rmiller]

I don't see a pic attached, but I can almost guarantee that if your females have been housed with males they are pregnant.

 

[jj528]

Yeah sorry heres the picture

 

[rmiller]

Yup, you've got babies on the way. The more square their stomach looks the closer they are to birthing.

 

[jj528]

Thank you

 

[rmiller]

No problem. Any plans for the new additions? Any time you have females that have been housed with makes you will wind up over run with fry.

 

[jj528]

I don't know yet, any advice about how big a tank you need to raise fry? Do fry need special water parameters?

 

[rmiller]

They need clean water, but other than that no. You will need to make sure to crush some flakes into a powder to ensure it's small enough for the fry to eat. Also use a bit of nylon hosiery to cover your filter inlet so they don't get sucked in.

What size tank do you currently have? What else is in the tank?