Advice needed

[FayeS]

Hi everyone i have 4 pregnant guppies that look like they gonna burst, what are the signs of labouring?

 

[Ian086]

Hi everyone i have 4 pregnant guppies that look like they gonna burst, what are the signs of labouring?

First of all, welcome. I hope you enjoy!!!
There are a few signs, the main ones being.
1. A very dark gravity spot around her bottom.
2. She will become square, known as 'squared off' or 'boxed'

I also noticed a few things mine do before they drop. They become very lethargic, don't eat, hang around the bottom of the tank not moving and/or the heater....

 

[redsea]

Welcome to AA, enjoy!

 

[Convict2161]

Welcome to the community

 

[FayeS]

I have sadly lost one of my fry so just 3 left am i supposed to clean the unraten food out if the breeding box?

 

[Ian086]

I have sadly lost one of my fry so just 3 left am i supposed to clean the uneaten food out if the breeding box?

If you can, that would be ideal. I use a syringe to do this. Try only feeding tiny amounts of food at a time. Have you got the Hikari First Bites fry food??. Another thing i do when it gets dirty is, scoop them into a net and while they are in the net, clean out the trap. Make sure to be very careful and leave the net partly in the water....

 

[FayeS]

I am currently using liquifry food

 

[thebluespirit]

I fed mine liquid egg yolk but found that quite mesdy and left uneaten food residue. With my second batch i bought some dried decapsulated brine shrimp eggs. Found tgem to be very practical. Easy to see any uneaten food and gave good growth particular in the first few weeks