Feeder guppies

[JC_Bus]

Hello I bought some feeder guppies just because I think they are pretty and I put them in my 10 gallon tank but I think one is pregnant. She's only about an inch long can she be pregnant? Or is it bloat?


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[Fishdude3233]

She's pregnant.


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[JC_Bus]

Will she be okay? She is small compared to my fancy females.


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[Fishdude3233]

Feeder guppies are usually wild types. They are much smaller


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[JC_Bus]

Will the fry be smaller than fancy fry?


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[livefishguy124]

probably, ether that or you wont get as much.

 

[SpaceFish42]

Sorry to interrupt the thread... Are feeder guppies hardier?

 

[TMRC Exotics]

The fry are actually pretty close to the same size, I've raised both. Fry feeding and care is the same as well. She's definitely prego. When she drops fry mark a calendar 28-29 days later and she will likely drop again. If I remember correctly they can actually hold sperm and reimpregnate themselves near immediately after giving birth. Those fry can get pregnant at a little over a month old and have their own fry by just over 2 months, sometimes sooner.

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[Fishdude3233]

The fry are actually pretty close to the same size, I've raised both. Fry feeding and care is the same as well. She's definitely prego. When she drops fry mark a calendar 28-29 days later and she will likely drop again. If I remember correctly they can actually hold sperm and reimpregnate themselves near immediately after giving birth. Those fry can get pregnant at a little over a month old and have their own fry by just over 2 months, sometimes sooner.

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Yup fry are the same size, but less of them.
As far as wild types being hardier its a double edged sword thing.
If they are properly imported/bred then yes they are sometimes hardier.


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[FWFishTanks]

At my lfs the feeders are just small fancy females

 

[Tieberion]

Bought Ten over a year ago for our turtle tank as snacks, as of today have about 10 big female preggos, 8-15 smaller males, and when you look along the bottom rocks in a nice quiet corner, probbaly 40-60 tiny replacements always growing up lol.