guppies

[butterfly_koi]

My mom gave me two guppies from her fish tank today, I have never had guppies before. She had told me one was male and one was female she also said that the female appeared to be pregnant. This picture I took of them isn't very clear but can anyone tell me if it is pregnant? How do you tell males and females apart?

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[butterfly_koi]

Sorry for the double picture

[Aron]

They are both female but chances are they could still be pregnant if your mum had males with them

[Davidsoccer22]

Not sure, don't think the one at the bottom is but the one at the top might be. Look for a dark spot (gravid spot) in the lower middle of their bodies. Maybe images from the back would be better.

[butterfly_koi]

Well when I had gotten them and after I did some research I had the thought that they are both female. I think

[Artist]

They look like females
the top "fatter" one looks pregnant but more pics would help

[Artist]

Check out my thread
"guppy breeding log"

I have posted a lot of pics about my guppies and fry. And if you have any questions you can post there and many ppl will answer you.

[butterfly_koi]

I figured they were female, I have a male in there now I can tell the difference between the two now

[Artist]

You only have to have the male with the females for 2weeks and you will get 3 spawns from the female.

Are you going to be saving every fry? Or let nature do its thing?

[butterfly_koi]

I've never had fry before I think it would be interesting to find out what happens

[Artist]

are you going for lots of fry or just a couple? and how many tanks do you have?

[butterfly_koi]

Not planning on breeding them allot just kinda a one time thing, I have a 2 gallon tank, two ten gallons and a 29 gallon that has goldfish in it. I wanted to keep the guppies out of the Big tank though I'm afraid that my goldfish will eat the adult guppies so if they have fry I will separate the adults into the other empty ten gallon tank so the babies won't get eaten

[Artist]

Oh just wait you say that now. In the past 3weeks I have had 3 drops with 20+ each drop and more to come this week.

[butterfly_koi]

Lol that's allot, I am looking to rehome my goldfish they are just too messy and have to clean the tank too much. If I do I will move the guppies to the 29 gallon tank. Guppies seem like a cleaner fish than the goldfish

[Artist]

I have 8 tanks going now and I have guppies in 4
If You rlly like breeding you could make a nice little setup with your tanks

[butterfly_koi]

Well we will have to see after my females drop if I like breeding. It seems guppies are easy to breed, are the fry hard to take care of?

[Artist]

Not to bad just have to feed them 4-8 times a day and clean more but turkey baster works great for cleaning. (just have to be careful not to suck up fry.)

It is a blast to watch them grow. They grow right before your eyes

[butterfly_koi]

What do they eat? Should I have more live plants in my tank?

[Artist]

Guppy fry eat really anything but the best food is live foods. But you can use crushed flakes. And for plants I would say yes. Fry nibble on plants and plants are great hiding places for them. You can use fake plants for cover but many people say java moss is better. ( java moss is a low light plant very easy to grow)

[butterfly_koi]

Right on so now I'm on a mission to set up my other tank for the fry thanks for all the help