Guppies

[agentamalia]

Ok so I had a lady drop off lots of guppies at my house today and some are pregnant I've never raised guppies before anything specific I should do??


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[IllusionX]

Guppies will eat their fry. So you don't need to do anything if you don't want to have too many babies.

I fed the frys cooked egg yolk.

 

[Mebbid]

There's really nothing special that you have to do. You actually don't even have to feed them anything special as they can eat crushed up flake food. Parents will usually eat their fry, but it's not a big deal as they can give birth to 20+ fry with little difficulty.

 

[agentamalia]

How soon do u think? I have 3 this size


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[Mebbid]

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How soon do u think? I have 3 this size


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That female in the center does not look healthy... The deformed spine is not a trait that you want to pass along.

That being said, when their belly gets squared off it's going to happen within a few days.

 

[agentamalia]

The woman said she had about 300 in her tank idk the size but I just got them this morning


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[agentamalia]

I had asked for 1 male and 3 females well she brought me 3 females and the rest are male out of about 15. Some of the males tails have been nipped at you can see will they grow back?


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[Mebbid]

I had asked for 1 male and 3 females well she brought me 3 females and the rest are male out of about 15. Some of the males tails have been nipped at you can see will they grow back?


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Tails grow back very well. It's not something you will have to worry about.

 

[agentamalia]

Ok cuz it looks really bad I was just worried they wouldn't grow back


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[agentamalia]

I have platys in the tank will guppies breed with platys? I know platys and swordtails will but idk about guppies


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[IllusionX]

Looks like the lady chose the ugly ones to give to you. How nice of her...

Your guppies will crossbreed with the platys..

 

[agentamalia]

Looks like the lady chose the ugly ones to give to you. How nice of her...

Your guppies will crossbreed with the platys..

That's what I was thinking lol but it's ok the males tails will grow back and I've got a few other females plus they were free so I can't really complain lol


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[agentamalia]

Looks like the lady chose the ugly ones to give to you. How nice of her...

Your guppies will crossbreed with the platys..

If they crossbreed will the fry be sterile?


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[agentamalia]

Everywhere I read says that can't crossbreed


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[IllusionX]

Dunno. Wife told me they crossbreed and I've read they do.

I gave my male+female pair guppies to a friend who only have female Mickey platys and their offsprings were Mickey platys. But I'm unsure if they were pregnant from the LFS.

 

[Mebbid]

Guppies and mollies can crossbreed since they are closely related.

Guppies and platies are not closely related. Whoch prevents them from breeding... it doesny stop them from trying though........

 

[agentamalia]

Guppies and mollies can crossbreed since they are closely related.

Guppies and platies are not closely related. Whoch prevents them from breeding... it doesny stop them from trying though........

That's what I read. Not the same genus?


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[Mebbid]

That's what I read. Not the same genus?


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Yeppers

Guppies and Mollies are both in the Poecilia genus

Swordtails and Platies are both in the Xiphophorus genus

 

[agentamalia]

I woke up to guppy babies this morning!


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[agentamalia]

If a platy and a swordtail mate will the fry be sterile?


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