Pregnant Guppie

[animalzrok2]

i agree with Mumma.of.two, but i move my guppy into a breeding container as soon as she squares off and take her out as soon as she is done.

[Pufferlove]

Sounds good what kind of breeder net do u recommend because that sounds easier

[Pufferlove]

Also what does she do when she squares off I've been hearing that term a lot lately

[Mumma.of.two]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Sounds good what kind of breeder net do u recommend because that sounds easier

A mesh one, not a plastic one. The mesh ones allow more water flow, so cleaner water for the fry.

[Mumma.of.two]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Also what does she do when she squares off I've been hearing that term a lot lately

Quick google search and this is one of many threads I found.
http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/pl...ant-platy.html

[D-vanhorn90]

the gourami are fine as long as they arent butting heads and coming back for more every 2 seconds. You would have def noticed something wrong from the moment they were placed in the tank. Mesh baby net, plants hiding places, keep tank at 78 or 80 degrees. Incredibly easy to breed, no trouble at all.

[Pufferlove]

Sounds good anything else I should know

[Pufferlove]

This is about off topic but I just saw two of my gouramis like circle each other but not threateningly just is that ok

[animalzrok2]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Also what does she do when she squares off I've been hearing that term a lot lately

well when a female is really pregnant (give birth in less than 24 hours) she stomach starts to look like a square. could be some other part i don't really know what squares i just know it does. the lower half squares
either way for a platy it looks like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/...f2ca3a1168.jpg

[D-vanhorn90]

Yes! I like to feed the colour flakes to bring out colour faster, along with bloodworms and brineshrimp powder. Its all three crushed up to a fine power. I have green cobra guppies mixed with the blue V tail guppies...theyre always the same ones, the blue guppies, they look amazing. Same with platies. Hope you enjoy those tiny babies cause they cute.

[Mumma.of.two]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

This is about off topic but I just saw two of my gouramis like circle each other but not threateningly just is that ok

If they start to fight or chase constantly then you have to think about rehoming imo

[Pufferlove]

That sounds good anything else

[Pufferlove]

Put plants in just found out that gouramis like to eat plants

[Sammy S]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Also there are four gouramis

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keep the gourami away! They ate my neon fish when I went to bed; they tend to eat smaller fish

Plenty of hiding plants and a breeding cage/tank would be well off for her :* and congrats, my cousin just got a guppy who was pregnant

[Pufferlove]

Weird their mouths are soooo small but they are dwarf too

[Sammy S]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Put plants in just found out that gouramis like to eat plants

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Gourami tend to eat just about anything, from what I've learned

[Sammy S]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Weird their mouths are soooo small but they are dwarf too

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oh they are dwarves? then I don't think they cause a threat to smaller fish....I have paradise

[Pufferlove]

That's fine yeah they may have small mouths but the totally destroyed my plant

[Sammy S]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

That's fine yeah they may have small mouths but the totally destroyed my plant

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Ripper (my male) does that too o3o;; I moved the two to a 30 gallon because many told me 10 was too small but they do nip each other occasionally which ay mean breeding

Some fish eat just about anything but in some ways it's good; Happy fish keeping and congrats on the fry!

[Mumma.of.two]

Any fish will eat any other fish that will fit into its mouth. The dwarfs will eat the platy fry if they find them. I have a dwarf gourami (17g tank) and a gold gourami (70g tank) and haven't see them eating plants ever. I did read they would when I first got them but have never witnessed it.