guppy babies?

Question

Ok so i asked last week if my guppy was preggers and most ppl said that it probably was! Well im not sure i understand the whole livebearing fish thang. Do they lay eggs in there tummys and then teh male fertilizes them in the belly then they hatch and come out?



also the other 3 guppys seem to be fighting over teh pregnant one, it seems like its been forever! Is there anything that could harm my guppy if she doesnt mate soon?

should i move her to my other smaller tank?

Answer 1

The livebearers thing, another way to understand it is comparing them to humans.
However, the way you put it, yes that's exactly what happens:
Live-bearing aquarium fish, often simply called livebearers, are fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young.

If your female is pregnant, remove her, otherwise, the males will bother her and she'll either die or abort from stress.

Put her in a 5 gal. with a sponge filter. 28-30 days after insemination she'll give birth to anywhere from 10-30+ fry. If its her first time, it'll prob. be 1-20 fry.

Answer 2

Well, females develop the eggs inside their bodies. The males then pass their sperm into the body of the female using a modified caudal fin (kind of like using a straw I guess lol). The eggs hatch in the body of the female and come out.

Are the 3 other guppies males? Males will pester females. If other females are pestering over the pregnant one, she may be secreting fluid in preparing to give birth.

Leave her be, she'll have her babies soon :)

Answer 3

Here is a site about breeding guppies: http://guppyplace.tripod.com/Breeding.html

Make sure you have a second tank for the babies or they will become free fish food, I've had guppy babies before and that was their fate unfortunately. Good luck!