Okay, I have a clear guppy "blonde" I think is the term. I can ACTUALLY SEE 3 baby guppies inside of her. They have white/clear eyes with black dots in the middle and I can see the outline of there body. She is a nice healthy, BIG female, but why is there only 3? Maybe more inside? Will she have them soon? Because her gravid spot is not square yet.
2006-12-18 08:07:35 · 3 answers · asked by None N 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
She is almost a year old... probably 11 months. she ius about 2.5", she is a huge fish, that is what I am wondering,
about how much longer until she has them?
2006-12-18 08:15:26 · update #1
There are likely many more inside. If this is her first batch, she may only have 10-20, but she may have as many as 50+ tucked away. Time will tell :)
2006-12-18 08:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are, there are far more than three in there, but it is also possible that she stored the semen (which the live bearers do from time to time, which is why they will keep spitting out babies when there hasn't been a male around them for a while. They can have something like three batches of fry from one insemination)
If she stored, then progressively the number of fry produced tends to decrease.
Also, when she has them, you likely won't see too many of them. They hide, or get eaten. The more hiding places you have, the better chance they have to survive long enough to grow beyond snack size.
2006-12-18 16:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by yama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The younger she is the less fry she will have. You might get a few more depending on how old she is.
2006-12-18 16:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Petlover♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋