how do i know if my guppys are pregent ?

Question

just wondering how do i know if my guppys are pregant is this something you can see or tell? i know i have two femals and two males int he same tank with about four ghost shrimp

Answer 1

The pregnant female gets fatter and develops a large black spot on her abdomen. Here's a little more on breeding guppies in case you're into it.

Breeding guppies really is just as simple as most people say it is but if you really want to be serious about it there are a few considerations.

Tank requirements: You need to have two tanks at least 10 gallons in size. The first one should be cycled and all settled ready for your new guppies. The second should be filled with water and have a sponge filter running. It should also gave a heater and lots of hiding places for the babies. Set up both tanks and keep the temperature in both about 74-78 F, guppies will do well in that range. pH, hardness and other water conditions are not very important to guppies. They tolerant a very wide range of parameters.

Feeding: For the adults you need to feed a good basic flake food as well as the occasional treat of frozen foods. Buy a couple of them to swap between, blood wroms, mosquito larvae, brine shrimp are all good. For the babies you need baby brine shrimo to feed for the first few days and some cruches flake to start mixing in after that. Yes, you can just crush the flake yuou use for the adults.

The Fish: Get 1 male for every 2-3 females. No need to get many, after all you expect to breed plenty! Most you find at pet stores will already be pregnant so if you are really serious about getting just the right color you will need to by from a serious breeder or be prepared to work at it a while.

The mating: Just put them together and they will do the rest.

Once the female is very gravid (pregnant) move her to the empty tank and leave her there until she has the babies. Once she has them you can more her back to the main tank. Feed the babies fairly often, 4-5 times a day isn't too often and change 40 - 50% of the tank water every 2-3 days. The larger the babies get the more often you will have to change water until the babies are adults.

Raising the babies: Feed the babies fairly often, 4-5 times a day isn't too often and change 40 - 50% of the tank water every 2-3 days. The larger the babies get the more often you will have to change water until the babies are adults. Install a tank divider in the baby tank as soon as possible and once you can tell males from females start to seperate them. Most serious breeders end up using two tanks, so you might want to plan on that in the future. Seperate them as soon as possible! Also do not give up on the water changes! They are critical for proper growth! I cannot stress this enough!

Culling: Culling is removing undesirable fish from your stock. Remove any deformed fish you see as soon as you see them. It's not uncommon to have a few deformed fish. Humanely kill these as you certainly don't want them breeding. Once the babies are nearly grown you will be able to pick out the best looking male and best looking females. This is where color choice comes in. You will most likely have fish of two or three different colors. Return you original fish and the extra babies to the pet store or donate them to another fish keeper, to a school, whatever. Place your best male and three best females in the now empty main tank. and let them do what come naturally. Then you will start the whole process over.

While you are raising the babies, you will have babies from one of the other females too if not both of them. You will have to choose, set up another tank for them or leave them with the adults to do as well as they can. Your call. As you can see, you could end up with tanks all over the house in no time at all, so be aware you can't keep them all! LOL

After a few generations you will need to add fresh breeding stock to your line. Try to find a really good looking male that fits your colors and breed him to some of your females for fresh genes in the line. Doing this every so often will improve your fish and prevent problems from too much inbreeding. Inbreeding fixes traits in the line, both good traits and bad traits, so bring in new stock from time to time.

If you really fall in love with guppy breeding you will really want to be a member of the IFGA (International Fancy Guppy Association). They can teach you so much more than this basic over view and the members are a great source of really superior breeding stock. You can find their website online.

Hope this helps a little and good luck with your breeding efforts!


MM

Answer 2

If the female is pregnent she will get a very large stomach and devolep a black dot and will be chased by the male. With Guppies they dont lay egggs they give live birth so the male will fertilize the eggs in the female guppies stomach. He will do this by nipping at her anal fin wich is the bottom fin and is slightly back from the stomach. After the fry leave the mothers stomach the other fish will imediatly eat them but one or two get lucky. Try to fill 3/4 of the aquarium with rocks/plants to make sure most of them survive.

Answer 3

Hi! I have experienced with pregnant guppies and know exactly what to look for! ok, In a pregnant guppy you should see a round black spot by her back fin that is called her gravid spot. it is black because it is the little baby's eyes showing through. Also she will get bigger bigger and bigger and that is also a sign that she is pregnant. As it gets closer to her due date they will sometimes not eat and they will usually lay at the bottom or try to hide, this is my indication that she is going to have her baby's within a day or two. They also will get a squared look and that is also my indication that she will be having her baby's soon! Guppies are the most easiest fish to breed and most of the time if you have males and females in the same tank the females will get pregnant! I hope that helped and good luck!

Answer 4

Frequently, when purchasing guppies for the first time, often the buyers are told the females are pregnant. I believe, the store clerks are simply informing the buyers that females weren't seperated at birth from the males, which leads the females being pregnant at the time of purchase, whereas if the females were seperated from the males, they wouldn't be pregnant.
So, what do you check for? Her "gravid spot" will grow large and darken picture of pregnant female as the fertilized eggs develop. Closer to delivery time, the spot will be nearly black. Some say they are even able to see the developed babies within the gravid spot, but I can't say I have seen this.

Answer 5

The females which are the plain colored ones get really fat and look like they are going to burst. The babies are very tiny and hard to spot. You have to get them out ASAP because the guppies will eat them and the shrimp may too. Also, provide tons of folliage or fake plants for the little guys to hide in. They have tons of babies but only 1 or 2 make it if they are lucky unless you intervene! Good luck. They're fun. I had them as a kid.

Answer 6

A female will grow bigger than the males. And When she is pregnant her tummy will get really round, and if you look very carefully, you can see little baby " eye spots" near the females reproductive area. She will have live babies, and she will eat them !So... She have to be in grid box in a different tank so that the babies fall through and be safe. Afterwards put her back in with the other fish.

Answer 7

When a guppy is pregnant you will be able to see something known as a gravid spot, which is located near the end of the stomach, close to the anal region.

Answer 8

The females develope a dark spot just over the anal fin. Make sure the babies have a leafy place to hide.

Answer 9

Guppies breed really really fast. They will get fat and its extremly noticable. You'll be able to tell. And then you'll have a lot of babies but they tend to eat them so you might want to watch them.

Answer 10

if she pregnant..she willget very plump..and there will be a black dot/spot that gets bigger...at the ed of her body..wen she looks like shes going to explode..thats when she willgive birth to live babies...which will drop to the bottom of the tank..ten start swimming..have plenty of foliage or artificial plants in you tank..so the babies can hide..or they will be mistaken for live food andeaten !!