I should have added to my first post. The femaile guppy has been the only guppy in there for over a year now.
2007-02-18 07:57:59 · 3 answers · asked by halfpint422001 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I wish that people would take the time to read your first post before they try to answer!
I'm not sure why you think you're guppy is pregnant - do you see the gravid spot on the abdomen? This can be evident on females even when they're not pregnant. I've used this characteristic to sex fry - you can see the spot if you have the fish "back lit" and it is more evident than the gonopodium on the males at a young age. Does she seem "plumper" than usual? She could just be well fed, and this would make the gravid spot even more obvious. It seems highly unlikely that she would be pregnant without a male for over a year, and it's doubtful that she would have bred with another species in your tank.
If you truly think she is pregnant, I'd set her up in a breeding net and hopefully you'd get some fry. I'm sure someone would be interested in documenting cross-genera hybridization if that is what has occurred. If you get fry, I advise contacting a local aquarium society or university with an ichthyologist (fish specialist), or geneticist. You could also try contacting the livebearer columnist for one of the fish hobby magazines.
Good luck with the guppy and let us know how this turns out!
2007-02-18 10:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Swordtails,mollies and guppies are all good together except for guppy fry.
2007-02-18 17:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by xxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess u shud coz i cant tink of wot wud u wanna ask about.
2007-02-18 16:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋