Is My guppy going to give birth tonight?

Question

She is fat and her gravid spot is VERY dark very black,last night it turned redish and now its black again,will she release her fry tonight or in the am hours or when?

Answer 1

She will be fine, she might drop the fry as soon as she is ready
If she looks anything like that she will be ready in a matter of hours, look at the video, she has a squary look to her beneath her head
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=812528

This female dropped her fry about an hour later



Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 2

I sit waiting for about a week thinking that mine are going to give birth before they actually do. I have also noticed that when you turn out the lights the gravid spot goes lighter but once the lights go back on they gradually return to black.
Mine usually just hang around the heater for a couple of days before they have their fry and they dont like other fish nar them, they seem to nudge them away or leave them selfs then go back when the space is empty again.
It is quite hard to tell when they are going to give birth as they act like they are going into labour then they are normal again the next day.
Good luck with your babies, i have some now who are 9 days old and they are so cute.

Answer 3

You can never tell when a livebearer is going to give birth, so you should place her in the breeding trap/tank once you see signs of pregnancy. If you haven't done so already, you should do it now. I'm sure she's about to give birth real soon.

~ZTM

Answer 4

just let your fish do what he/shes got to do don't distract it put in a room thats dark let it be alone till the next day