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2007-09-18 02:31:55 · 7 answers · asked by emesumau 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
From what I can see of the pictures, she appears to be. She is a light color, so you should be able to see her belly "filling up" so to say. You probably can pretty well see the outline of her stomach area, and when this is almost unseeable, she is close to having them (that's how I tell with my light colored platys). They also tend to "square off" when they near time, meaning their stomach area on the bottom looks kind of like a square. She looks pretty close from what I can see. Remember, the mother can potentially eat the fry, so you may want to separate them.
How exciting!! Please be sure to give her time to rest after she has the fry before you put her back in to the community tank. She'll be tired and if you put her right back into the tank, the males may not leave her alone, and the stress and exhaustion can kill her. I usually keep mine separated for about 24 hours after they are done releasing fry so I can make sure they are rested up. It's totally up to you though.
Good luck!! ;o)
2007-09-18 03:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by MrsCrabs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but she's not quite ready to pop yet. You should probably let her out of the breeder box. She may have another week or so to go. Look for her belly to square off in the back. It should almost look like there's a little protrusion just below and behind the dark spot (gravid spot) on her belly when she's ready to drop her fry as her vent opens and the fry begin to move into position.
P.S. Not all guppy mothers eat their fry. Some are fry eaters and some aren't. I've had guppies that would chase their fry down and eat every one and others that would leave them completely alone. I don't use breeder boxes or nets or traps. They can stress a pregnant guppy out. If you put a female in one and she freaks out, let her out! Better a few dead fry than a dead female who can drop hundreds of fry over the course of her life. All my guppies drop in the main tanks and I just have lots of java moss and plants for the fry to hide in and I have plenty of fry!
2007-09-18 03:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by Ghost Shrimp Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, she looks very pregnant to me
She has already the squarely appearance about her, which let's you suggest that she's either only hours away, but no longer then a week
The following explains everything and has also a video with a guppy only 2 hours before birth
http://www.fishlesscycling.com/articles/breeding_tropical_fish.html
And please don't take her back out, or she will abort the babies
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
Feel free to email me for further help
2007-09-18 04:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, she looks pregnant. She doesn't look due for about a week.
Here are some signs you might notice in the future (signs that she will give birth soon):
-She is hiding away from the other fish.
-She isn't eating or she spits out her food.
-Her stomach looks square
-Her gravid is very large and dark.
2007-09-18 08:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by Laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Definitely. Place some Java moss or fern in with it to reduce the chance of her eating her fry.
2007-09-19 06:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by TopPotts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she looks like it the way way you can tell is they get a gravid spot near her bum which she has the spot is the eyes of all the fry looking at her she could be having a lot of fry
2007-09-18 04:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by sac1977 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be. If it is and you want to keep the babies your going to have to keep a close eye on it as, as soon as the babies are born the mother will try to eat them all. If you dont want to keep them dont worry about it the mother will take care of it for you
2007-09-18 03:02:40 · answer #7 · answered by tasha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋