2 Pregnant Female Guppies

[sizar]

hello
i just bought 2 pregnant female guppies and i was just wondering if you guys might know how long it might take until they give birth because they got a really big stomach and huge gravid spot
and i've put them in th breeders net so when they give birth i don't have to chase the fry what do you think should i leave them in the breeders net or remove them so that they don't get stressed and abort thier pregnancy.
thanks

 

[Kame-San]

Well, if you just got them home and put them straight in the breeders, it won't do much for lowering their stress. You should release them into the tank. If one of them does start having babies, you should gently scoop her up with the breeder, not a net.

Leaving them in the breeder will only stress them further.

Good luck

 

[sizar]

hi
thanks for the advice one of the females gave birth 9 lovely babies so far yess anyway do you now what types of food the fry might like or eat because i feed them bloodwroms crushed so small that it goes throught the breeder net any so far they haven't eaten any any type of flake food that might like thanks.

 

[southyorkslass]

hi
thanks for the advice one of the females gave birth 9 lovely babies so far yess anyway do you now what types of food the fry might like or eat because i feed them bloodwroms crushed so small that it goes throught the breeder net any so far they haven't eaten any any type of flake food that might like thanks.

Hi there i feed mine on liquifry 2 also you can buy fry food from most lfs then when they are few weeks old i give mine crushed flakes

 

[Somethings Fishy Here]

As long as you crush flake food down into a powder, you can use that from the start, thats what I have done with the fry I have now, and the fish that I've raised since they were fry. But if you don't want to take that road (as its just as easy to buy food thats already small enough for fry to eat) then I agree with southyorkslass, liquifry is a good choice.