Could Someone Do Me A Favor

[furryrabbit]

story ; ive had these 4 platys ( 3 females and 1 male ) for a month now , i think two of them are pregnant but im not sure if itys a gravid spot im seeing or what . could someone do me a favor and describe / post a picture of the gravid spot?

cheers

 

[donna123]

hi
a gravid spot is a dark area near the anal fin,depending on the coluor of your fish as to weather you will see it or not, with my orange platy i cant really see it but she just gets bigger until she has the fry roughly every 4 weeks.the lighter colour fish the better to see the gravid spot hth donna

 

[Nicky2]

hi
a gravid spot is a dark area near the anal fin,depending on the coluor of your fish as to weather you will see it or not, with my orange platy i cant really see it but she just gets bigger until she has the fry roughly every 4 weeks.the lighter colour fish the better to see the gravid spot hth donna

Ive got 3 female guppies, very light in colour and they got very dark gravid spots, not sure if they are pregnant tho, cos females have the dark spot anyway dont they?

 

[furryrabbit]

thanks for the info - im now almost 100% my rainbow is preggers

 

[emma12321]

Hi,

Your females are all most likely pregnant unless your male is shooting blanks Usually once they start breeding you can't stop them. Plus they can store sperm for 6 months and still have a batch of babies every month. I ended up taking all the males out and selling them as it was getting ridiculous. One managed to hide out though but i've caught him now and he's in a different tank.

Emma

 

[bettawen]

gravid female

 

[highspirit]

gravid female

how long until that one gives birth roughly .I have one that i bought today who looks like that.

 

[bettawen]

well im hoping about 3 days - a week lol.

 

[diburning]

they will give birth when their abdomen swells up (not dropsy lol) and when you look at them from a head on view, the stomach appears to be sort of a "W" shape. then it will give birth in a matter of days unless it has more fry than its suppsoed to then it will give birth in a week or so.

changing the water can help aid the pregnancy. They usually give birth after a water change.