Gravid Guppy

[huxta]

will a guppies gravid spot dissapear completely after she drops all her fry?
Mine dropped 10 fry (that I could find) 24 hours ago but still has a good size gravid spot. She does not look fat but does not look skinny either.

 

[guppygirly]

My female guppies' gravid spot never disapears completely, of course they are with males so they are perpetually pregnant. Guppies also store sperm so they can have babies many times without a male even being present.

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

just to add to the storing of sperm. Aparently they hold up to 4 wads of sperm and whom every is the last is is the one that comes next.

I also have had a female that gave birth to around 20 and stayed large. but two weeks later she gave birth again to 30 fry. so i dont know if they can be permantly pregnant. meaning when one lot is growing another lot is also growing so giving the two/three weeks differance.

Also one thing i found strange was i have a 1 red, 1 blue 1black and 1 yellow male guppy. In the last spawn (3 weeks ago) she gave out around 50. but the amazing thing is is now it is 3 weeks later some are getting colours and around 10 are yellow and 4 are black and the rest at the moment are grey but some are like a marble effect so i cant wait to see what the end colours are. I need a Larger tank....

 

[Tempestuousfury]

The spot never goes away. It may also be that she hasn't finished dropping the little guys and will continue for a little while. One act of copulation will give you kids for about 8 months, I believe, and your fish might give you kids with different parents if they've come in contact with multiple males.