Guppy pregnant again?

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Hi!
So as I said in another thread, my guppy had ~15 fry yesterday. Afterwards, she was very skinny and had almost no gravid spot.
Just now I looked at her to recount the fry and feed them and I noticed her spot was dark again. Does this mean she is already pregnant again? I will post a pic too.
Thanks!
 

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Female guppies will always have a gravid spot. Female guppies can also have multiple batches of fry from only mating once. So likelihood is she probably is not pregnant at the moment but she could become pregnant again later down the road even if you don't have any males. You won't have to worry about birth for quite some time though considering she just gave birth.
 
Thank you! All guppy females I’ve seen do have gravid spots, I was just making sure of what I thought, not that I don’t want any more fry, I just won’t be keeping them :)
She had been so fat and round for so long (over a month) I was worried she had worms like my other thread said, but after having the fry she was surprisingly skinny!
The fry have been swimming all over the tank. For the most part, they seem to be avoiding Polaris best they can (he’s so fat from eating a bunch from yesterday it’s actually a bit worrying... :( ) I got them to eat some crushed fish flakes.
Thanks for your response!
 
In the wild, female livebearers hang out in large groups consisting of between 20 & 50 (but sometimes up to 100 or more) females. These groups have a pecking order with the biggest most dominant female ruling the group and she has a group of girlfriends who back her up. All the other females live in the group but are lower down the pecking order.

The groups of females move around rivers and waterways looking for food and places to hang out. As the groups move around a few males follow the group and try to breed with any females.

In the confines of an aquarium, the males will constantly harass the females and try to breed with them. This puts undue stress on the females and if there are too many males constantly pestering the females, the females can get sick and die.

If you want a group of males and females then have 1 male and at least 6 females (preferably 10 or more females per male).

Female livebearers can carry up to 6 sperm packets from breeding with males and they use 1 sperm packet to fertilise each batch of eggs. The gestation period (from the time she fertilises the eggs to when she gives birth to free swimming babies) is about 1 month. After which she will fertilise another batch of eggs using another sperm packet. This allows female livebearers to produce young about once a month for up to 6 months without any males being present.

If you want to breed livebearers then have a tank with females and let them give birth and use up all the sperm packets they are carrying in their body. Give them a few months without being pregnant and then add a male to the tank for a week before moving him out, or move the female/s into a tank with a male for a week and let them breed. Then move the females back into their own tank.
 
Hi!
This is her and some of her babies.
You can see her spot and how skinny she is, I just fed them so she might seem bigger than she is before food.
She is not housed with any males.
I’m keeping the fry in the tank with Polaris and Equinox, so I’m not moving anybody.
Thanks!
 

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Here is a more pronounced gravid spot. The contrast was colored up i believe. Congratulations on the batch of fish! It's so addicting isn't it??
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Hi!
Yes, it’s very exciting! Since I haven’t moved them there are now only 7 fry but today they are 5 days old!
 

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