Guppy Pregnant For 4 Weeks? :/

[simon24]

Hi, I bought my guppy from the store 5 weeks ago, and since the last four i notced that she was pregnant. Her belly didn't grow that much, and judging from the pictures how far is she? Any advice?

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[Blondielovesfish]

It's hard to tell from the pictures but she doesn't look completely squared off though I may be wrong. Could you maybe get a head on pic so we can see?

 

[TallTree01]

I don't think she looks squared off yet. Livebearers are renowned for frustrating keepers by taking forever to pop.

 

[snazy]

No she doesn't look ready yet but it's not necessary for them to get very big, not all of them anyway. The area around the black/gravid spot should just open up/or rather drop down a bit, giving them a square look at the bottom but that's normally just right before the birth, or a day or so max.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Quite a pretty girl.  I'd agree, she's not ready yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

She just looks healthy and well fed to me, all mine are slightly bigger than that and not pregnant.  So, I think she is either not pregnant or has a ways to go yet (couple of weeks).

 

[simon24]

UPDATE: My big momma gave just birth to 4 babies.

  

 

[fish48]

only 4 babies has she had any more she should have 20-30 fry

 

[simon24]

She is still giving birth, we have 10 now!

 

[TallTree01]

Yay! Ãré you gonna do anything to raise them or just leave them to themselves?

 

[PlumbersMerchant]

ha ha cool man, think ive got a pregnant one atm, try get some pictures would yoyu ?

 

[simon24]

I don't actually know what to feed them or how to raise them any advice?  
I'll get some pics....

 

[TallTree01]

With livebearers they'll just eat all the flake or whatever you feed them.

 

[snazy]

With livebearers they'll just eat all the flake or whatever you feed them.

 
They will, but specifically for fancy guppies, if you want them to grow nice and colourful you'd need to feed them a variety of food, even live ones like baby brine shrimp and microworms would be great. But yes, in the absense of any of these, or lack of interest, you can feed them powdered flake food.
Any fry will grow better and healthier if given different kinds of food.
The fry will need very good water quality(a cycled tank) and regular water changes because they need to be fed several times daily ideally.

 

[simon24]

I put the mother in a small container, she gave birth to 12 babies. My question now is, when should i put her back to the main tank?