donk_94
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hi i have 2 preg female guppys in a trap there nearly ready to give birth when would the best time be to seperate the female guppy from the fry
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BlueDragon
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If you want to keep all the fry then you need to seperate her as soon as your sure she's dropped all her fry. If you don't she'll eat most of them. If you have two in the same net then this risk is bigger 'cause the other Guppy will also eat the fry. So the key is to be quick without rushing.
Are you sure they're about to give birth? Nets and traps stress adults out so the less time they're in there the better. Are they squared off? Can you see their birthing tube? I thought my Geisha was ready to burst and it still took her another week before she dropped.
Also, are you really sure you want to keep all the fry? A single female Guppy can give birth to as many as 50 fry at once. I know I couldn't handle that many, so make sure you know what your going to do with them all and make sure you can house them all too. That's a lot of fry!
Are you sure they're about to give birth? Nets and traps stress adults out so the less time they're in there the better. Are they squared off? Can you see their birthing tube? I thought my Geisha was ready to burst and it still took her another week before she dropped.
Also, are you really sure you want to keep all the fry? A single female Guppy can give birth to as many as 50 fry at once. I know I couldn't handle that many, so make sure you know what your going to do with them all and make sure you can house them all too. That's a lot of fry!
donk_94
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hi my trap is a double sided 1 so it 2 boxs for them i think ill take them out for a bit longer and i have some 1 who wants some fry of me and there is 2 tanks in my house so i hope im ok thanks for your info im new to it alll
BlueDragon
Fish Crazy
So am I : )
Ah, yeah, I forget the traps have two compartments. Most of the fry, if they have enough sense, should be able to swim away into their own bit of the trap. But if you have two females in the same trap that's going to be very claustraphobic for them. I'd take them out untill your sure they're going to drop any minuet.
It's good you have a plan for the fry. Do you have a fry tank ready and cycled for them?
If your left with too many then you can ask your local Fish shop if they'll take some. I've never asked mine, but a lot of people on here have and as far as I understand a lot of shops will take the fry once they're big enough to sell. Otherwise you could just leave the females in the main tank and the other fish will eat most of the fry and keep the numbers down for you. I've planned to let my girls give birth in the main tank for that reason plus it's a lot less stressful for them to stay home. Geisha gave birth on Monday in the main tank while I was out and I came home to find two fry. Since then I've also found four more orange ones! So there's still a small number left for me to raise.
If your not sure how far along your girls are then I'm sure if you post photos of them someone here will be able to give you an idea : )
Ah, yeah, I forget the traps have two compartments. Most of the fry, if they have enough sense, should be able to swim away into their own bit of the trap. But if you have two females in the same trap that's going to be very claustraphobic for them. I'd take them out untill your sure they're going to drop any minuet.
It's good you have a plan for the fry. Do you have a fry tank ready and cycled for them?
If your left with too many then you can ask your local Fish shop if they'll take some. I've never asked mine, but a lot of people on here have and as far as I understand a lot of shops will take the fry once they're big enough to sell. Otherwise you could just leave the females in the main tank and the other fish will eat most of the fry and keep the numbers down for you. I've planned to let my girls give birth in the main tank for that reason plus it's a lot less stressful for them to stay home. Geisha gave birth on Monday in the main tank while I was out and I came home to find two fry. Since then I've also found four more orange ones! So there's still a small number left for me to raise.
If your not sure how far along your girls are then I'm sure if you post photos of them someone here will be able to give you an idea : )
donk_94
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hi here is my guppy i just took a pic for u thanks for the info i took them out
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I had my female in the trap yesterday whilst she was dropping fry (about 50 or so) and I was sat in front of the tank with my turkey baster in hand and a jug of tank water ready. And fry that didn't drop, and stay, in the bottom bit of the trap I sucked up with the baster and put them in the jug. That way she couldn't eat them and it was easy for me to add them to my fry tank.
It was a long process and I had serious neck ache after a couple of hours but she only ate one fry out of the 50+ she dropped
It was a long process and I had serious neck ache after a couple of hours but she only ate one fry out of the 50+ she dropped
BlueDragon
Fish Crazy
Well, that sounds like it was an interesting afternoon! hope your neck is better now Akasha?
donk, I'm really as new as you are so I can't say for sure how far along your girls is. But she looks like my Panda does (colour and fatness) and she's not near dropping yet. I think, if I'm guessing right, that she's about a week and a half to two weeks into her pregnancy (if I'm right as to who the father is) so I would guess that your girl is about the same... maybe a little bit futher along. But don't take that as fact! X )
You see that dark spot just above her anal fins? That's her gravid spot and it gets darker and bigger the closer a female is to giving birth. If your very lucky, if you look closly sometimes you can see tiny little dots in there... and those are tiny baby Fish eyes : 3
I could clearly see eyes in my Geisha's belly, but she's a very pale 'blonde' colour so it was a lot easier. But as far as I understand you can often see eyes in darker Guppies too and I could see eyes in my tiny Gem's belly and she's darker than Geisha is but not as dark as Panda (her black colouring almost covers her gravid spot). So I'm waiting till Panda is a bit futher along to see if I can start to see eyes in her belly too : )
Sorry I can't really be any more help, I'm sure someone a lot more knowledgeable can help you soon.
donk, I'm really as new as you are so I can't say for sure how far along your girls is. But she looks like my Panda does (colour and fatness) and she's not near dropping yet. I think, if I'm guessing right, that she's about a week and a half to two weeks into her pregnancy (if I'm right as to who the father is) so I would guess that your girl is about the same... maybe a little bit futher along. But don't take that as fact! X )
You see that dark spot just above her anal fins? That's her gravid spot and it gets darker and bigger the closer a female is to giving birth. If your very lucky, if you look closly sometimes you can see tiny little dots in there... and those are tiny baby Fish eyes : 3
I could clearly see eyes in my Geisha's belly, but she's a very pale 'blonde' colour so it was a lot easier. But as far as I understand you can often see eyes in darker Guppies too and I could see eyes in my tiny Gem's belly and she's darker than Geisha is but not as dark as Panda (her black colouring almost covers her gravid spot). So I'm waiting till Panda is a bit futher along to see if I can start to see eyes in her belly too : )
Sorry I can't really be any more help, I'm sure someone a lot more knowledgeable can help you soon.
donk_94
New Member
thanks for all your help dragon
BlueDragon
Fish Crazy
Tiz OK : )
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