i need help breeding guppies (im new btw)

[pricey_avfc]

in my tank i have among other fish 6 guppies 4 female and 2 male the males have been around all 4 females they havent paired off or nothing.

i noticed the other day 1 small fry at the bottom of my tank (suprised me a bit)

i have put it in a breeding net and i am feeding it liquifry 4 livebreeders please may have some help.

 

[snowyangel]

First, guppies don't pair off when breeding(your thinking cichlids). Guppies are basically a free for all when it comes to breeding lol. You could have 3 males on the same female!
Congrats on saving the fry, but you'll probably see more guppy fry very soon (every 28-31 days is when a pregnant female gives birth) . So hopefully you either have spare space for the future fry, or think of seperating the sexes. Every batch is around 25-50 fry depending on the age of the female(the bigger the more fry), but guppies and many other fish will eat fry quick so have a good eye for the fry and turkey baster to scoop them out.
Along with feeding the fry liquid food, you can also feed it whatever u feed the parents(flakes, tubifex worms, etc) but in powder form(try crunching food inbetween your fingers for small pieces or finding crumbs near the bottom of the food container). Since fry have such tiny mouths, the smaller the size of food the better. You'll need to feed the babies 3-4x day since they're fragile and need as much nutrition to grow as possible. When they reach 2months, feed them as regular as the parents. At 3months old(or when they're big enough not to fit inside any fish mouths), they can go back in with the parents.

 

[pricey_avfc]

thank you for that.

all females have had a black spot behind their bodies have been there for about 5 week (some days its light others really dark)

all females have always been eating loads @ feeding times is this normal for guppies (even before i found the fry)




in my tank i have

6 guppies 2m 4f
2 zebra danios
2 leopard danios 1 is really fat.
1 albino pleco
1 gourmai
1 small catfish.

 

[wer34]

it seesm fairly normal that ur guppies r eating loads at feeding time, my females were the dsame way, but rite when they were about to have theri babies they would slow down on eating and eat practically nothing, so watch for that and u might be abel to tell better when to expect babies

 

[snowyangel]

To further help you out pricey_avfc, here's a picture of my female guppy 2 hrs before giving birth to fry(notice how big the belly expands):