Is My Guppie About To Give Birth ?

[Ronananator]

is my guppie going to give birth soon and should i transfer her over to a seperate tank on her own ?


My guppie
Guppie 2


and if so how should i transfer her to the other tank? without stressing her?

 

[Ronananator]

please people can anyone help i dont want this fish giving birth in a tank that goldfish just gonna eat the little babies

 

[spugs]

Theres a thread in the sticky section thats quite good that might help.
Ive got a couple of guppies that are shaped like house bricks and ive put them in the fry trap but there not dropping so ive taken them out as they get stressed in there. Mine look a lot bigger and squarer then yours but im defo not an expert. Ive got lots of plants in mine so hopefully a couple will survive and if i spot them ill fish them out.

 

[Ronananator]

ya see what im afraid is that if i put him into the tank now he will get stressed out and maby not have babies our something but if i leave him in my big tank with my other fish they fry wont last 5 mins so i just dont know what to do is there any danger in putting him over into his own tank for now ? on his own with a plant and a heater ? please help me i dont wanna loose these little fish =/ could u also tell me he wont delivere tonight will he if i go sleep and i wake up and hes not got gravity spot our anything ?

 

[OldMan47]

You have a couple of nice looking females there Ronananator.
I find that both are a bit far from their next fry drop so you can relax a bit. Let me show your pictures here for everyone else. The females do not look close to a drop to me. I would guess the second one as at least 2 weeks from its next fry drop but the other, the one in the first picture, is getting quite close.

I am going to suggest something that may seem a bit too enthusiastic about my own post. I have posted a thread here on TFF that shows a female molly from one drop to the next. It focuses on the shape of a female during the time that she is moving from one drop to the next. The idea was to make each person their own expert on judging their fish's status. If you read through it and can understand my comments along the way, you will be better equipped to judge a female's status than most people who use things like gravid spot color to judge their females. Please become an expert on judging your own fish. Go to the thread marked as My Molly's Progress in my signature area.

If you are unable to judge how thing are going after reviewing that thread, feel free to return and simply ask away.

 

[Ronananator]

both of those fish are actualy the same fish lol it just from diffrent angles so how long would you say and should i transfer her into her own tank now ?

 

[OldMan47]

She could certainly stand to go into her own "birthing" tank. That would remove the challenge she probably has evading eager males and would let her relax and drop her fry when they are fully mature.