My New Guppys!

[LadyMacca1]

Ok so I got some new Guppys on Saturday.

7 Guppys in all and 1 Betta (of course).

I bought 5 Tequila Sunrise Guppys and 2 ... something of which I dont know. Here's the picture of it:

I have two of these.. does anybody know what they are called?? ..

Anyways, I was just wondering as far as Guppys go, how do you know if their male or female? ..
Especially with Tequila Sunrise Guppys, is it possible that i'll have little fry someday?? ..

 

[LadyMacca1]

Anybody?? .. How do you know if your Guppy is Male Or Female??

 

[!Gina]

I dont know alot about sexing, i was told the males have bigger more distincitive tails.
Based on that i'd say the one in the picture is a male.
If i were i'd use some search engines, or maybe try fishprofiles.com see if they have further information.

Its a beautiful guppy though, lovely colouring

 

[LadyMacca1]

Thank you for replying back Gina.

It seems to me.. I have an all male tank, but then agian i'm not sure, I could try and take another picture of my Guppys.. uh a more closer shot of their unders, if necessary.

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

The males with have a gonopodium which is a large 'tube' below their anal. As for the females, they have 3 fins below there anal, and an easier way of sexing them is looking for a gravid spot, most females are pregnant when they are bought these days..

 

[Barry P]

Sorry for butting in on this one but i have query relating to guppies and the last post. I bought 4 last week and one died last night with what looked like a large red mass coming òut from under its belly.Initially i thought it was pregnant?? Could this have been the cause of death?

 

[LadyMacca1]

I dont know.. Barry

 

[Annastasia]

Sorry for butting in on this one but i have query relating to guppies and the last post. I bought 4 last week and one died last night with what looked like a large red mass coming òut from under its belly.Initially i thought it was pregnant?? Could this have been the cause of death?

Ouch! That doesn't sound too good. If it was a large red mass, it wasn't fry. It may have been worms, Or possibly a tumor. Did it just appear? Or has it been there a while? What were your latest water readings?

Sorry to hi-jack, LadyMacca. I was looking at your other post with all your Guppies, and they are definitely all male, but gorgeous!