Not Having Much Luck!

[Scott R Burton]

Guys I'm so puzzled! This business of trying to figure out exactly whether she is going to give birth and WHEN argh haha
Basically I can see all black dots by her back side area, and its like a oval shape her body where the fry are suppose to be, a huge different to my other female guppy.

ANYONE? HELP? PLEASE?

 

[fluttermoth]

In the day or two before birth she'll what's called 'square off'; her abdomen will get distinct corners on the front. Why do you need to know so urgently? If it's because you want to put her in a breeding trap/net, then I would very strongly advise you not to.

Any kind of breeding trap is very stressful to the mother and can cause her to miscarry, and it's not healthy for the fry either. You're far better off leaving both mother and fry in your main tank with proper heating, filtration and water changes; just put a big bunch of fine leaved pond plants (cabomba and elodea are best IME) for the fry to hide in

 

[Scott R Burton]

What I was thinking, for tonight, leaving her in my fish net that I put the fish in to move around. Do you get what I mean? haha! I have 2 other guppies and 2 dwarf gouramis.. If I let her do it freely in the tank, would any of them fish eat the fry?
Also, I don't have no pond near, but I have 4 live plants in my tank, one being quite free which I suppose would catch fry in it...

 

[fluttermoth]

I know that all newbies always want to catch and save every single fry, but it's just not feasible to do that; you'd never have enough tank space to grow them all; female livebearers have around 40 to 50 babies every 30 days once they're mature.

Yes, your other fish will eat a few, but if you have enough plants some fry will survive to adulthood.

Just let them get on with it; you'll soon have guppies coming out of your ears, whatever you do!

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Check this out.

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And this. which really shows "squaring off".

 

[Scott R Burton]

Thank you for all your help!