Pregnant Guppy?

[Breanna1141]

Hi guys. I really dont know if my guppies are pregnant, It looks like they BOTH have the gravid spot and I cant really tell if it is it or not. Can you or someone please go to Youtude and click the link below because that is the video i posted with the pictures.
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7_cLqD7Am4
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

 

[Breanna1141]

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[Jammiedodger]

If you have a mixture of male and female guppys then yes, there's about a 99% chance the females are all pregnant by now!
It's really no issue because guppys breed all of the time, and if you're planning on keeping any of the fry then you have plenty of time to prepare.
Guppys normally take about a month to spawn, so in order to keep any fry then ideally buy a breeding trap and place the pregnant guppy/guppies in when they start giving birth, sadly a few guppy fry will be eaten but once in the breeding trap they have a good chance of surviving.
When you're sure the mother is finished giving birth remove her from the breeding trap and put her back in the main tank.. your guppy fry can be fed on special fry food which can be bought at any good fish store or you can use very well ground up fish flakes if you can't get to a store.

Like I said, guppies breed all the time, so if things don't work out this time you'll have more fry within a couple of months and you may even have to start giving guppies away because they normally give birth to 5-30 fry.

It's all good Don't worry about it

 

[fluttermoth]

Your guppies are almost 100% certainly pregnant. Most livebearers are pregnant nearly all the time; they can also store sperm, so can get themselves pregnant, even if there are no males in the tank!

Yours don't look very pregnant to me, so you've probably got another two or more likely three weeks until they're ready to give birth. The 'gravid spot' is not a very good guide.

In the last week or so before they give birth, female guppies get absolutely HUGE and very close to their time their bellies will take on a 'squared off' sort of look, that is quite distinctive, once you've seen it.

Breeding or fry traps aren't a very good idea; they can be too small and stress the mother fish out (they can sometimes abort their fry if they get too stressed) and they don't really give the fry enough room to grow properly.

The best thing to do is add a big bunch of a fine leaved plant to your tank (cabomba, elodea and Java moss are all good for this) so the fry have somewhere to hide.

 

[Breanna1141]

I really do want them to be pregnant I just need to know if they are because i want to separate the male from the female but i don't want to have to if the females are not pregnant.