Think She Lost The Fry :(

[donk_94]

just come back from fishing so i thought i would check on my pregant female i looked at her gravid spot its a pale coulour with a few black dot is this ok she is sqaure and strggling to swim or is it nearly time for her to give birth plz help

 

[donk_94]

help me plz

 

[fluttermoth]

It sounds like she's near to giving birth. Those 'black dots' are probably the eyes of the fry

 

[LucyB]

just come back from fishing so i thought i would check on my pregant female i looked at her gravid spot its a pale coulour with a few black dot is this ok she is sqaure and strggling to swim or is it nearly time for her to give birth plz help

She is square, struggling to swim, and you can see the eyes of the fry - These are all signs of her nearing birth!

If you look near her anus and it looks quite 'open' or there is a white dot, that means she is extremely close, like, an hour or so.

Have you got a breeding trap to put her in? Do you want to save the fry? I use breeding traps and they are great (But I am pretty much the only person on this forum who thinks that... nobody else seems to like them) Or if I miss her giving birth, and she has her fry in the tank, then some of the fry survive by hiding in plants/ornaments etc, but most of mine do get eaten...


Good luck!

 

[donk_94]

hi thanks yer she is in her trap thanks for the info im new to breeding so i dont no much about it so thanks and i like her in the trap i got people who whant some of the fry

 

[Bernie.c]

Hi, looking for a bit of help. I got 5 2 month old guppies from a friend plus a female which they thought was pregnant. Over the weeks i have noticed changes etc, gravid spot getting darker (bein able to see fry eyes?) the two younger males starting to harass her. So i have taken her out of that tabk and put her into another bought especially for when she does drop so i can have all the fry in one place and then transfere the feamle back to original tank. The water i used was from when i done a 50% water change from original tank and then topped it up and chemicals etc, heater and filter, and temp is at 24.5c which is the same as original tank. But now when i look at her, her gravid spot doesnt look as dark as it used to be and she seems to be a bit skinnier and not so round anymore? Does this mean she has reabsorbed them or aborted them etc? Im new ro fish and especially knew to breeding. Please some one help me lol

 

[OldMan47]

They do not absorb but she might have dropped early, or maybe she hasn't eaten much lately. Much of the color that we see in guppies is little more than a full belly. The same goes for a round shape. If there is no squaring off, there is no nearby drop coming. At your extremely warm temperature any developing fry will definitely come sooner but that is not the ideal situation. My guppy tank only runs about 22C and I get robustly healthy fry that almost all survive. I also keep my females well fed but not overfed. That can be a fine line to tread. That way I have high fry survival with almost no efforts at all.
Water from an existing tank is nice but do you have a cycled filter? If not, you will soon remove all of that water with water changes to maintain pristine water conditions. If that is a new tank, be sure to stay on top of the water testing and be ready for lots of big water changes.