I know this has been asked about a thousand (not dozand) times but still after I thought I got what means square out I´m not sure if I realy got it.
For example my Guppy female, yesterday I was sure she was squared out and ready to give birth. She was the whole night seperated but nothing happend and this morning she looked normal. My Guppy female realy gets me, I think they eat all the fry, I only have chances when I´m home once they give birth (made it 2 times in total on 2 females in maybe 4 month now, the rest was eaten....)
Now I have these beautiful dalmatition Mollies and Koi Albino Swordtails. Both males are breeding the females and I have them for about 2-3 weeks now. For both females I think I see something like squared out but I´m not sure. I tried to make some pics and I hope they are good enought, I didn´t wanted to take them from their tank into the smaler picture tank I have.
So when I see it right a swordtail takes about 1-2 month for pregnancy so I expect no babies for the next 5-7 month (well I don´t know for sure how the breeder had housed them and if he had seperated genders like I do). On the Mollies they need 4-8 Weeks so besides I also don´t know on these how they had housed them I can expect the birth normaly not earlier than in 2-6 weeks right? And than I also have a trio Platy bleeding heart which in my opinion are still pretty young so I don´t expect fry yet but when tehy spawn every month I can expect it pretty close while they are adult.
And for my Guppies, my original females are pretty big grown. Would you normaly expect them to spawn every month OR is that the avarage and it can be my females only do it all 6-8 weeks? Also how big should guppies be before breeding them. I want to look for the nicest offsprings and start a second generation once they are big enought but I don´t want to breed them to early to prevent damage to the females.
Hope you can help me
)
Many Thanks
Thor
EDIT: I don´t have a problem with keeping my guppies without haveing too many fry. I bought a trio US blond bunt and in 4 month I only was able to find 2 spawns and rescued them in time before they got eaten up. Well I might would have more if I would have been able to see when they release. I once was lucky enought so see it and I had the female seperated. When I came home the next day she had been jumping out of the seperated tank into the breeding tank and besides 5 fry I found, all have been eaten up
I has angrey haha.
For example my Guppy female, yesterday I was sure she was squared out and ready to give birth. She was the whole night seperated but nothing happend and this morning she looked normal. My Guppy female realy gets me, I think they eat all the fry, I only have chances when I´m home once they give birth (made it 2 times in total on 2 females in maybe 4 month now, the rest was eaten....)
Now I have these beautiful dalmatition Mollies and Koi Albino Swordtails. Both males are breeding the females and I have them for about 2-3 weeks now. For both females I think I see something like squared out but I´m not sure. I tried to make some pics and I hope they are good enought, I didn´t wanted to take them from their tank into the smaler picture tank I have.
So when I see it right a swordtail takes about 1-2 month for pregnancy so I expect no babies for the next 5-7 month (well I don´t know for sure how the breeder had housed them and if he had seperated genders like I do). On the Mollies they need 4-8 Weeks so besides I also don´t know on these how they had housed them I can expect the birth normaly not earlier than in 2-6 weeks right? And than I also have a trio Platy bleeding heart which in my opinion are still pretty young so I don´t expect fry yet but when tehy spawn every month I can expect it pretty close while they are adult.
And for my Guppies, my original females are pretty big grown. Would you normaly expect them to spawn every month OR is that the avarage and it can be my females only do it all 6-8 weeks? Also how big should guppies be before breeding them. I want to look for the nicest offsprings and start a second generation once they are big enought but I don´t want to breed them to early to prevent damage to the females.
Hope you can help me
Many Thanks
Thor
EDIT: I don´t have a problem with keeping my guppies without haveing too many fry. I bought a trio US blond bunt and in 4 month I only was able to find 2 spawns and rescued them in time before they got eaten up. Well I might would have more if I would have been able to see when they release. I once was lucky enought so see it and I had the female seperated. When I came home the next day she had been jumping out of the seperated tank into the breeding tank and besides 5 fry I found, all have been eaten up
I has angrey haha.
