Why Won't My Female Guppy Become Pregnant?

[FISH-tastick]

Hello! This is my first time on the forum and I have a question. At the moment I have two small tanks, both have good filters and heaters. In one I have 2 young angels and a single male swordtail. That tank is fine! The other tank has 2 tetras and a male and a female guppy. It is the guppies that I have a problem with.

I have had a guppy tank before and I have never had a problem. Those fish lived up to there name, they were the millions fish. Now a few years later I have started a new tank. I already had 2 tetras in the tank and I wanted some more colour and excitement. So I added one female guppy. (In the pet store they were mixed so it was possible that in a few weeks she could have signs of being pregnant) After about 3 1/2 weeks there was no signs of pregnancy so I purchased a male. (I know that you should put more then one female with one male but I have a small tank and I don't want it to grow too fast) There was no problems, the male rarely chased the female and the female seemed totally fine. Now it has been almost 2 months since I got the male and the female shows no signs of being pregnant. I have no idea how old they are but they are pretty big! What should I do?

(I know that it is not both boys or both girls!!!)

 

[basboi85]

Get a couple more females this should kick start the male and you should start to get preg guppies and just a bit of advice angels needed fairly large tanks as sure others on here will say the same

 

[panda_cory]

Get a couple more females this should kick start the male and you should start to get preg guppies and just a bit of advice angels needed fairly large tanks as sure others on here will say the same

I agree a bigger tank will be need or be rehomed

 

[FISH-tastick]

Thanks! I will try to get more females. The selection where I live is very small. There is only one pet store and no breeders close by. I would prefer not to buy any more fish because for one guppy the price is crazy around here! Way more than it should be, but I may have to. Is getting more females the only solution? My angles are still very small, the biggest is less than 10cm. When they get a bit bigger I will put them in a bigger tank. I appreciate the feedback. Thanks again!

 

[FISH-tastick]

Thanks! I will try to get more females. The selection where I live is very small. There is only one pet store and no breeders close by. I would prefer not to buy any more fish because for one guppy the price is crazy around here! Way more than it should be, but I may have to. Is getting more females the only solution? My angles are still very small, the biggest is less than 10cm. When they get a bit bigger I will put them in a bigger tank. I appreciate the feedback. Thanks again!

 

[FISH-tastick]

Thanks! I will try to get more females. The selection where I live is very small. There is only one pet store and no breeders close by. I would prefer not to buy any more fish because for one guppy the price is crazy around here! Way more than it should be, but I may have to. Is getting more females the only solution? My angles are still very small, the biggest is less than 10cm. When they get a bit bigger I will put them in a bigger tank. I appreciate the feedback. Thanks again!

 

[panda_cory]

I would think so there really isnt much else you can do, sorry.

 

[FISH-tastick]

Okay, thanks!

 

[allan078]

How much is a guppy where you live?! At my LFS they're about £1.50. (which is around $2.40)

 

[FISH-tastick]

Where I live for one female or male guppy it is 5-6$!!!

 

[allan078]

Wow, that's extortionate!

 

[OldMan47]

Fish prices, like any others, are subject to the laws of supply and demand as they are experienced locally. If $5 or $6 was too high, the price would soon drop. If it is maintained, there must be a ready market for guppies at that price. Around where I live a nice fancy guppy will cost about $2 to $3 but not much more. That also reflects local conditions at my LFS. All local prices are exactly that, they are local. The local market will decide, rather firmly, what a shop can charge for a particular fish. If people were willing to spend $10 for the fish that I often sell for $2, I would raise my prices until I had trouble selling them and then back off a very small amount. At that point my price would be a fair match to the market demand. If you do not like the present local price, do not pay it. If enough people agree with you, the price will come down every time.

Sorry but I am a free market capitalist of the worst kind. I do not believe in price controls or other approaches to "fairness". Instead I believe in letting the market set the price for anything. The end result is often cheaper than under price controls and the supply of goods and services almost always closely matches the demand. Any change in supply or demand always causes a price change in that kind of environment to a new "fair" price, one that people are willing to pay of their own free will. What more could we ask for as sellers or buyers?

 

[zain611]

Had your female just gave out fry? Is there any signs of illness on the male/female? One of my females gave birth and a few days later i noticed that it stayed on the surface of the water all the time then a few more days later it got finrot so i put it in my bowl and medicated it for 7 days then i medicated it with swimmblader treatment as it staying to the surfaces wasnt a symptom of finrot and now i still have her in there but i am thinking of getting another female because i have 2 males and if i introduce her back in she would get chased by the males also she isnt eating flake food so im giving her peas

 

[fish48]

if she isnt eating flake food try feeding some live food.
live foods are more beneficial than giving her peas

 

[allan078]

Fish prices, like any others, are subject to the laws of supply and demand as they are experienced locally. If $5 or $6 was too high, the price would soon drop. If it is maintained, there must be a ready market for guppies at that price. Around where I live a nice fancy guppy will cost about $2 to $3 but not much more. That also reflects local conditions at my LFS. All local prices are exactly that, they are local. The local market will decide, rather firmly, what a shop can charge for a particular fish. If people were willing to spend $10 for the fish that I often sell for $2, I would raise my prices until I had trouble selling them and then back off a very small amount. At that point my price would be a fair match to the market demand. If you do not like the present local price, do not pay it. If enough people agree with you, the price will come down every time.

Sorry but I am a free market capitalist of the worst kind. I do not believe in price controls or other approaches to "fairness". Instead I believe in letting the market set the price for anything. The end result is often cheaper than under price controls and the supply of goods and services almost always closely matches the demand. Any change in supply or demand always causes a price change in that kind of environment to a new "fair" price, one that people are willing to pay of their own free will. What more could we ask for as sellers or buyers?

I agree. A product or service can only be valued by what the consumer is willing to pay for it. I paid £5 (about $8) for 3 female guppies today and the same price for 2 males. Quite a good price i thought.