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	Confused guppy!
agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	Hi, i have a male guppy (and a female too), when he chases her around he moves his gonopodium to the side (as if the fertilize her), and i think that she's already pregnant. I have some other fish plus 2 female platies (and a male). For some reason my male guppy likes on of the platies, he does the same thing with his gonopodium as he does to the guppy, however i heard that guppies and platys don't cross. So is he just confused?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have a male endler and a small female swordtail and he does the same thing. it isn't anything to worry about. you sould get somemore female guppies to keep him occupied.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	He will not breed with the platies. The breeding behaviour is just something that livebearers do naturally to ensure survival in the wild.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
kitty163 Fish Addict Posts: 816 Kudos: 1032 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	Just being randy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	my male guppy (tiger) wont leave my sword tail, even after i got him 5 females, never even looked at them, he has been like this after i took his only female away
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	My sister has a tank that had two male mollies (one white, one black) and three male guppies. She added in another black male molly and now EVERYone seems to think he's a female. I swear, he LOOKS like a male (anal fin certainly LOOKS like a gonopodium), but everyone is convinced otherwise. The poor thing get chased all over and the other males are poking their noses at his tummy. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	well my male guppy doesnt have to worry about little sword gupps anymore for som reason she died, she is the 4th adult to die i am treating the tank for bac but i dont know what is happening i also lost a baby 5 month old, i got the other one out
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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