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Can anyone tell me, at what age will a female guppy be able to be reproductive?

Also baby guppys that are born they cant be born pregnant or be able to reproduce on there own will they? Its just that my baby guppy is now a few months old and getting to the same size as the others and her gravid spot is hugh!

Leighton

not really sure what the age is, maybe couple of months, but i do know that most female guppies you buy at the lfs are usually old enough to breed and some even have frys in them.

once the female has been fertilzed, the female will be able to produce multiple batches of babies without a male present.

baby guppies cant be born pregnant, your "baby" is probally a grown up guppy now.

Last edited by haRg0wbOi at 15-Dec-2004 17:45

Usually around 3-4 months.I have never had female guppies breed before that and I have had thousands of guppies.

I agree, none of my guppies have ever bred before 3-4 months either.

female guppies store sperm its called superfeation, they dont need any more to fertilize their eggs but males chase them all around anyways,like trying to make sure his offspring are the ones that come out..i have put virgin females in with my breeder males and waited about three weeks when they were used to their surroundings become willing partners for the male..... me?a ton of fry from multi galaxies, russian metal lace, and purple moscows... boocuddles of tanks

As mentioned above, my guppies tend to have their first batch of fry at 3-4 months old, then they have a new batch every 28-32 days or so...Once a female is fertilized she can have fry for 6-9 months (depends on where you read it, and I'm sure on the guppy itself) without having a male present. Male guppies can often start breeding at 2-3 months, once the gonopodium has developed. Thus it is quite difficult to keep the young fry from breeding, unless you are in constant observation of them and seperate them as soon as the sex is visible...

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there is a way to tell the difference in the sexes in fry that are about a week old, hope you have good eye's,wait for them to get about a week old,if you notice even at that age females will have a gravid spot on them even though they are to young to fertilize this will help you out in the long run and if you havent tried it before try it with some and see...im 39 and have been doing it this way for almost the last 25 yrs. a friend of mine had showed me this trick and it does work...still in all in all it does help to keep a eye on them but this will help to sex them faster than useually normal..