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	I could have sworn she was pregnant....
daviine Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 31 Registered: 28-Aug-2001	I have a guppy who I was positive was pregnant. She has the gravid spot and it seems fairly large. The problem is that it seems that she's been pregnant for more than a month now. Is that possible? I also thought maybe she had the babies already. But wouldn't her gravid spot disappear or get significantly smaller? I'm so confused. I wish I had known when the first time was that I noticed that she was pregnant. Is there a website that displays photos of the stages of guppy pregnancy? [span class="edited"][Edited by daviine 2004-09-03 12:37][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
jimwest Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Apr-2004	well if you feed your female guppies alot they always look pregnant i would not feed her for 2 days see if she looks a lot thiner my female guppie had 30 babies when i saw her given birth. I missed it sec time and only had 1 not get eaten by other fish and i have a very heave live planted tank oh when you see her given birth put her in a floating breeder and keep the tank dark or she mite eat them as fast as they come out
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	Guppies always look pregnant, mostly because they always are. Are there other fish in with her that could have eaten the fry? She may have had them and be pregnant again. Keep lots of plants in the tank and look close every day and I bet you see some babies soon. Good luck, Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
daviine Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 31 Registered: 28-Aug-2001	I took out all the males. I wanted to see how many more times she would get pregnant without the males in the tank. In the tank now, there are two juvenile guppies, two black tetra, and an albino tetra. I am not really concerned as to whether they get eaten. I really just wanted to make some observations about guppy pregnancies. Its just hard to tell.....Even if she did get pregnant again afterwards,wouldn't it take some time to start showing again?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	To me they always look like they're about ready to pop. The only way I could really tell which one gave birth was to look at the gravid spot. After they drop the fry the spot looks, not exactly smaller but less black, maybe even with a pink tinge around the edge. Luck, Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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