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	Male Guppy Fry Verses Female Fry
keeper Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Feb-2007	Hi! We have about 100 guppy fry of varying ages. We have only identified 1 male out of all of them! Has anyone ever heard if this is a normal happening? Is it normal to have more females born than males??? It seems very strange to us! Thanks!
Posted 16-Apr-2007 21:53
Fishrockmysox Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 58 Votes: 12 Registered: 20-Oct-2006	Well, IMO, if you have 100 fry then you may only be able to identify 1 Male right now. I mean if you have like 20 breeding nets or something and then 5 fry in each yeah you'd be able to tell then. If it's in a smalledr tank I wouldn't be surprised if they're just bypassing you and you're unable to identify them. 10G- 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Upside Down Catfish 20G- 1 Goldfish 72G(maybe95)- Need Stock suggestions
Posted 18-Apr-2007 03:21
keeper Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Feb-2007	HMMM...I guess that could be it, but we have them divided into 2 tanks...older ones, brand new ones, etc. We sit ther a studdy them and even as the older ones get to the 1 month mark and beyond, they are all females. Very strange. Thanks for your answer!
Posted 18-Apr-2007 16:23
Fishrockmysox Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 58 Votes: 12 Registered: 20-Oct-2006	I find that odd, but maybe it's a good thing? Well it was a pleasure 10G- 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Upside Down Catfish 20G- 1 Goldfish 72G(maybe95)- Need Stock suggestions
Posted 20-Apr-2007 04:55
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have around 75 guppyfry, all different sizes though, and so far i only see 1 male as well. but the others are still very small. so it shouldnt be uncommon.
Posted 21-Apr-2007 17:36
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	pH can have an affect on the sex of fry. I had this happen with Endler's and it was brought up in a talk I heard last weekend by a cichlid breeder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 23-Apr-2007 00:08


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