FishProfiles.com Message Forums

is it true that some female guppies can't get pregnant?

Possible, but guppy females should not have a problem. She may be too young, or has a health issue.

The Amazon Nut...

Yes, it's possible, but most of them get pregnant quite easily.


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos
http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/
Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com

Depending on her colors, she may be and you just cant tell???
I have had guppies have babies before when I didnt know they were preg.
I have a fem now who is white in front and black in back. Really pretty. Shes gotten prettier since I brought her home. Since she is black on her backer half. So some may have a hard time deciding whether on not she is pregant.
If you cant tell by the gravid spot, try to look at her while she is facing you and has her rear straight from you. She if her belly swoops lower and if she is wider on her sides.
Have many males with her? If you have a good more males than fems, she could be being harassed by them so that she stays away from them and keeps them from getting near her.
It may not be your female who has a prob. It could be your male if you just have one male. Are your males old enough??

when females are bred to earliy in life that will sometimes affect them later, but usually it makes them not grow as large, or smaller amounts of fry. when u say pregnant, some fish are infertile, and livebearers can often inbreed which has a factor in it. my best advice is given u have the right tanks, is not to force anything. if she is getting preg, then it might be that it was meant to happen.

sorry off topic i know, but ladiejl not to be a nag, but my eyes are too old to read that, could you darken the font to maybe black or darken the background to a darker pink? thanks, heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

yea, i thought the same thing heidi!

how old is your guppy?