Sooo Coool

danilykins · 02-03-2011, 08:19 PM

Ok so I bought the large tank a couple of females (6) and the boys are having a fun time lol..

Well I was doing a water change today and I saw a baby!! Then I saw another one.. I found the responsible party and decided not to stress her out more by catching her, and watched her give birth to 3 more. I think this is all she will have. She was a pretty small one to begin with. She looks "empty" and slim now. All the females I bought were pregnant. there were 2 very large ones, which the males LOVE.

MOM

Mom giving birth

Baby#5

danilykins · 02-03-2011, 08:32 PM

whoops.. one just got sucked up by the filter O_o No worries there will be plenty of babies..

CdtWeasel · 02-03-2011, 09:56 PM

Very cool. I've toyed with the idea of getting some ladies to keep my guys company. Not sure what I would do with all the fry though.

susankat · 02-03-2011, 10:02 PM

You can put a prefilter on the intake that way the babies won't get sucked up

automatic-hydromatic · 02-03-2011, 10:04 PM

my pregnant Guppy just gave birth last week

definitely exciting! got about 20 of the little guys swimming around in the tank now

danilykins · 02-03-2011, 10:30 PM

In the other tank, I have some panty hose over the filter intake so babies won't get sucked up, but this one I had no clue. I haven't seen any babies in a while, not sure if they found hiding places or if they got gobbled up by the betta (she chased one earlier) But I'm just gonna let things flow for a while before I really start thinking of breeding them.

Dean715 · 02-03-2011, 10:55 PM

Congratulations. I raised guppies for a time just as a hobby and it is a lot of fun. I kept a bare 10 gallon tank heated with a good growth of algae in it. I used a sponge filter in it. In fact I still have a breeding trap I just found the other day while setting up a tank for my Betta. Dang now im thinking of guppies. I knew this hobby was addicting but thought in my old age one aquarium would be enough.

danilykins · 02-03-2011, 11:14 PM

Guppies are lots of fun, and very active. My 7 year old loves them, he even got to watch one give birth today. so its educational too

jrman83 · 02-04-2011, 06:27 AM

This was a new Gup that gave birth? Typical action in a lot of instances. New fish are stressed most of the time and if they are pregnant they usually give birth right away. I used to play on that knowing that it would happen. I have a different way of looking at it now. If I do get a pregnant fish I try to see how long I can prolong her giving birth. To me, it means I did my job in causing less stress on the fish. That is not to say that you stressed the fish out and sometimes it is "just the time".

Congrats on your new babies.

chris oe · 02-04-2011, 07:26 AM

If you want to break down your filter, chances are the baby in there is still alive depending on where it ends up. HOB filters have lots of places (for instance) where the little ones can just hang out and eat what comes in. Once when I was breaking down a tank with an undergravel filter I found a whole bunch of baby swordtails underneath the filter plate (!). They're incredibly tough little critters.

Oh, and Congratulations! and Nice Pics, Too!

jrman83 · 02-04-2011, 07:28 AM

You're right, I've fished out 30-40 fry out of my AC HOB filters.

danilykins · 02-04-2011, 08:41 AM

Ok, I will take a look today. I have an AC 50, so I hope they did happen to just get sucked up and not chewed up.

Kaosu · 02-04-2011, 04:57 PM

congrats^_^ as they grow you will get larger and larger groups..i have 3 mature females at 3 inches each that pump out about 100 or more fry for me every month.
I dont remove the fry my tank is thickly planted so i have next to no loss ^_^
here is her tank as well as one of her giving birth (after about a dozen allready) and one after birth!^_^
tank

Birthing

after birthing^_^

love love love guppies!

danilykins · 02-04-2011, 05:00 PM

Wow those are huge.... none of mine are that big, bu they are pretty big.

Kaosu · 02-04-2011, 05:31 PM

they will get that big^_^ i have had mine about a year and a half..so they are probably about 2 years old.

jrman83 · 02-05-2011, 10:07 AM

She's about a humpback 'ol bitty....

Kaosu · 02-05-2011, 09:49 PM

yeah, she gets so big with each batch. and who knows what conditions she came from before i got her.

chris oe · 02-06-2011, 09:43 AM

Yep, I have a theory that they lose calcium over time from producing all those eggs. Hmmm. I wonder how hard it would be to make guppy food? 'Cause making a calcium fortified guppy food (maybe add in a little powdered calcium citrate? some powdered high quality magnesium?) specifically for building up mother guppies during and in between drops might be worthwhile, since those older moms have huge drops, every additional drop from a proven older mom would be worth some extra effort on the front end, y'know, when they're younger & throughout their lives Hmmm. I might look into this.

danilykins · 02-06-2011, 09:53 AM

I lost mama fish this morning :( I think it was stress that got her, cause the water is perfect.

I ended up moving 2 expecting moms over to the smaller tank upstairs to get away from the chasing. They need a little relaxation. SO they are chilling upstairs in the pirate cove

chris oe · 02-06-2011, 09:23 PM

My condolences. Birth is very stressful, hard to know what happens to cause something like this. Hope everything works out.

02-03-2011, 08:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Sooo Coool Ok so I bought the large tank a couple of females (6) and the boys are having a fun time lol.. Well I was doing a water change today and I saw a baby!! Then I saw another one.. I found the responsible party and decided not to stress her out more by catching her, and watched her give birth to 3 more. I think this is all she will have. She was a pretty small one to begin with. She looks "empty" and slim now. All the females I bought were pregnant. there were 2 very large ones, which the males LOVE. MOM Mom giving birth Baby#5 __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool whoops.. one just got sucked up by the filter O_o No worries there will be plenty of babies.. __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool In the other tank, I have some panty hose over the filter intake so babies won't get sucked up, but this one I had no clue. I haven't seen any babies in a while, not sure if they found hiding places or if they got gobbled up by the betta (she chased one earlier) But I'm just gonna let things flow for a while before I really start thinking of breeding them. __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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Dean715 Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 45 Name: Dean Location: Central Iowa Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 86 Times Said "Thanks" 15 Times Was Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool Congratulations. I raised guppies for a time just as a hobby and it is a lot of fun. I kept a bare 10 gallon tank heated with a good growth of algae in it. I used a sponge filter in it. In fact I still have a breeding trap I just found the other day while setting up a tank for my Betta. Dang now im thinking of guppies. I knew this hobby was addicting but thought in my old age one aquarium would be enough.

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool Guppies are lots of fun, and very active. My 7 year old loves them, he even got to watch one give birth today. so its educational too __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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chris oe chris oe's Photo Gallery Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 651 Name: Chris Location: Saint Paul, MN Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 118 Times Said "Thanks" 8 Times Was Thanked 188 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool If you want to break down your filter, chances are the baby in there is still alive depending on where it ends up. HOB filters have lots of places (for instance) where the little ones can just hang out and eat what comes in. Once when I was breaking down a tank with an undergravel filter I found a whole bunch of baby swordtails underneath the filter plate (!). They're incredibly tough little critters. Oh, and Congratulations! and Nice Pics, Too!

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool Ok, I will take a look today. I have an AC 50, so I hope they did happen to just get sucked up and not chewed up. __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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Kaosu Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 86 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 3 Times Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 30 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool congrats^_^ as they grow you will get larger and larger groups..i have 3 mature females at 3 inches each that pump out about 100 or more fry for me every month. I dont remove the fry my tank is thickly planted so i have next to no loss ^_^ here is her tank as well as one of her giving birth (after about a dozen allready) and one after birth!^_^ tank Birthing after birthing^_^ love love love guppies!

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool Wow those are huge.... none of mine are that big, bu they are pretty big. __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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Kaosu Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 86 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 3 Times Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 30 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool they will get that big^_^ i have had mine about a year and a half..so they are probably about 2 years old.

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Kaosu Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 86 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 3 Times Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 30 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool yeah, she gets so big with each batch. and who knows what conditions she came from before i got her.

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chris oe chris oe's Photo Gallery Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 651 Name: Chris Location: Saint Paul, MN Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 118 Times Said "Thanks" 8 Times Was Thanked 188 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool Yep, I have a theory that they lose calcium over time from producing all those eggs. Hmmm. I wonder how hard it would be to make guppy food? 'Cause making a calcium fortified guppy food (maybe add in a little powdered calcium citrate? some powdered high quality magnesium?) specifically for building up mother guppies during and in between drops might be worthwhile, since those older moms have huge drops, every additional drop from a proven older mom would be worth some extra effort on the front end, y'know, when they're younger & throughout their lives Hmmm. I might look into this.

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danilykins danilykins's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 655 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 49 Times Said "Thanks" 109 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool I lost mama fish this morning :( I think it was stress that got her, cause the water is perfect. I ended up moving 2 expecting moms over to the smaller tank upstairs to get away from the chasing. They need a little relaxation. SO they are chilling upstairs in the pirate cove __________________ Tank: 29g:guppies, balloon mollies, swordtail, 2 mollies Hex: opaline gourami 10g 1F. betta

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chris oe chris oe's Photo Gallery Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 651 Name: Chris Location: Saint Paul, MN Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 118 Times Said "Thanks" 8 Times Was Thanked 188 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Sooo Coool My condolences. Birth is very stressful, hard to know what happens to cause something like this. Hope everything works out.

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