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So, I want to thank everyone who voted! I had 17 votes total! In the end Baby Guppie's won with a total of 6 votes, with Guppies coming in at a close second with 5 votes! The poll is now closed. One more huge thank you to everyone who looked, and voted!! ~Lauren Baby Guppies. Cute little thing's that can come out of nowhere, fast! They are extremely small, fast, and you can barely see them as they are practically see through! When born, they will go to the surface , but then immediately retreat to the closest plant. Be sure to have plenty of plants around for them, as even their own mother will eat them, or try to eat them.
If you think you are expecting baby Guppies, your female needs to be doing 3 of these things... 1) Is she hiding in a corner (most likely the back corner) of your tank? 2) Look at her tail and dorsal fin. Is the color fading? 3) If you have plants, is she hiding in them? 4) Is she near the heater a lot? 5) Do you have other fish in the tank? If so she may hide in a corner, or try to, to get away from the other fish in hopes of reducing her own stress. 6) Look at the bottom of her stomach. Is it flat? Does it look square? If your female Guppy is doing at least 3 of those things, she may be going into labor. If it's not labor, then most likely stress. If you have other males in there with her then she will get stressed out. Another thing to look for, are the males chasing her? If the males are chasing her the best thing do to is move her into a breeder net. If you do not have a breeder net, you can purchase one at your Wal-Mart store for around $3. ~~ After she has the babies, take her out immediately. She will eat them. Once you've gotten all your babies safely in the breeder net, you can try feeding them. I recommend using Hikari Tropical First Bites. You can purchase Hikari Tropical First Bites at Pet-Co for $2.50. If you do not want to buy them food you can make them food! Take some fish food flakes and pulverize them. Then take water from the tank the babies were born in, and add the water to the flakes until it is paste like. Once paste like you can take a toothpick and stick the end in it, and the put it back in the water. The paste will fall off the toothpick and into the water for the babies to eat. **Do not make to much as it will spoil quickly** ~~ I suggest keeping the temperature for your fry anywhere from 78-80 degrees Fahrenheit for the first 2-3 months. ~~ At around two weeks of age you should be seeing color in some of your babies. Those are the males. The males will get color around 2 weeks of age, the females around 4, and even as late as 5 weeks. The males fully mature at 6 weeks, and the females fully mature around 3 months. Your males will be bright colors such as red, yellow, blue. Your females will have more dull colors, such as brown, tan etc. Your males will have color on their bodies as well as patterns, where as your females will have color only on their tail. ~~ Once you know the sex of your babies, I suggest separating them, as females can start reproducing anywhere from 10-20 weeks old. They stop reproducing around 20-34 months of age. Keep in mind the female can drop anywhere from 2-200 babies over a 3-5 week period. Normally they will only have anywhere from 30-60. They can have babies every month and can store sperm from a male they have bred with. I would also watch your male mollies, if you have any, as Mollies and Guppies can cross-breed. **Your Guppy will reproduce more quickly in Brackish water!** ~~~~ I hope this helps! If anyone has any questions, don't be shy! Ask away! Thank you again! ~Lauren
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