Premature Guppy

[palacious_d]

Good Morning,

Something very strange has happened to my guppy last week Sunday 07/10/12 she gave birth to three guppy fry, it happened during the night so I am not sure how many she had but when I checked there were three swimming around perfectly healthy. I am not 100% sure what happened if she ate the rest or only had three. I have been observing that guppy for the last week and noticed that she is getting fatter and on the verge of having more fry, is this possible???

Thanks
Palacious_D

 

[MrsM]

ive heard they can have like multiple pregnancies...give birth one day and then again a week later....also they can store the "daddys stuff" for weeeeeeks! so you can get a female and not have a male in with her and she can give birth months after you first got her... haha..fish are odd sometimes!

 

[palacious_d]

Thanks, its very strange well she is in a guppy tank atm lets see what happens!!

 

[AlphaKnox]

Its possible she did eat the fry, my endlers used to do it for some odd reason. Have the fry got any hiding spots? I used Java moss for my Endler tank a year ago, fry were able to hide/feed from it.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

This precisely happened to one of mine in September. She gave birth to 3, then a week later a few more then another weekish (or a bit more) the rest.... and none were premature and she's never delivered like that before.

I named my first 3 the Three Amigos (2 boys and a girl)

 

[MrsM]

i love guppys and when they fill a tank with babies....now thats ace!!

 

[Animal Lover 2000]

haha you wont love that for long trust me i know

 

[palacious_d]

Thanks guys, had to take her our from the guppy tank after 4 days due to stress and she is getting fatter by the day, have bought a 20 litre tank just for her and lets see!

 

[Fish Lover Forever]

Yes, once they get pregnant they will keep having batches of fish every now and then.