Omg! Our First Ever Fry!

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• Oct 26, 2008

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Our first ever fry. We didn't even think any of the Guppies were ready to pop.

The wife says she feels like an expectant father

 

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• Oct 26, 2008

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Congratulations! Guppies are prolific breeders so there will be more to come.

 

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Ahhh pretty lucky you. Yep lots and lots and LOTS of them to come every month. Have fun being fishy parents lol.

 

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• Oct 26, 2008

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From the pic, that one doesn't look particularly 'fresh'...I bet there are more hiding out in your tank. Congrats!

 

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The mother is still very large and is acting quite tetchy. Her rear end almost squares out for a while and then shrinks back like she's resisting the birth.

How old do you think the fry could be? I would guess it is only about 6mm long at most.

 

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If she's acting as you describe, I'd say the fry is fairly new...it's always hard to tell with pictures.

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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Seems that was not the first.


I took the moody minnows to the LFS on the wife's instructions (my day off work). When I got back, I saw 5 Guppy fry about 10mm long swimming freely around the Camboba in the Male Guppy tank.


Managed to get a few shots plus a couple of short videos. Upload in progress

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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We're waiting...

LOL

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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nosoup4you said:

We're waiting...

LOL

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Photobucket being slooooooowwwwwwwwwwww, sos

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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a first batch of fry for a fish owner is very exciting. remember my firstbatch

 

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Video:

Guppy Fry

 

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Congrats! From the video, your fry appear to be approximately 1-2 weeks old. When they are first born, they look like they are all eyes with a tiny tail.

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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Here is a pic of my week old Guppy fry:

 

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• Oct 27, 2008

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Congrats on the new fry. I always love it when my fish have a drop. As NoSoupForYou said, they are probably between a week and 10 days old by the way they are swimming and how well they have developed into little fish instead of looking like an eye with a tail.