Pregnant Or No?

Fishyfishfish2010 · Dec 1, 2010

I think these 2 are pregnant...what would you say?

Neon Sword

Guppy

AstonN24vantage · Dec 1, 2010

they are pregnant... congrats. but i hope you're not seperating 'em yet! you have atleast 3 weeks!

Fishyfishfish2010 · Dec 1, 2010

are there any signs to watch for, for when they are close to giving birth?

AstonN24vantage · Dec 1, 2010

squaring off. look at the ready to drop link in my sig.

hughessomefish · Dec 1, 2010

Honestly from these picks I cannot tell, if they are I would say not far along.

AstonN24vantage · Dec 1, 2010

hughessomefish said:
Honestly from these picks I cannot tell, if they are I would say not far along.

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Bexx · Dec 2, 2010

I am new to this but does the dark gravid spots mean that they are, or can these be dark when there is no pregnancy? x

hughessomefish · Dec 2, 2010

Bexx said:
I am new to this but does the dark gravid spots mean that they are, or can these be dark when there is no pregnancy? x

The gravid spot may not always show the frys eyes, it could just be natural colors.

Bexx · Dec 2, 2010

Oh I see, if thats the case I would say the top fish it may just be its colouring. I think the one below does look pregnant as its what my guppy looked like when I first got it. Its a bit fat too.lol!

hughessomefish · Dec 2, 2010

Well if she has been pregant before and has males in the tank with her than she may be but way to early along for me to tell from that picture.

OldMan47 · Dec 2, 2010

Dark gravid spots have never done anything but lie to me Bexx. I rely completely on shape, not size, as I explain in my thread on mollies. Mollies and swordtails are much alike in their response to carrying fry. A swordtail tends to stay a bit slimmer but otherwise they carry fry identically. You can reach my thread on a full cycle of one of my mollies by following the link I have called My Molly's Progress in my signature area.

helterskelter · Dec 4, 2010

OldMan47 said:
Dark gravid spots have never done anything but lie to me Bexx. I rely completely on shape, not size, as I explain in my thread on mollies. Mollies and swordtails are much alike in their response to carrying fry. A swordtail tends to stay a bit slimmer but otherwise they carry fry identically. You can reach my thread on a full cycle of one of my mollies by following the link I have called My Molly's Progress in my signature area.

Ditto
You cant rely on just a gravid spot.

Your fish are both slim. Ok swordtails dont tend to get as large as guppies when pregnant but the get larger than the one's in your pic's

If you fish are pregnant then they are a long way off, in 2-3 weeks they should both look much larger. It's also good to view them from above esp with the swordtail, as they sometimes to get wider rather than deeper.

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