Bought New Guppies Yesterday, Could They Already Be Pregnant?

[MrandMrsFish]

Hi all,
 
I bought some new female guppies yesterday hoping to breed them with my males I already had. I noticed one was quite chubby. Upon researching i discovered she may already be pregnant, gravid spot, big belly. Now I have noticed 4 out of the 5 look like this with different levels of big bellies. Is it possible to buy pregnant fish??

 

[Ninjouzata]

Yes it is. It's common for them to come that way if LFS don't separate the males and females.

 

[fm1978]

Yeah, agreed, very likely. Can't remember the statistic but it's a huge percentage of females who are pregnant when purchased. If you have 5 females look out for lots of fry!

 

[Lillefishy]

Agreed, most females if they've been with males will be pregnant.
They can store sperm for a number of months so any subsequent fry won't necessarily be sired by your males

 

[MrandMrsFish]

Thank you so much. We have one in a fry box with the separate bottom as she is quite big and I think 3 others are pregnant. They werr separate in the store but possibly not from breeder?