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Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. I am new to breeding guppy’s and have had these four girls for 7days. i believe they are all pregnant but I’m wondering if anyone knows how long they all have left? Iv removed them from my Main tank, have I done this to early? Any advice would be much appreciated thanks, charlie x
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Yellow tail
Tiger tail
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Yellow/black tail
 

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Probably at least 2 weeks away, maybe 3 for the slimmer ones.

Female livebearers can carry up to 6 sperm packets (sometimes more) from breeding with males and they use 1 sperm packet to fertilise each batch of eggs. The gestation period (from the time she fertilises the eggs to when she gives birth to free swimming babies) is about 1 month. After which she will fertilise another batch of eggs using another sperm packet. This allows female livebearers to produce young about once a month for up to 6 months without any males being present.

It is preferable not to move pregnant fish because you can stress them and even damage the unborn fry. If you have to move pregnant females, carefully catch them in a net and then use a plastic container to scoop the female and net up in some tank water. Move her (in the net in the bucket of water) to a new tank and then carefully pour her into the new tank.

If you move the female to a smaller aquarium that would stress her.

If you use completely new water in the new tank it would stress her. If you set up a new tank for her you should fill the new tank with water from her current tank, so the water is exactly the same.

If the new tank does not have any plants in it will stress her. Put some plants in with her. Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides/ cornuta) is the best plant for livebearers. It normally grows on the surface but can also be grown in the substrate where it grows into a lovely light green shrub.

If you don't have any live plants then add a heap of artificial plants to provide her with shelter when she goes into labour, and to give the fry somewhere to hide when they are born.

Make sure the new tank has an established filter in it so the water stays clean.
Do not put the female into a tank with males until at least 1 week after she has given birth otherwise the male/s will stress her out.

Try not to move the female for at least 1 week after she has given birth so she can heal up. If you have to move the female after she has given birth, use the method above for moving pregnant females.

Most female guppies do not eat their young if the female is well fed and there are plants in the tank, but will eat them when they are confined to a small breeding trap.
 
Probably at least 2 weeks away, maybe 3 for the slimmer ones.

Female livebearers can carry up to 6 sperm packets (sometimes more) from breeding with males and they use 1 sperm packet to fertilise each batch of eggs. The gestation period (from the time she fertilises the eggs to when she gives birth to free swimming babies) is about 1 month. After which she will fertilise another batch of eggs using another sperm packet. This allows female livebearers to produce young about once a month for up to 6 months without any males being present.

It is preferable not to move pregnant fish because you can stress them and even damage the unborn fry. If you have to move pregnant females, carefully catch them in a net and then use a plastic container to scoop the female and net up in some tank water. Move her (in the net in the bucket of water) to a new tank and then carefully pour her into the new tank.

If you move the female to a smaller aquarium that would stress her.

If you use completely new water in the new tank it would stress her. If you set up a new tank for her you should fill the new tank with water from her current tank, so the water is exactly the same.

If the new tank does not have any plants in it will stress her. Put some plants in with her. Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides/ cornuta) is the best plant for livebearers. It normally grows on the surface but can also be grown in the substrate where it grows into a lovely light green shrub.

If you don't have any live plants then add a heap of artificial plants to provide her with shelter when she goes into labour, and to give the fry somewhere to hide when they are born.

Make sure the new tank has an established filter in it so the water stays clean.
Do not put the female into a tank with males until at least 1 week after she has given birth otherwise the male/s will stress her out.

Try not to move the female for at least 1 week after she has given birth so she can heal up. If you have to move the female after she has given birth, use the method above for moving pregnant females.

Most female guppies do not eat their young if the female is well fed and there are plants in the tank, but will eat them when they are confined to a small breeding trap.
Thank you for your help, I hope I haven’t stressed them too much by moving them. I’ll get some breeding nets today. Should I move them back to there other tank or keep them where they are for now? I really appreciate your help
 
In general it's hard to determine the exact due date. If a female squares off, will be a sign that the due date is almost there but it also means that she has used the max gestation period possible to her. For not all pregnant females will square off when almost due. And not all pregnant females will become very fat before due time.
 
In general it's hard to determine the exact due date. If a female squares off, will be a sign that the due date is almost there but it also means that she has used the max gestation period possible to her. For not all pregnant females will square off when almost due. And not all pregnant females will become very fat before due time.
What does square off look like?
 
There are number of us in the hobby who will tell you that female live bearers are born prgnant. While this is not actually true, it sure seems like it is.
 

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