How long till we get fry?

littleme1969

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My problem is this... All thses fish are new.. some 7 days some 2 days...this guppy being one of the ones who has been with me in isolation for 2 days.
I was aware she was preggers when I brought her home but over the last 2 days she seems huge and very square -_- ... I was hoping when I bought her she was about 2 weeks of having her fry, but looking at her now I would say days rather than weeks :crazy:
As the 3 platies and other guppy that is with her are in isolation and the platies won't be out into the main tank until sunday... does anyone think she will give birth before then :unsure: ... I want to give her fry the best chance possible and with 3 greedy platties around they won't stand a chance :no:
She seems quite heavy today...not swimming as much as she did before almost as if she was tired. She keeps resting her tail every so often... is this is a sign that the birth is soon or am I just threating about nothing. I don't want to have to put her in a breeding net if at all possible as she has had enough stress over the last week. And there is plenty of cover for the babies in the tank.

Just hope she can hold out a few more days until i get greedy guts into the other tank.. what do you guys thinks.. i'm new to the livebearing thing ;)
 
maybe a week or two. try raising the temp in their tank up a bit, which will make them drop faster.
 
Thanks for that...i'm not flapping quite so much now. I put the male platy and one of the females into the main tank just to be onthe safe side :rolleyes: They both seem well. Crossed fingers :thumbs:
And will move the other on sunday :)
Babies.. I can't wait :kana:
 
***********I GOT FRY***********
I'm glad I went with my instincts... I took out 2 platties and 1 guppy this morning just to be on the safe side. That left mum to be and a red platy (recovering from been sucked up the syphon tube yesterday :*) )
Well ....I turned the light off at about 1pm... ....I just had a glance in without the light about half an hour ago and saw 2 babies happily swimming around and mum no where to be seen :crazy:
So I wipped out the bredding net and a jug...lol Put all the babies I could find in the jug then added the breeding net with a large clump of Gava Fern in there for cover. So far I got 15 and shes in the tank finishing off :nod: :D :) :D :) :D :)

******YAY******
 

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