A watched Guppy never births lol

[bluebluecow]

Typical, I have had several births in my tropical community never seen births just new babies

So i get a nice heavely preg female and she is in a 60l tank with a couple of other females , hornwort for shelter for babies, and nothing, typical as we are off camping for 2 nights and I bet I find a few babies when I get home . I presuming thta if she births when we are away the babes will be food lol


Liz

[~Col~]

LOL!! I'm the same with our mollies! I'm always watching hoping to catch a glimpse but in the end I wake up in the morning and they are there.

[Lady Hobbs]

I posted this elsewhere but here it is again.

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[WYlde Billy]

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love this !!! cant wait to show the kid

[korith]

I bought some guppies from a fish auction once, one of them popped out tons of fry by the time I had gotten home.

[WYlde Billy]

I bought some guppies from a fish auction once, one of them popped out tons of fry by the time I had gotten home.

thats new to me ... every female thats was ready to give birth died in transite to me from dealers or a few days later in tank ... i always thought stress / permature birth... very cool to hear

where did you get them from and how long was the trip?? ... alot can happen in those hrs.

[korith]

thats new to me ... every female thats was ready to give birth died in transite to me from dealers or a few days later in tank ... i always thought stress / permature birth... very cool to hear

where did you get them from and how long was the trip?? ... alot can happen in those hrs.

Local fish auction, meetings usually start around 1:30, the fish were probably bagged an hour or two before that, a few hours at the meeting, got home with the fish probably 4:30 or 5pm. So maybe 6 hours or so bagged. I know I've seen other fish show up in the auction and there has been new fry in them too a few times.

The short bagged time probably had a lot to due with it. Also for the most part everyone seems to be good at bagging the fish, no mistakes like over crowding a bag, or too much water to air in the bags.

[~Col~]

So are there any "signs" that they are about to drop the fry?

It's just that I have two, possibly three pregnant mollies and I've been checking and checking them and I've no idea when they are going to drop. I'd like to put them into one of those little floating fry tanks so the angel doesn't get them as they're born. But I don't want to put the poor mollie in there for a week or more waiting...