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Alisha · 08-09-2005, 11:46 AM

Well, I'm probably not one to ask about gravid spots. haha. But I THOUGHT that my female's gravid spot would turn and orangy light brown color right after she had a batch of fry, but then when I asked the people on here about it, they said it was probably just the lighting...so I don't know. Maybe it is just the lighting, or maybe she had some, and they were eatin before you got them...I don't know...does she look any skinnier? Because I heard they get a little skinnier right before they have them, like a few hours before...and of coarse they do get skinnier after they have them

**Baby_Baby** · 08-09-2005, 05:01 PM

ya she is skinnier, but i would know if she had had fry. this is weird.

Alisha · 08-09-2005, 06:01 PM

Well, maybe she's very close to having fry!

**fish_doc** · 08-09-2005, 07:10 PM

Here is a few videos of fry being born.

http://fish.orbust.net/images/guppy.avi
http://fish.orbust.net/images/guppy2.avi

**Baby_Baby** · 08-09-2005, 09:07 PM

oh thank you guys. so she is shrinking and like no babies yet. I can't find any breeder nets anywhere! so i have to transport em all to a 2.5 gallon tank. oy this is so stressfull.

**Baby_Baby** · 08-10-2005, 06:15 PM

update: still no fry, and Big Mama isn't eating as much, and being a little inactive. Is this good or bad?

**fish_doc** · 08-10-2005, 06:37 PM

Inactive is a good thing. Usually they will try to hide in a corner or in some plants before dropping their fry.

**Baby_Baby** · 08-10-2005, 08:08 PM

yup she's hiding in a corner and their is some clear stringy stuff coming out of her uh...anus. and like , i dunno what it is.

**fish_doc** · 08-11-2005, 08:14 PM

How she doing now. Sounds like she was real close yesterday.

**Baby_Baby** · 08-12-2005, 09:18 PM

bad news: she died yesterday. she was doing fine but we just found her sitting in a plant. lifeless. she didn't look to have anything wrong with her. I am very very confused.

**fish_doc** · 08-13-2005, 06:19 PM

This happens occasionally. Its hard to figure out what causes it. It could be the stress of being pregnant.

**Baby_Baby** · 08-13-2005, 06:51 PM

ya, but she was pretty big, and not too young, so you would think she's had fry before. It was sad, I think she was right about to have her babies, too. But we just found her sitting in a plant, dead.

Alisha · 08-13-2005, 06:54 PM

I'm so sorry!

I was so excited for you to have new fry....

Yankee boy · 08-13-2005, 08:14 PM

I have 1 female guppy who jus gave birth to 12 healthy fry yesterday. I had another female that was near birth but I found her dead by a plant too..I guess it happens.

**Baby_Baby** · 08-14-2005, 12:28 PM

ya, but good news! My other guppy, starburst, is pregnant! oh she's really pretty she has like a cream colored body and an orange tail with red stripes, she is really pretty. One more question: I went to my PETCO yesterday and all the female guppies they had were small, my male guppy is pretty big, so i was wondering if I should wait till they git some big femlae guppies, I don't wanna risk anything. Right now I have 1 male guppy and 1 female. Should I get some more femlales so they can group together? Because the male seems to nibble and chase the females.

Jonno · 08-14-2005, 12:51 PM

dnt worry if there little if they aint ready to mate they will not and if they do get preg they will not have so many babies as big ones, and when the gravid spot goes orange it is usually they have had the babies or there goin to have them!

**Baby_Baby** · 08-14-2005, 09:21 PM

oh cool. I bought the 10 gallon today so I'll be ready!

Alisha · 08-15-2005, 08:59 AM

Yay~I hope you have better luck with this little girl. She sounds beautiful! And yes I think you should at least get one more girl for your male because everyone says it should be one male to every 2 females. Good luck with this little girl!

doggydad38 · 08-15-2005, 01:56 PM

An "orangy" gravid spot usually indicates that she's had her fry. The closer she gets to delivering, the darker it get.
Tony

**Baby_Baby** · 08-15-2005, 04:48 PM

really? hmm.....well i know for a fact that this guppy, starburst, has an orangy gravid spot, but she hasn't had fry. she's still really really fat. LOL. but I'll be getting maybe 2 more female guppies soon. So its all good. I'm so excited! Wish me luck!

08-09-2005, 05:01 PM	#22
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	ya she is skinnier, but i would know if she had had fry. this is weird. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-09-2005, 07:10 PM	#24
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,835	Here is a few videos of fry being born. http://fish.orbust.net/images/guppy.avi http://fish.orbust.net/images/guppy2.avi __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

08-09-2005, 09:07 PM	#25
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	oh thank you guys. so she is shrinking and like no babies yet. I can't find any breeder nets anywhere! so i have to transport em all to a 2.5 gallon tank. oy this is so stressfull. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-10-2005, 06:15 PM	#26
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	update: still no fry, and Big Mama isn't eating as much, and being a little inactive. Is this good or bad? __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-10-2005, 06:37 PM	#27
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,835	Inactive is a good thing. Usually they will try to hide in a corner or in some plants before dropping their fry. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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08-09-2005, 11:46 AM	#21
Alisha Betta Love Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 311	Well, I'm probably not one to ask about gravid spots. haha. But I THOUGHT that my female's gravid spot would turn and orangy light brown color right after she had a batch of fry, but then when I asked the people on here about it, they said it was probably just the lighting...so I don't know. Maybe it is just the lighting, or maybe she had some, and they were eatin before you got them...I don't know...does she look any skinnier? Because I heard they get a little skinnier right before they have them, like a few hours before...and of coarse they do get skinnier after they have them

08-09-2005, 06:01 PM	#23
Alisha Betta Love Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 311	Well, maybe she's very close to having fry!

08-10-2005, 08:08 PM	#28
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	yup she's hiding in a corner and their is some clear stringy stuff coming out of her uh...anus. and like , i dunno what it is. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-11-2005, 08:14 PM	#29
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,835	How she doing now. Sounds like she was real close yesterday. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

08-12-2005, 09:18 PM	#30
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	bad news: she died yesterday. she was doing fine but we just found her sitting in a plant. lifeless. she didn't look to have anything wrong with her. I am very very confused. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-13-2005, 06:19 PM	#31
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,835	This happens occasionally. Its hard to figure out what causes it. It could be the stress of being pregnant. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

08-13-2005, 06:51 PM	#32
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	ya, but she was pretty big, and not too young, so you would think she's had fry before. It was sad, I think she was right about to have her babies, too. But we just found her sitting in a plant, dead. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-13-2005, 06:54 PM	#33
Alisha Betta Love Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 311	I'm so sorry! I was so excited for you to have new fry....

08-13-2005, 08:14 PM	#34
Yankee boy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Navarre, FL Age: 19 Posts: 103	I have 1 female guppy who jus gave birth to 12 healthy fry yesterday. I had another female that was near birth but I found her dead by a plant too..I guess it happens.

08-14-2005, 12:28 PM	#35
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	ya, but good news! My other guppy, starburst, is pregnant! oh she's really pretty she has like a cream colored body and an orange tail with red stripes, she is really pretty. One more question: I went to my PETCO yesterday and all the female guppies they had were small, my male guppy is pretty big, so i was wondering if I should wait till they git some big femlae guppies, I don't wanna risk anything. Right now I have 1 male guppy and 1 female. Should I get some more femlales so they can group together? Because the male seems to nibble and chase the females. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-14-2005, 12:51 PM	#36
Jonno Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Devon, UK Age: 20 Posts: 512	dnt worry if there little if they aint ready to mate they will not and if they do get preg they will not have so many babies as big ones, and when the gravid spot goes orange it is usually they have had the babies or there goin to have them!

08-14-2005, 09:21 PM	#37
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	oh cool. I bought the 10 gallon today so I'll be ready! __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

08-15-2005, 08:59 AM	#38
Alisha Betta Love Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 311	Yay~I hope you have better luck with this little girl. She sounds beautiful! And yes I think you should at least get one more girl for your male because everyone says it should be one male to every 2 females. Good luck with this little girl!

08-15-2005, 01:56 PM	#39
doggydad38 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 191	An "orangy" gravid spot usually indicates that she's had her fry. The closer she gets to delivering, the darker it get. Tony

08-15-2005, 04:48 PM	#40
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,685	really? hmm.....well i know for a fact that this guppy, starburst, has an orangy gravid spot, but she hasn't had fry. she's still really really fat. LOL. but I'll be getting maybe 2 more female guppies soon. So its all good. I'm so excited! Wish me luck! __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

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