old female guppy finally gave birth

mousey · 09-02-2005, 02:02 PM

She is about 15 months old now and has FINALLY given birth to her first litter. I was expecting more fry as she is a huge fish, but I only got 11 fry from her. She did have another one that i know of but she ate it as soon as it was born. heaven knows how many fry she actually had! I also found 2 fry in the community tank so I think she started to deliver before I caught her.
And what lovely big fry they are!! Same size at birth as my 3 week old fry from my gold guppy.
I have tried to breed her before but she would not have anything to do with the males. She has a lovely red and black tail and black on her other fins. she tends to be a bit of a balloon shape actually but a very nice looking jumbo guppy all in all. I am sooo pleased to have the babies.
Poppa fish has an orange sword on his tail and a murky black/orange body.
I am hoping her neice has some good fry too.She is black and blue color,but is not looking pregnant yet even after 6 weeks with the male-- has never fattened up. She is 9 months old.
Mouse

Alisha · 09-02-2005, 03:48 PM

Congrats on the fry! I'm glad she finally bred for you!

**fish_doc** · 09-02-2005, 07:55 PM

Congrats, Good luck on the colors and tail styles you are lookin for.

**Baby_Baby** · 09-04-2005, 06:42 AM

ya congrats!!!!!!!!

mousey · 09-05-2005, 10:27 AM

thanks everyone. thay are doing well!

09-02-2005, 02:02 PM	#1
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 800	old female guppy finally gave birth She is about 15 months old now and has FINALLY given birth to her first litter. I was expecting more fry as she is a huge fish, but I only got 11 fry from her. She did have another one that i know of but she ate it as soon as it was born. heaven knows how many fry she actually had! I also found 2 fry in the community tank so I think she started to deliver before I caught her. And what lovely big fry they are!! Same size at birth as my 3 week old fry from my gold guppy. I have tried to breed her before but she would not have anything to do with the males. She has a lovely red and black tail and black on her other fins. she tends to be a bit of a balloon shape actually but a very nice looking jumbo guppy all in all. I am sooo pleased to have the babies. Poppa fish has an orange sword on his tail and a murky black/orange body. I am hoping her neice has some good fry too.She is black and blue color,but is not looking pregnant yet even after 6 weeks with the male-- has never fattened up. She is 9 months old. Mouse

09-02-2005, 07:55 PM	#3
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,830	Congrats, Good luck on the colors and tail styles you are lookin for. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

09-04-2005, 06:42 AM	#4
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,680	ya congrats!!!!!!!! __________________ *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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