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  • Feb 23, 2009, 02:24 PM
    SassyVixen
    Guppy babies
    Does anyone have any information on the gestational period of female guppies? I thought it was around 20-25 days, but it has been about 4 weeks since I noticed my guppy looked pregnant and still no babies. Any ideas?
  • Feb 25, 2009, 07:21 PM
    AKaeTrue

    It's been my experience that it can take anywhere between 20 and 45 days.
    Good luck.
  • Feb 26, 2009, 09:24 AM
    shazamataz

    Don't forget to get a breeding trap or you will have no baby guppies!
  • Feb 26, 2009, 02:36 PM
    AKaeTrue
    Great advice above about the breeding trap. It actually differs than a breeding net.
    Livebarer fish, like your guppy eat their babies as soon as their born if they get a chance to.
    A trap allows the babies to fall down into a safe area away from the mother.
    A few will survive inside an aquarium if there are a lot of great hiding places.
    They tend to get sucked up by filters too so a net or some other device to block the filter intake valve can be useful as well.

    The mother can go back inside the tank as soon as she has the babies.
    The babies will need to stay in the breeding container or put in the breeding net until they are big enough to not fit in the other fish mouths.

    Good luck
  • Feb 27, 2009, 10:50 AM
    SassyVixen
    :) Thought you guys would like to know - we had babies last night. Late last night I noticed that the female looked different - like she was about to explode and she kept circling the plants and a big rock cave I have in the tank. I was going to stop after work today and pick up a breeding tank - but too late. I managed to find 4 of the babies and put them in a breeding net before I went to work. Hopefully I'll find more when I get home tonight. Thanks for the advice!
  • Feb 27, 2009, 10:13 PM
    AKaeTrue

    That's great news! Good Luck with them!

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