Were pregnant!

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:59 am

We had bought a 28 gallon hexagon tropical fish tank around a month ago with communality fish. Community fish are fish that are not aggressive.

We now have a female guppy pregnant!:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist

Guppy's are live bearers, which means they drop their young , not eggs.

You will see in this video she is in a separate compartment resting in the tank, so when she gives birth, her young will fall to the bottom compartment, so she cannot eat them. I will then put her back into the big tank, and raise the babies in this compartment until they are big enough to survive in the regular tank.

This is how she will have them:

YouTube - How Guppies Are Born - "Big Mama" guppy giving birth

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:05 am

Odie;1132179 wrote: We had bought a 28 gallon hexagon tropical fish tank around a month ago with communality fish. Community fish are fish that are not aggressive.

We now have a female guppy pregnant!:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist

Guppy's are live bearers, which means they drop their young , not eggs.

You will see in this video she is in a separate compartment resting in the tank, so when she gives birth, her young will fall to the bottom compartment, so she cannot eat them. I will then put her back into the big tank, and raise the babies in this compartment until they are big enough to survive in the regular tank.

This is how she will have them:

YouTube - How Guppies Are Born - "Big Mama" guppy giving birth

does this make you a grandma??

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:24 am

New FG rumor. Guppy is pregnant! :yh_rotfl

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:26 am

Peg;1132197 wrote: New FG rumor. Guppy is pregnant! :yh_rotfl

who's the baby daddy?? :sneaky: :wah:

QUINNSCOMMENTARY · Post by **QUINNSCOMMENTARY** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:13 am

Odie;1132179 wrote: We had bought a 28 gallon hexagon tropical fish tank around a month ago with communality fish. Community fish are fish that are not aggressive.

We now have a female guppy pregnant!:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist

Guppy's are live bearers, which means they drop their young , not eggs.

You will see in this video she is in a separate compartment resting in the tank, so when she gives birth, her young will fall to the bottom compartment, so she cannot eat them. I will then put her back into the big tank, and raise the babies in this compartment until they are big enough to survive in the regular tank.

This is how she will have them:

YouTube - How Guppies Are Born - "Big Mama" guppy giving birth

Let's hope if she has fourteen she doesn't end up on food stamps, but the good news is that somewhere in that tank is the father.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:14 am

QUINNSCOMMENTARY;1132221 wrote: Let's hope if she has fourteen she doesn't end up on food stamps, but the good news is that somewhere in that tank is the father.

3 daddies!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

no idea which one, could be all three!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:14 am

minks;1132183 wrote: does this make you a grandma??

ahhhhhhhhhhh kinda, I guess, she is mine!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

but, but how will I handle so many?:-5:-5

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:15 am

sunny104;1132199 wrote: who's the baby daddy?? :sneaky: :wah:

there are 3 males, none have come forward yet!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:22 am

Peg;1132197 wrote: New FG rumor. Guppy is pregnant! :yh_rotfl

poor Guppy!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

wait till she sees this!:D

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:31 pm

congratulations to mummy Odie :-4:-4

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:37 pm

So will it be one big christening:-2:-3

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:51 pm

Carolly;1132444 wrote: So will it be one big christening:-2:-3

I want to be the godmother :guitarist

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:51 pm

Congratulations Odie.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:56 pm

kayleneaussie;1132461 wrote: I want to be the godmother :guitaristSo you will have to look after all the babies if anyfing happens to the parents:-2

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:04 pm

Oh, that is so cool!

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:11 pm

Carolly;1132469 wrote: So you will have to look after all the babies if anyfing happens to the parents:-2

yea

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:21 pm

kayleneaussie;1132481 wrote: yea :DBut you have 2 babies now.............how ye gonna cope with 1000s fgs:-2:-3

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:27 pm

Carolly;1132444 wrote: So will it be one big christening:-2:-3

If we can find the father!:-5:-5

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:28 pm

abbey;1132462 wrote: Congratulations Odie.

thanks Abbey, that's one of my males you have there!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

May I have him?:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:29 pm

chonsigirl;1132475 wrote: Oh, that is so cool!

I just can't wait, I keep on telling her, push!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:30 pm

kayleneaussie;1132481 wrote: yea

but there will be tons fgs!

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:50 pm

Odie;1132504 wrote: but there will be tons fgs!

I know ...they sure have a lot dont they :guitarist

Post by **Sunshine** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:13 pm

Just imagine the birthday party next year!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Mrs. Guppy. What a wonderful batch of fries, frys,

babies you have there. :-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:52 pm

Sunshine;1132611 wrote: Just imagine the birthday party next year!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Mrs. Guppy. What a wonderful batch of fries, frys,

babies you have there. :-4

huge party, pending on how many survive!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:13 pm

dam fish won't drop fgs!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:24 am

she had gotten so big, I knew it was time...........

then I saw her stressed out at the bottom of the tank, was hoping she was giving birth..........she stayed like this for 2 days.

then she died.

mommy guppie who I loved........R.I.P.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:34 am

Odie;1142997 wrote: she had gotten so big, I knew it was time...........

then I saw her stressed out at the bottom of the tank, was hoping she was giving birth..........she stayed like this for 2 days.

then she died.

mommy guppie who I loved........R.I.P.

My thoughts are with you Odie. Did she lose all the babies too?:-1

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:15 am

qsducks;1143008 wrote: My thoughts are with you Odie. Did she lose all the babies too?:-1

I guess so......that is why she died.....sometimes if they get to stressed, they loose them and die...........she was so stressed lying at the bottom on Saturday, he was breathing harder than I have ever seen a fish breathe.

I know its only a fish, but I watched her grow and took good care of her.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:16 am

Odie;1143139 wrote: I guess so......that is why she died.....sometimes if they get to stressed, they loose them and die...........she was so stressed lying at the bottom on Saturday, he was breathing harder than I have ever seen a fish breathe.

I know its only a fish, but I watched her grow and took good care of her.

In that case a ((((((hug)))))) sent your way babe.:-4

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:17 am

Odie;1142997 wrote: she had gotten so big, I knew it was time...........

then I saw her stressed out at the bottom of the tank, was hoping she was giving birth..........she stayed like this for 2 days.

then she died.

mommy guppie who I loved........R.I.P.

omg odie.....so sorry:-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:27 am

kayleneaussie;1143141 wrote: omg odie.....so sorry:-4

fanks....was so upset seeing her in such distress...wondered if she was going to die.

plus, there were 3 males that were constantly bugging her for sex ffs!:-5:-5

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:30 am

Odie;1143153 wrote: fanks....was so upset seeing her in such distress.....wondered if she was going to die.....plus, there were 3 males that were constantly bugging for sex ffs!:-5:-5

Now guppies are as bad as human males too? Ever try having sex while pregnant and now I understand what your poor girlie went through. Men, they can be such pigs.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:37 am

qsducks;1143155 wrote: Now guppies are as bad as human males too? Ever try having sex while pregnant and now I understand what your poor girlie went through. Men, they can be such pigs.

I had her in the separate tank.....but they said to only keep her there for 2 days.......so I kept putting her bank and forth......then finally a week ago, I thought.....this is just to stressful and she hadn't given birth.

she grew really big in the tank, but those damn males!:-5:-5

and guppies are like rabbits..they can get pregnant right after giving birth........so the next one stays in the little compartment where no one can bug her.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:42 pm

Odie;1143157 wrote: I had her in the separate tank.....but they said to only keep her there for 2 days.......so I kept putting her bank and forth......then finally a week ago, I thought.....this is just to stressful and she hadn't given birth.

she grew really big in the tank, but those damn males!:-5:-5

and guppies are like rabbits..they can get pregnant right after giving birth........so the next one stays in the little compartment where no one can bug her.

And your next one should do fine without male interference. the male species can be quite horny & I should know:sneaky:. I got pg 6 months after giving birth to #2 but had a beautiful baby boy in the end. Thank gawd he's not a twin:wah:

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:49 pm

Ah Odie, this sucks!:(

We used to have fish and I know it seems out of proportion, but you do get excited for them and wait for the new ones to arrive like a grandmother..

sometimes it seems the males are interested in a female to the point you want to shoot them.. I've pulled the males out before because it was driving me nuts watching the female try to evade them...lol I felt sorry for her..

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:33 pm

flopstock;1143266 wrote: Ah Odie, this sucks!:(

We used to have fish and I know it seems out of proportion, but you do get excited for them and wait for the new ones to arrive like a grandmother..

sometimes it seems the males are interested in a female to the point you want to shoot them.. I've pulled the males out before because it was driving me nuts watching the female try to evade them...lol I felt sorry for her..

thanks hun!

I have two additional females as well, just wondered why the males weren't bothering them.......

yes, it was exciting to think of all the little fishies............

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:33 pm

qsducks;1143218 wrote: And your next one should do fine without male interference. the male species can be quite horny & I should know:sneaky:. I got pg 6 months after giving birth to #2 but had a beautiful baby boy in the end. Thank gawd he's not a twin:wah:

6 months?

your a duck, not a guppy!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:17 pm

Odie;1143139 wrote: I guess so......that is why she died.....sometimes if they get to stressed, they loose them and die...........she was so stressed lying at the bottom on Saturday, he was breathing harder than I have ever seen a fish breathe.

I know its only a fish, but I watched her grow and took good care of her.

Ahhhhh Odie,

I'm so sorry...that's so sad. May she rest in peace.

I had a fish tank in my 6th grade class, and we didn't realize that a guppy was preggers. When she gave birth, she kept popping them out and the other fish kept eating them. It was so sad as there was nothing I could do...it was too late. So, I put a blanket over the tank so the kidlets couldn't see it.

I know better now...

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:53 pm

Kathy Ellen;1143425 wrote: Ahhhhh Odie,

I'm so sorry...that's so sad. May she rest in peace.

I had a fish tank in my 6th grade class, and we didn't realize that a guppy was preggers. When she gave birth, she kept popping them out and the other fish kept eating them. It was so sad as there was nothing I could do...it was too late. So, I put a blanket over the tank so the kidlets couldn't see it.

I know better now...

oh noooooooooooooo!

yes, when they are pregnant, which is quite often, next time, you can buy a plastic compartment...........it sits in the tank, and when the fish has her babies, the babies drop down into another compartment so the mother cannot eat them...then mommy goes back into the tank.....babies will remain in there for 4 months, just don't forget to feed them............3x a day for tropical fish.

any fish stores even wal-mart sells the duo compartment.......5.00