Guppy Giving Birth

All About Guppies Giving Birth.

Guppy giving birth. One of the first questions people usually ask is How do guppies have babies When a guppy gives birth the females will drop 2 to 200 baby guppies called fry typically in four to six hours. This is a video of my guppy Big Mama giving birth. Brand new guppy mothers will usually take slightly longer to give birth the first time and tend to deliver a smaller litter usually about 20 or so babies.

The birth can take up to 12 hours if the fish is stressed. The reason your guppy might not be giving birth is because its stressed or bad water readings in every picture of your guppy its always been at the top your water may have ammonia poisoning. And she has been acting different than normal shes not eating as much shes hiding a lot when she swims she is so plump that she looks like she is waddling she also got super aggressive towards the male that was in the tank with her so I moved him to a separate one for the time being.

Is my guppy close to giving birth. So my guppy has been pregnant at least 30 days. The gestation period for Guppys usually last between 22 to 40 days.

For this reason it is very important that if your guppy is giving birth you know what to do. Guppies are highly prolific livebearers giving birth to between five and 30 fry though under extreme circumstances she may give birth to only one or two or over 100. There is also footage of the cut.

Sep 27 2019 - This video is about my guppy giving birth to many fry showing the guppy fry right after birth. Warning- this is an upclose video so if youre a little squeamish you may want to skip this one. I wasnt expecting them yet so was not yet ready with the breeding net but I quickly set it up and put momma in there.

In extreme cases a female guppy may give birth to just a few fry at a time with pauses of several hours or days between births although in most of these cases the young are not viable and die quickly. Sometimes guppies give birth to a few fry then they pause for a few days and then give birth again. The caretaker needs to monitor the guppy to provide the post-delivery care so that it can survive.