kutamallard

I just set up my daughters 20 gal and put 3 guppies from my tank into hers.
Everybody is doing well except my male guppy has a weird black spot between his fin back fin ( whats left of it because my tiger barbs were nipping) and his belly. I think it's male because he had a swooshy printed tail.
Also, one of the other guppies has this really intricate pattern. I tried to take a photo but my camera stinks. The other 2 don't have such distinctive marks. It is really cool to look at, do other guppies have these?

TFA101

only the pregnant females do males and females can be told apart by their anal fin (which is an inverted dorsal fin, just behind the belly). Females have this, and males have a modified one, looking more like a stick than a fin (I hope you get what I mean here). So you could expect fry in a few days, at least 5, at the most, anywhere between 60-100. Luckily, the parents will go cannibalistic, which will save you stress from an overopulated tank, but some will survive, so be ready with a giveaway plan.

PS

The black spot is called the gravid spot, and shows the presence of baby fish within the female

kutamallard

How exciting!! Tanks alot. Now I'm gonna go visit your miami prison site.

TFA101

please do. but just letting you know, not my site. just trying to get the word out the miami cops shouldn't limit their sezing of animals to just dogs and cats, but also the Miami seaquariums animals. Their orca for example is living in a tank the size of a hotel swimming pool, not very big space for a 25 foot long orca