Bad Wolf

i have a female guppy who has been quite large for 3 or 4 weeks. she won't give birth. the last time she gave was around the 1st of feb, but i wasn't there to separate the babies. she gave birth to 2 about 3 weeks ago, but i think they were premature because one still had a huge yolk belly and the other had none at all.

Is there a chance she's not pregnant, just fat?
I also have another female who gives birth every 4 weeks but she is always thin, yet she gives birth to about 30. why does she stay thin?

cichlidsmad

where is the female at the momment if she is in a net etcshe might not drop ive had to many guppys die using thoose they stress the fish out as well as being in one to long will also stress i and she will keep holding the fry and wont drop them and therefore kiling them and her ive lost heaps of guppies this way

Bad Wolf

she is in a 7 gallon nursery tank with 2 cory's and 40 fry from a different guppy. she used to be in a breeder net, i new it stresses them out, but i didn't have a nursery tank at the time.

COBettaCouple

Sometimes they can hold for a long time. Does the thin gup seem to eat alright?

Bad Wolf

she eats plenty. a lot. and she is nearly always fat. also if a female molly gives birth, does there skin stretch/ have left over skin? cause mine was fat then this morning she had loose skin. i found no babies cause i have an angel that probably at them, if she actually gave birth.

aquarist48

When I kept guppies years ago it seemed that a good many of the females would be thin a good bit. I think it was because they were always pregnant. Once they gave birth it appeared that they were almost arched they were so thin. Before they had a chance to be slim and trim so to speak they were pregnant again. hmmmm?? So they were either really thin or really pregnant.