Please help! Time to move her?

Codyandme1
  • #1
Ok, so I know my guppy is pregnant, exactly 3 weeks pregnant today, the temp in the community tank is around 78-79f.
I've been watching her very closely to know what stage she's been at but she should have about another week until she is actually due doesn't she?

I'm asking this as she is currently siting at the bottom of the tank hiding in a dark area behind my barrel ornament.
She did this a little yesterday, so considering she still had about a week left I planned to move her into the nursery tank where she will be giving birth tomorrow. I didnt want to move her to close to the actual birth as to not stress her out.

But she showing signs a little early, oh wait she's come out!
Still it's not like her to hide so I'm pretty sure it's to do with the pregnancy.

So should I move her now?
This is my very first pregnant guppy
Here's some pics
This is where she hid

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She was quite flighty for a bit but then settled on the filter next to the heater...

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Sorry of bad quality.
I hope you can help,
thanks in advance, especially if you read all this
 
Lexi03
  • #2
Hiding is a good indicator that she is getting close. since you will be useing a nursery tank and not a breeders net, I would move her, if she takes a while longer to drop, she will still be ok in the nursery tank.
 
JessiNoel21
  • #3
I would say move her to be on the safe side.
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #4
Ok thankyou.
I will move her as soon as I get home, she hasn't quite 'squared off ' yet, only from the front it looks kind of square.
 
Akari_32
  • #5
If its her first drop, she probably won't, as she's not carrying as many fry.
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #6
If its her first drop, she probably won't, as she's not carrying as many fry.

Wow, that's cool!
I don't know if it's her first or not but I'm assuming it is... Well it will be her first drop in my care atleast.
YAY! Getting excited!!!
 
Akari_32
  • #7
The more times she gets pregnant, the more fry her body can support. I had one girl that was a complete pro, and on her fourth drop, she had over 200 fry!!! @.@

Looking at your pics, I think she's just about ready, and is still pretty new at this whole birthing thing
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #8
200!!!! That's crazy!!! wow what a handful that must have been

Yeah I think she's new to this too, so I moved her into that tank, although my nursery tank is quite new the java moss hasn't quite grown into it yet and is still very sparse, so I'm just going to be cautious and put her in the little breeding thing I built aswell when in labour,
just to make sure she doesn't eat the fry herself, though if that hormone thing in the brain does it's job she shouldn't really.

We shall see in the morning if she has dropped during the night or not.
YAY!
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #9
Still hasn't dropped, squaring off a little but hardly any.

She for some reason seems bigger now :/ lol
 
JessiNoel21
  • #10
Still hasn't dropped, squaring off a little but hardly any.

She for some reason seems bigger now :/ lol

Mine looked like a guppy with a box in her right before she dropped lol
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #11
Hahaha lol!
 
JessiNoel21
  • #12
Hahaha lol!

It was funny I wish I took a pic but she hates them.I will try next time
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #13
Haha yeah they're so hard to get good pics of!
 
JessiNoel21
  • #14
Haha yeah they're so hard to get good pics of!

She will charge the glass if she sees a camera or phone. So I have to do it while she is not looking
 
Codyandme1
  • Thread Starter
  • #15
Lol...
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!
We got little babies!!!
At least 15, but I was out so I didn't witness it , just lucky I put some extra java moss in before I left!

YAY!! our first guppy babies!
So happy, no dead ones or deformed ones, all really healthy and active!
Lol some are longer and bigger than others!
Just fed them and put the female back in the main tank.

Wondering how you clean the tank they are in without sucking them up?...
YAY!!!
 

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