Livebearers

If anyone out there who has the fish mentioned above that are of resonable age please PM me some details. Cheers

Hey there, Just wondering how long the gestation is for swords?? We had two females, but one turned into a male and now the female has the black spot mentioned in an earlier thread re pregnant swords. Thanks for your help!

Hi, I got home from work today to discover about 15 new guppy fry in my tank must have been 2/3 drops since i only have a small population 7 adults 4 female 3 male and about 8 youngsters just wondering what to feed them i got a small fry tank for them all ready to go. Also how do i catch the little buggers lol there to fast for me i want to try keep them all if pos cause a want to get a bigger community tank sometime in the near future. Cheers.

3 Days 6 Days this is a information that i found on the internet. did anyone keep a record of the new born fry growth? i have, but i have found the info is not quite relevant to mine. my 2 weeks old guppy is at 2.9cm (not including tail) can anyone share their record for me to compare? many thanks!!

Hi guys, one of our swords has been giving birth for the last couple hours, heres a few shots of the action.. Mum just before the birth.. Look close and you can see the fry coming out.. Pop!.. These are all between 10 mins and 2 hrs old, from above.. Same again, side on.. Looks like she's still going, think we've got about 30 so far.. Lee

I've had this guy for almost 3 months now and his tail has not changed in shape at all, does anyone elso have a male guppy with this shaped tail? It looks more jaggard than it actually is, it's quite a smooth curve.

Hi i have a tank of guppies at home but i got home from work today to find one of my females swimming on her side iv done a water change and treatment just wondering if thats enough?

can anyone tell me how to prepare beef heart for my guppies?? to me feeding fish with these seems messy and dirty up the tank. but this is a risk im willing to take for the best of my guppies. Has anyone got a better solution of preparing this??

I have noticed that two of my younge fry have what looks like their tails chomped at. Will they grow back or are they gonners?? I am not 100% sure if their tails have been attacked as they don't have any colours in them yet. They are lucky to be 3-4 weeks old or is this when their tails will change to other forms? Totaly lost!

Hi guys, im just wondering if any has a picture of a pregnant sword tail that is close to giving birth? We have a couple of ladies we think are pregnant, but as we've never bred any fish before we dont really know whats they should look like when they're close to dropping. Anyone help out? Ta lee

anyone know where i can find fancy guppy in CHCH area? i have gone to petworld in northland mall and the animates in papanui.

My female guppies from my first drop (easter weekend) seem to have real good black birthing spots. But I was wondering at what age will they actualy have babies? Since they are smaller than my mature females would their fry be extra small also??

I have a tank of sword tails but the sex ratio is 1 male to the whole tank of females. Its been like this for quite a while now. It seems every drop are all females too. I heard that these fish can change gender, any idea on how to get more males?

I am having the hardest time telling wich of my 6 females are dropping the babbies. I can narrow it down by half as I have 3 black and 3 blond females. If the babies are light I assume it's one of the blonds and if they are dark I assume they are one of the blacks. I have caught one of the blonds once having babbies, it was pure dumb luck. I was just looking at her and *pop* out comes a babby. Unfortunatly I never took specific notice of wich one it was and out of the 3 blonds there's only one that's very different from the others. I have heard that some of the females drop the bottom of there tails but I've never seen any of mine do this. I know WHEN babies are d…

Hi My big female swordtail dropped her fry last night , i'd put her in a large breeding net and put in a lot of java moss and floating plants so the fry could hide , i'm not sure how many she did eat but this morning when i check there was heaps !!, i've tried taking photo's but can't get a really clear one of all the breeding net but i can count just over 130 in one of the pictures and that shot does not even show the whole net. She is a large female and her last drop was about 60+ makes my eyes go all crossed trying to count them

OK 99% of my guppy fry have turned out female.......I am ready to give/sell most of them. I don't know which one to keep though, 1/2 have no colouration or markings; the other 1/2 have little black marks on their tail, some identicle, some slightly different. So, should I keep the non-coloured ones or the ones with slight markings? I am still on the lookout for a worthwhile male, to start breeding with.

Are there any good websites with details and pictures of all the different varieties of platies? Also is there such a thing as a "tiger platy" and "plume tail platy" or crosses between the two? are they common? ..... so many questions!!!!

Hi all the members of the Poecillia Club. The June issue of the Guppy Express went out this evening, so if you are a member and have not recieved a copy by this time tomorrow, please let me know and I will forward one by return mail. Regards, Bill.

poecilia.net.nz members please visit your message board. I need your help. Cees

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Fish/auction-26583787.htm I dont think i need to say anything other than, what a loud of #$*^ Shae

Hi guys, was just wondering if you can help us here. We currently have 3 sword females, one is just a wee girl but we are keen on your thoughts as to whether either of these 2 are pregnant, as we've never seen one that is so we're not sure. Also, does the orange one look like a full swordtail female? She's older than the grey, but very full in the tummy. If she's not pregnant does she look a normal shape? We are fairly new to tropical fish, so just want to make sure everythings as it should be. Cheers lee

Hiya! Has anyone else noticed the trend on trademe for people to sell platies as mollies? I've seen this quite a few times now!!! I think someone on the forum bought a whole batch of baby mollies, then I saw the same seller with adult mollies that looked terribly much like palties. Are petshops misrepresenting them? Or is the a kind of platy-like red wag tail molly? (If there is that'd be a kinda cool colour ;-) Your thoughts? Helene

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i set up my computer tank yesterday, still has a few baby cons left in it, but put 3 female and 2 male guppys in there. there has been no heater in this tank, the temp is round 22, thismorning ive got baby guppys everywhere. do they breed like flys( or convicts ) or was it just dumb luck :oops:

Well my fav girl finally past on....I'm guessing from old age She was a great little fish.....I am very lucky to have a few fry from her. My new male has up and dissapeared aswell......he has either jumped out of the tank....was a tiny space, so unlikely? If he died for some reason would my large applesnails......ummmmmmmm.........do the clean-up job?