oscnz Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Can someone help me ID this fish as it looks like a guppie but the size of a molly it came in with a bunch of sterbai i brought as a fry http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx77 ... 000023.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 definatly a female guppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 but shes the size of a molly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 but shes the size of a molly That's a good thing! We need some decent sized stock around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have a male in with her hes tiny in comparison willthey still breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Yep nice female guppy and sounds like a good sized one too. Believe it or not female guppies are supposed to be that big.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 anyone got some nice males i can breed her with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 What colour do you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 something random :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 nice big girl - should produce a large lot of fry. I have only seen huge females at Phil Collis' house. Yes, a male guppy will breed with any female he can get near Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 nice big girl - should produce a large lot of fry. I have only seen huge females at Phil Collis' house. Yes, a male guppy will breed with any female he can get near have you been to davids recently ? if you have he has male that are massive the biggist ive ever seen and they are really nice coloured and the tailes are huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 It is already gravid and will still have a number of batches of young to the original male it has mated with regardless of what you put it with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 I have heard that when you stick a male with a fish that is carrying sperm from previous matings they will use the fresh sperm anyway.. Oscnz I have a few spare male gold guppies here can give you one at the meeting if you want one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 A good experiment. Please report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 I have heard that when you stick a male with a fish that is carrying sperm from previous matings they will use the fresh sperm anyway.. Oscnz I have a few spare male gold guppies here can give you one at the meeting if you want one.. Sounds like a plan :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 I have heard that when you stick a male with a fish that is carrying sperm from previous matings they will use the fresh sperm anyway.. Its only after giving birth that a female can take on new packets from other males, or if she is virgined, until then she holds the packets from the male that fertilized the current batch of young growing inside her, the males can sense this and are often very aggressive pursuers after a female has dropped. To my knowledge the female has no control over whether she accepts new packets or older packets, its just simple survival. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 well both females in that tank have never been pregnant so the little guy isnt doing his job to well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 From the picture you can tell she is definitely pregnant or "gravid", if they have been in the same vicinity as any male guppy they usually are already "packet-ed", which basically means that they have been fertilized and will continue to drop fry every 4-6 weeks. See that dark spot by her anal fin? that will grow and grow, until she looks like she will burst. That dark patch is actually all the little eyes of the fry growing inside her, clustered together in one spot. With any livebearer i use the same formula, plenty of high quality food (be careful not to over feed) and plenty of small regular water changes, plant your tanks out and watch the family grow. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted July 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 wow cool thanks for the info I have a spawning mop in the tank and also a cave made of stones and thats it I want to see if I can breed some really cool looking fish :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 Well if your ever down wellington ways, I'll be happy to give you a big handful of plants. I find plenty of plants in the tanks also help stabilize and regulate a healthy and natural environment. Mops are usually used for egg scatterers or non-annual killifish but i guess you could have it setup to simulate plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskas Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 When I visited Australia ALL the guppies (male and female) were HUGE, like the size of mollies! Made our NZ available guppies look puny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted August 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Both my girls are pregnant now so it will be interstiing to see what the offspring are like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 I remember a few years back Wet pets in palmy used to always have ''giant'' guppy's but i found they where quite plain. I have some largish females, but nothing like the size the wet pet store had. Would be really keen to get my hands on some now actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 The females are so busy having babies usually that they don't grow. I you keep them virgin you can get them to a good size before mating them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 my biggest female who is a decent size had the hugest growth spurt when she was carrying her first lot of fry. She just seemed to grow really fast once she became pregnant and she was quite young too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.