PENEJANE Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 My golden guppy finaly had her fry. She has been dropping over the last 24 hrs and my tank is now swarming with them. I have never had so many fry before and thanks to the floating riccia from DubbieBoy many have survived. I am wondering what sort of colouration can I expect with a golden guppy?? She was pregnant before I got her (I think :-? ) so I really don't know if she could of mated before I got her or just after I got her. Her tail is 3/4 clear yellow with a little white up the top and a single small spot. Lets hope I get something interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Congratulations. Time will tell re colours since you don't know the parentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Here is a picture of the Mummy I put a red line under her so you know which one she is and a couple of pictures of her fry. I have noticed that compaired to all the other frys I have had these ones are really yellow in colour and more see through than the other ones. All the other fry that I have seen in my tank have been of a light greyish colour but these look like they are little drops of butter lol with eyes of course That is just the one corner that they are hiding in. I stoped counting once I hit 30 fry. Its the most I have ever had in one go Very excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_jay_01 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Congrats, from what I have heard (dont know if it is true or not), female guppies can surrender the sperm they have stored (they can store enough sperm for three batches of fry), if there is a more dominant male in the tank. as I said above I dont know if that is true or not, so you may be lucky and she may have mated with that beautiful Blue Male behind her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Thoes two males (there are actualy 3 in my tank) are from my very first drop of fry that came just after easter. I thought that they were going to be 3/4 blacks but over time their blue has been comming through. The photos make them look a lot more blue than you can actualy see in the tank as to me they look more purple but none the less still awesome little fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Really enjoy reading posts about Guppies Penejane, but your signature has become so distracting it is hard to read more than a few lines before the eyes start to ache. Nice looking fish you have there BTW The female can go for six drops without re-fertilization, but possibly the drop count will dwindle on the latter drops. Some say that if the female is fertilized within 24hrs after dropping, that the new males sperm may override other inseminations. No proof of this.. it just came up in some of my reading . Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 do you want me to remove my signature?? Hubby don't know it yet but if its still available I am getting another small tank (about 10ltrs I think) which I will use to either hold fry or breed spacific guppies together But first of all it will be to hold fry I think lol but shhhhhhhh don't let my secret out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSkz Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 How did I know you'd be getting a second tank pene You'll end up like Richard, not that that's a bad thing. Wish I had a room I could put a bunch of fishy tanks in, like the lounge, but don't think hubby would go for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted June 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Well I didn't get the other tank as the place that I went to didn't have it any more so out of luck there and when my hubby caught on what was happening he got grumpy so yeah... no more tanks at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted July 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Well my golden female had more fry today but all I got out of her was 8 live fry and 8 unfertalised eggs. Last time I got 50+ fry out of her. Why such a low number this time? I haven't changed foods or anything. Totaly bummed as I would of liked another good batch of fry. Oh well always next month lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Congrates on the golden babies Penejane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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