GoldenGardner Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hi all! Our guppy gave birth almost two weeks ago. I managed to save 9 babies and moved them into a separate tank. Some of the fry are silver and straight and some are dark and angled. What does this mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 deformed fry are a common problem with breeding a small percentage will always be weaker smaller and deformed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Bent spines are an indication of inbreeding. Most breeders will cull the deformed fry so that they do not breed with healthy adults. An introduction f new gene pool will help with this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGardner Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 OK. So I read that I can put them in the big tank and the full size guppies will eat them. Or how else should I dispose of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Campbell Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 12 hours ago, GoldenGardner said: OK. So I read that I can put them in the big tank and the full size guppies will eat them. Or how else should I dispose of them? If you have any fish big enough to eat them, I prefer that. Otherwise, I believe clove oil euthanasia is the most humane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGardner Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Ok thank you! I woke up this morning to two more baby guppies in the big tank. Both not deformed. I wonder if my female guppy gave birth again? It's been less then two weeks. I caught them and put them in the baby tank. The non deformed ones are so big compared to the deformed ones, it's really interesting. The female guppy most likely was pregnated by the one male guppy I got at the same time as her. Both from Denny's Pet World in Kirkland. Since then a neighbor gave me 7 guppies that he had, so I think the gene pool is mixed up now. But we'll see. The male from Denny's looks very different from all the rest of the guppies, so I should be able to tell if it was him or not. My ratio of male to female guppies is off, I only have one female, I'm hoping some of these fry are females. I read that they will develop their gravid spot at 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGardner Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 We had 20 more baby guppies born on Wednesday and so far none of them are deformed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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