Further to my first post on the 13th of January, my female guppy's keep 
giving birth to fry!
My tank is 6 weeks old now and I started with 5 tetras and 2 pairs of 
guppy's. The males died within a couple of days then 2 weeks later I awoke 
to a tank full of fry(well, about 20). A week later another 10 arrived and 
now, sometime last night, another 18 arrived. Both the guppy's that are left 
are 'supposed' to be female and the have both had swollen tummies that have 
went down after the appearance of fry. In total, I must have nearly 50 fry, 
and my tank(125 Litre) will not be able to accommodate this amount of fish.
My question is, how long is the guppy gestation period and how long do the 
fish remain fertilised?
I had thought that perhaps one of my females is a male but the both 'look' 
like females(no colour) and this has been confirmed by a friend who has kept 
guppy's for years but has never reared so many so quick!
I have arranged to give away some of the guppies when they are big enough to 
catch but would like to know if I can expect more from the same original 
fish?
Also, why aren't the adult guppy's eating the fry like it says they do in 
the books?!?

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> Further to my first post on the 13th of January, my female guppy's keep 
> giving birth to fry!
> My tank is 6 weeks old now and I started with 5 tetras and 2 pairs of 
> guppy's. The males died within a couple of days then 2 weeks later I awoke 
> to a tank full of fry(well, about 20). A week later another 10 arrived and 
> now, sometime last night, another 18 arrived. Both the guppy's that are 
> left are 'supposed' to be female and the have both had swollen tummies 
> that have went down after the appearance of fry. In total, I must have 
> nearly 50 fry, and my tank(125 Litre) will not be able to accommodate this 
> amount of fish.
> My question is, how long is the guppy gestation period and how long do the 
> fish remain fertilised?
> I had thought that perhaps one of my females is a male but the both 'look' 
> like females(no colour) and this has been confirmed by a friend who has 
> kept guppy's for years but has never reared so many so quick!
> I have arranged to give away some of the guppies when they are big enough 
> to catch but would like to know if I can expect more from the same 
> original fish?
> Also, why aren't the adult guppy's eating the fry like it says they do in 
> the books?!?
>
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> !Speedy Gonzales!
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Gestation is about 28 days and varies by a few days according to water 
temperature.

They remain fertilized for about 3 months, possibly 4.

Their success at eating their fry depends on the adult's size, how well fed 
they are, population density, amount of cover and the tank size.  Under some 
conditions, most fry survive, and in others, none survive, though typically 
you can expect several fry to survive from each batch.

hth, jmo
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> "!Speedy Gonzales!"  wrote in 
> message news:6rLDf.12612$wl.5103@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Further to my first post on the 13th of January, my female guppy's keep 
>> giving birth to fry!
>> My tank is 6 weeks old now and I started with 5 tetras and 2 pairs of 
>> guppy's. The males died within a couple of days then 2 weeks later I 
>> awoke to a tank full of fry(well, about 20). A week later another 10 
>> arrived and now, sometime last night, another 18 arrived. Both the 
>> guppy's that are left are 'supposed' to be female and the have both had 
>> swollen tummies that have went down after the appearance of fry. In 
>> total, I must have nearly 50 fry, and my tank(125 Litre) will not be able 
>> to accommodate this amount of fish.
>> My question is, how long is the guppy gestation period and how long do 
>> the fish remain fertilised?
>> I had thought that perhaps one of my females is a male but the both 
>> 'look' like females(no colour) and this has been confirmed by a friend 
>> who has kept guppy's for years but has never reared so many so quick!
>> I have arranged to give away some of the guppies when they are big enough 
>> to catch but would like to know if I can expect more from the same 
>> original fish?
>> Also, why aren't the adult guppy's eating the fry like it says they do in 
>> the books?!?
>>
>> -- 
>> !Speedy Gonzales!
>>
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>
>
> Gestation is about 28 days and varies by a few days according to water 
> temperature.
>
> They remain fertilized for about 3 months, possibly 4.
>
> Their success at eating their fry depends on the adult's size, how well 
> fed they are, population density, amount of cover and the tank size. 
> Under some conditions, most fry survive, and in others, none survive, 
> though typically you can expect several fry to survive from each batch.
>
> hth, jmo
I have a large dense plastic plant that reaches the full height and more of 
my Juwel Vision 180 that fry of various fish that seem to breed in my tank 
hang out away from all the other fish. So far its Guppies, Zebra Cichlids 
and millions of Fire mouths.......