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#538339
Animal man
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Calling all guppy experts 
i have a couply questions,
1)is it bad for my male if he has 5 of his sisters in his tank?
2)all 6 of my guppys are half the size of a adult but one of my females loloks pregnant, she has a big brown dot ond is very fat is it possible for her to be pregnant?
3)i have heard that it helps them grow it you keep their water at about 80 degrees is that true?
if you know about any of these please help me, thanks 
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11/10/05 06:03pm
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#538361
Reptileguy2727
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Message To: Animal man In reference to Message Id: 538339
Calling all guppy experts
any inbreeding is very bad. it sounds like it is too late. they dont have to be full grown to be sexually mature. no a male should not have access to any of his sisters. the warmer the water, the higher the metabolism, the faster the growth. i wouldnt take it up any higher than 80 unless they are sick. i also wouldnt do anything to try and help the babies survive if any females are pregnant by their brother. no need to bring inbred babies into this world.
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11/10/05 06:26pm
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Dptydog
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Message To: Reptileguy2727 In reference to Message Id: 538361
Calling all guppy experts
i agree inbreeding can have some very bad effects,, it can cuase so many problems ,, althought it may not be present in that generation, you tend to see the effects in the next generation..
Yup sounds pregenant..
Kept mine at 78
Good luck 8)
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11/10/05 10:09pm
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#617346
LILSPARROW
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Message To: Animal man In reference to Message Id: 538339
Calling all guppy experts
every body learns diffrent thins about the same thing. i have bred guppys for some time now. 1)as far as i know it is okay for them to inbreed it gives them a pure line. but later on if you do not cull the fry you will need to cross bred them or there colors will become dull and they will look more like ther wild ancestors. these are the ones sold as feeder guppy. if you do not wish certin fish to bred seperate them. however a female guppy can deliver up to a year after taking the male away. this is because females carrie the sperm for up to 10 months. so she will contuinue to have fry after you separate her.2)she sounds very pregnant if she is as large as you make her sound. you can remove her and put her in a breeder net or seprate tank. but if she is close to birthing this may stress her to much and she could drop fry early.it may be better to leave her be but many will not survive because ther canabolistic.3)thats what my fry tank as set at and seems to work well for me but all fish are diffrent. hope i helped some and good luck.
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