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About Chris Robbins
Expertise
I have 25+ years of personal experience as a pet store employee and manager in the family pet store business. The main part of our business was Freshwater Fish. I can answer questions on; Fish care, diseases, parasites and fish identification, feeding your fish, breeding and sexing your fish, setting up your aquarium, cleaning your aquarium, and "what`s this weird stuff in my tank/on my fish" questions. I am not an African Cichlid expert, Plant expert or Brackish Expert. No Pond or Saltwater Questions Please.

Experience
I worked in and managed my family's fish and pet and fish store for 26 years and maintained the 35 aquariums. My experience also has included occasional in-home consultation and aquarium maintenance for my clients.

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Topic: Fish

Expert: Chris Robbins
Date: 4/28/2008
Subject: is my guppy having babys

Question
hi I have 3 guppys in my 10 us gallon tank one of my guppys has her gravid spot but she is flat what does that mean? I also have a yellow guppy she is round but she does not have her gravid spot will it apeer or is it so thing elts?

Answer
Hi Cocoa;

Sometimes what looks like a 'gravid spot' is actually just her internal organs. When there are babies inside the female guppy you sometimes can eventually see their little round eyes. That's what makes the gravid spot dark. Your yellow guppy may have very light colored babies with light colored eyes. That could be why she looks pregnant but doesn't appear to have a gravid spot.

Female guppies are pretty much pregnant all the time as long as there has been a male around. When they are a few days from delivery they will often develop a "boxy" look to their big bellies. The bottom part and the sides are sort of flattish. They will also hide more than usual and the babies are quite often born in the early morning hours before dawn.

Good luck!

At Your Service;
Chris Robbins

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