Male Guppy Gonopodium

2 the females gonopodium is typically fully expanded outward and the males is usually tucked up toward his body and really only comes down during brief moments before mating with another guppy. The gonopodium is an anal fin used to impregnate. This is the beginning of the formation of male guppies gonopodium.

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Fuzzy stuff on gonopodium.

Male guppy gonopodium. Hey guys just noticed that my male has this fuzzy stuff on his gonopodium. The male guppies should be easily identifiable by their gonopodium. If you don t want more guppy fry you should have a plan to separate them at.

Looks as if it s coming out of his actual belly. It looks rather like a thin rod. This is a very important stage in the guppy life cycle in which the best water and food must be supplied to them.

The male guppy will chase a female around and try to insert his gonopodium anal fin into the female s anal vent. Feed the juvenile guppies with brine shrimp high quality fish flakes blood worms spirulina beef hart and plankton pellets. My fry were all looking female until this week.

At one point i had two guppies only. So i wouldn t worry about it. This organ allows male guppy fish to deposit sperm by briefly hooking into the vent of a female fish.

One was a fry and the other was a juvie. This organ is usually held back but turns it down and forward just before mating. Male guppy fry took 80 days to develop gonopodium.

The male s guppy s color will also start to show. There s no exact age to mention when an analfin of a male turns into a gonopodium. The female guppies would be identifiable by their gravid spot near their anal tail.

This is one of distinguishing features of male guppy. It looks quite thick and fury. Prior to that transition the only way to determine gender is to look for the gravid spot.

Fuzzy stuff on gonopodium. By jja1990 6 years ago on general freshwater questions. By the 6th week your guppy is now sexual active.

Breeding takes less than a second but will take place multiple times to ensure successful coupling. A gonopodium is a modified anal fin present in male guppy near its belly. Although the two sexual forms have anal fins in male guppies this is known as a gonopodium and it s the regenerative organ utilized for fertilizing the female.

In live bearing fish like guppies fertilization happens inside the female s body. At some point in a fairly quick transition the lower fins of the guppy fry will fuse to become the gonopodium of a male guppy.