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guppie gave birth to little black bugs

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Question
so i noticed my  guppie was pregnant so i put it in the fish breeder to seperate the young from the rest when they were born durning the move into the breeder the fish obtained a red mark on the one side near its head but it seemed to be just fine a couple days later it had babies that were really tiney like little black dots i thought mabee they were premature or sumthing,i have noticed that there r about 50 of them or more in the tank and they seem to walk on rocks and can swim they spend most of there time on the glass and rocks . do u have ne idea what thesse bugs are or if they r just premature and what i should do to get rid of them? thanks so much in advanced for your answer

Answer
Is your females abdomen still swollen... if not Congradulations on the birth of your first fry. She may be somewhat swollen yet but I would guess without being able to see them this is your first fry. Guppies have very small fry and quite a few of them. I do not think they are bugs. In the next week or so you should be able to tell they are little fishies. Happy fish keeping!!!