Comments on: Platy

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:33:50 +0000

i have 7 platys 5 female and 2 male and i have 3 mollies 2 male and 1 female and 3 of the platys gave birth and out of them i saved 11 and the mollie gave birth and i save 29 but the platy where 3 weeks old when the mollie babys were put in the same breeding trap and i only have 7 mollie babies left did the platy baby kill them because they were to small or because it was too overcrowded

By: karen

karen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:50:55 +0000

Hi, i’m looking for a little advice please. I’m new to all this,my tank has 4 Neon Tetra, 1 Siamese fighting fish, i recently introduced 2 female tuxedo platy but my siamese didn’t take to them at all. He kept attacking them so i had to take them back to the pet store (gutted as they were lovely) instead i Brought home 2 Albino Cory as a replacement to complete my tank. When i introduced them into the tank, i noticed when they went near the rocks that there was 3 tiny baby fish hiding. I am in shock and do not really know what to do it is impossible to catch them, i am assuming that the short while that the platy were in my tank 1 of them has gave birth!!! My Siamese seems to be hanging around the rock they are hiding under as if he knows. What are their chances of survival and what can i do to help them? Please some advice on this will be very much appreciated. Thanks Karen

By: SoGua

SoGua — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:21:15 +0000

platy get pregnant is very normal, so not to worry much.
just dun scared them off and your fish should be fine.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:05:34 +0000

I have 2 sunburst platys and lastnight my boyfriend noticed that one of the platys belly is a lot bigger then the other one. we compared belly sizes and it sure is bigger. We got home from work and it was booting around the tank like a crazy fish, and now suddenly it’s at the bottom of the tank in a corner breathing heavy not doing anything. Somoeone suggested that its pregnant and i’ve never had a pregnant fish before so I’m not sure. Please help im so nervous, my fish are my babies is this normal is their pregnant

By: Kiara

Kiara — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:09:41 +0000

This is what I have in my 2 10G tanks:

Community Tank-
1 Male Mickey Mouse Platy
1 Female Mickey Mouse Platy
1 Female Silver Wag Platy
5 Neon Tetras
1 Female Opaque Betta
1 Ramshorn Snail

Planted Fry Tank-
1 Otocinclus
7 Two Month Old Platy Fry
15+ 2 Week Old Platy Fry
1 Ramshorn Snail

My success comes from getting the females pregnant in the main tank, then moving both of the females to the Fry Tank. There’s enough Java Moss to where the fry survive and my females don’t even try to eat them. I found out that my Male Mickey Mouse Platy has the Tiger Platy Gene, so I have 5+ Tiger Platy fry so far!! I’m going to breed the Tiger Platies, and their body color is Smokey Gray with Black fins and thin Black stripes. I posted some pictures of my fry in this forum thread.
http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/freshwater-general-discussion/63168-we-have-fry-i-repeat-we-have-fry-8.html

By: Enya

Enya — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:38:28 +0000

what shape is the head? ^^^^^^^^

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:41:44 +0000

My Platty gave birth 2 weeks ago on Sunday, she had 35 and they are all alive.,,(so proud..lol). They are all doing really well and very active. How long after birth can you put them back into the main tank with the others. Is there a rule on time limit or is it simply as long as the other fish can’t eat them. They are just about a cm in length. Thanks for any help………..Great site by the way!

By: H-E-L-P M-E

H-E-L-P M-E — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:30:31 +0000

Btw love the website..:)

By: H-E-L-P M-E

H-E-L-P M-E — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:28:16 +0000

Err, hello Qs here. See, I had 5 (children) platys & 3 adult snails. Then 1 day a platy died and that’s when I noticed
My snails had babies, then my platys kept dying and now I
Just have 2! Then I bought 2 pregnant platys
But, 1 looks kinda like its gonna die.. Is that common
Behavior?

By: PHOs02

PHOs02 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:23:18 +0000

I have a question about my red wag platy. When I first bought them I didn’t know the difference between male or female so I asked the store person to give me one male and one female. So she did. And now that I think about I think she gave me two males instead because the third fin looks nothing like a female’s fin. But it’s stomach is bloated like its pregnant, so I don’t know what the heck is going on…? It’s been like that for a few days now and I’ve looked on different websites, asked the stores, and asked fish friends, but no one seemed to have answered my question. So, if anyone can help answer my question, I would be truly grateful.