Is My Platy Pregnant?

Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

Hi i have a platy that is probably pregnant.when she stands still, i notice a little thing on the back of her stomach that is kinda round with a black dot in the middle. Is this a baby? she somtimes hides away in a castle in the tank and comes out when i go there. She eats fine and runs away from the male or swims with him then run away. is she Pregnant? I noticed it like 3 days ago. if she is pregnant, when should i put her in the breeder? i have a pic i drew when she was in the light nad you can see her stomach. this was before i noticed the little headish thing so it is not there. i will try to make one with the head and post it later.
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Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

Fisharecool:) said:
Hi i have a platy that is probably pregnant.when she stands still, i notice a little thing on the back of her stomach that is kinda round with a black dot in the middle. Is this a baby? she somtimes hides away in a castle in the tank and comes out when i go there. She eats fine and runs away from the male or swims with him then run away. is she Pregnant? I noticed it like 3 days ago. if she is pregnant, when should i put her in the breeder? i have a pic i drew when she was in the light nad you can see her stomach. this was before i noticed the little headish thing so it is not there. i will try to make one with the head and post it later.

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Here is the pic with the little head thing circled. the head thing is lighter in color than that but it was hard to make it blend together :blush:

. what do you think it is?

5teady_2012 · Jul 20, 2008

When your platy is very very pregnant, it will look like this

Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

5teady said:
When your platy is very very pregnant, it will look like this

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you don't know how much this has helped!!!!! THANK U SO MUCH.!!!! i really needed a pic of what they should look like and could never find one that was real clear. thank you
:thanks:

5teady_2012 · Jul 20, 2008

Your welcome...

If u want to see more pregnant pics, go on google, click images and type in, pregnant sunset platy. or, pregnant mickey mouse platy

Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

5teady said:
Your welcome...

If u want to see more pregnant pics, go on google, click images and type in, pregnant sunset platy. or, pregnant mickey mouse platy

Thanks. Do you know when to put her into the breeder?

5teady_2012 · Jul 20, 2008

when the platy is very large in the belly, it will square off, meaning the back part of the belly will be as low as the front leaving the bottom almost square..

look for her hiding, dwelling near bottom of tank, hiding in corners of tanks (top or bottom), hanging around the heater or internal filter.

She will become very unsocial when ready to drop.

Its trial and error, best thing to do is write down the dates from her first drop, u will start to see a pattern, usually they drop every 4-6 weeks.

u may also see little black dots near her back end of belly (in the gravid spot)... if there is eyes, they are close to dropping.

also look at her from overhead view, she will be very wide when heavily pregnant.

Good luck.

Wayne

Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

5teady said:
when the platy is very large in the belly, it will square off, meaning the back part of the belly will be as low as the front leaving the bottom almost square..

look for her hiding, dwelling near bottom of tank, hiding in corners of tanks (top or bottom), hanging around the heater or internal filter.

She will become very unsocial when ready to drop.

Its trial and error, best thing to do is write down the dates from her first drop, u will start to see a pattern, usually they drop every 4-6 weeks.

u may also see little black dots near her back end of belly (in the gravid spot)... if there is eyes, they are close to dropping.

also look at her from overhead view, she will be very wide when heavily pregnant.

Good luck.

Wayne

Thank you i will look for this stuff. I still need to know when to put her in. after what sign should i put her in. she hasn't had any. this will be the first batch.

5teady_2012 · Jul 20, 2008

Its just trial and error, depending on age etc, she may not het big, she may get huge, all u can do is when you think she is very big put her in trap..

Only leave her in for 2 days max.

if no joy, leave a day or 2 then put her bk in the trap for another day.

Like i said its trial and error, u will soon get use to when t trap a fish at the right time

Fisharecool:) · Jul 20, 2008

5teady said:
Its just trial and error, depending on age etc, she may not het big, she may get huge, all u can do is when you think she is very big put her in trap..

Only leave her in for 2 days max.

if no joy, leave a day or 2 then put her bk in the trap for another day.

Like i said its trial and error, u will soon get use to when t trap a fish at the right time

ok. thanks . i have all i need. finally :yahoo:

!!!! it has taken me forever to figure out what to do. if it has fry, i will try to post pics.

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