Is my platy pregnant?

Esunman22 said:

Hi! Was hoping for an opinion. Is this platy fish pregnant?” it definitely looks like it is but I wanted to be sure and wanted to know if she is how long until she gives birth? I’m not putting her in a breeding box as I don’t want to move her because i think she may be far gone so I want to avoid stress to her as much as possible sorry that she’s doing her business in the photo it was the only chance I got of her without the other fish being in the shot View attachment 103621

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Salty&Onion said:

If she's been with a male/s then I would say, yes. Even when you don't have a male, females are able to store sperm for several months and are able to get pregnant even without a male.

At the stage of pregnancy your platy is, I'm not sure, but I'll tell you that female livebearers will be pregnant for 30 days or longer, longer if they are stressed. When she'll be in labour, her belly will be squared off.

Please, do not move her into a breeder box as this will stress her out and will make her abort her fry or delay her delivery.

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Salty&Onion said:

If she's been with a male/s then I would say, yes. Even when you don't have a male, females are able to store sperm for several months and are able to get pregnant even without a male.

At the stage of pregnancy your platy is, I'm not sure, but I'll tell you that female livebearers will be pregnant for 30 days or longer, longer if they are stressed. When she'll be in labour, her belly will be squared off.

Please, do not move her into a breeder box as this will stress her out and will make her abort her fry or delay her delivery.

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Esunman22 said:

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i have put a breeding box in so if there are any fry I can catch them and put them in there before moving them to my fry tank

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Salty&Onion said:

Good Be careful as fry can escape from the breeder box. The holes are sadly big enough for fry to escape.
If you want to feel secure with her fry surviving you can put in live dense plants like java moss, water wisteria, limnophila sessiliflora for fry to hide in and make sure you have a plant floating free, java moss is fine.
I almost forgot, hornwort is also a good plant to float for fry or to be attached to a decor as it doesn't like to be planted and also grows fast and removes some nitrates from water column

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Esunman22 said:

As soon as I’ve caught them all and counted them they will b going in a different tank I’ll attach a photo of the fry tank View attachment 103653

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Salty&Onion said:

Awesome tank!
Are tou able to put in some live plants for the fry? Live plants will get some microorganisms (especially java moss) and algae for fry to nibble on.

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Salty&Onion said:

Breeding mols are great enough! Flakes and brine shrimp are great for fry too What are your water parameters? Maybe do a water change and see if that speeds things up? This works with mine

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Salty&Onion said:

Breeding mols are great enough! Flakes and brine shrimp are great for fry too What are your water parameters? Maybe do a water change and see if that speeds things up? This works with mine

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