Do Platy Give Birth All At Once?

[jaimeg]

I just realized that I have a pregnant platy. The way I found out she is pregnant was because I saw a tiny fry in the water (about 1/2 of a second before it was eaten by a zebra danio ) and then I got online and researched platy breeding...and there is no doubt I have a pregnant one (about to burst!). But would this fry be from her? She still looks huge and had the black spots near her anal fin. So I was wondering if one "snuck out?" Also, I saw a bunch of something that I thought were eggs two days ago and wiped most of them off the side of the tank (I have had 4 zebra danios die over the last couple days and thought eggs were the last thing I needed to worry about!)...but there were probably a few eggs left. The tank mates are cories and zebra danios only. I didn't get a good look at the fry (like I said, I only saw a glimpse of it before it was eaten!), but it was not red in color at all. It looked clearish, grayish?

Thanks for any iput to this rookie...

 

[theotheragentm]

I had read birthing over a period of time is possible. For myself I am finding small fry a week later, but I am not sure whether there were birthed later or I just never found them.

 

[donna123]

Hi,
platy can give birth over a few days, or have the lot in one go, even hold them back a few extra weeks if they feel like it, if shes still huge she will prob wait until dark to give birth, the eggs could be cories.
hth Donna