How Long Till They Give Birth?

[pratty675]

hey guys ive got these two fish one is a guppy and the other is a platy and they are both pregnant. but heres the bad thing i dont know how long till they give birth i got a female platy yesterday and it gave birth that night but i want there so the babies died . but since i really want baby fish i went and got the most prgnant platy in the shop hoping that she would give birth tonight as i have school tomorro so i got some pics and i was hoping if you could tell me how long tell the platy gives birth. im not as woried about the guppy but if u could help with that to it would be great!

ps the two platy pics are of the same platy
and sorry bout them being blury or anything like that im not the best photographer!

 

[tetraqueen]

They could drop now or they hang on until the last minute . I'll say about another week do you have plants for the fry to settle in. I kept a lot that way otherwise a lot or maybe all get eaten!!!

 

[jakeroberts]

by the looks of yuour platy isn't that pregnent but they usually take about 1-2 weeks to give birth from when they become prgenent

 

[tetraqueen]

I disagree with the last post she has those black spots the platy has.

They can be pregnant for three months without giving birth.

The way to tell is they get chased by the other or lie on the bottom.

I let nature take its course and like most ended up taking plants out until they bred no more.
swap around gets better strain than inbred.

Enjoy