Male Platty

[sunflower]

Hi there. I currently have 5 plattys in a community tank. I have 4 females and 1 male.

The two female rainbow Plattys were born in my tank as was the male Mickey Mouse Platty. The male is about 2 months younger than the other two and they were born from different mothers

I never thought that male livebearers would be choosy about who they mate with but it appears that this one is!

He doesnt go anywhere near the other females but now he's "come of age" he seems to be constantly bothering the 2 rainbows

Is it an age thing as they are the youngest two females?

Should I get some more rainbows to try and diffuse the stress a bit?

Thanks

 

[Angry_Platy]

If you can, put him in time out. It always works for my aggro male platies. I usually use a breeding net overnight.....alwaysd works a treat. If that fails I then remove all fish from the tank, rearrange it as best I can....put all fish back but the aggro one....wait a few hours then put the aggro one back. It gives the other fish a chance to establish new territories before the aggro one is reintroduced.