Mother?

[fishboy1232]

last night before i went to bed i saw 3 frys (platies) at the bottom of the tank . Then when i woke up, there were 7 fry in the tank!!! , is there a way to tell the mother?

 

[Kevinator]

In my opinion not until they get bigger, I jknow it sounds like a smart answer but that would be my guess. Unless you know who was pregnant.

 

[fearce]

Obviously if it was noticed pregnant before, but thats stating the obvious.

In my experience I have noticed that often, after giving birth many females look underfed and sometimes less coloured. But that can only be occasionally be the case

 

[K.J.]

You might be ale to tell by looking at coloring, or perhaps by monitoring every female to match up which date they give birth (e.g., you had three females. One gave a birth a week later, another two weeks later, and the third a month or more later. The third would likely be the mother)

 

[fishboy1232]

In my opinion not until they get bigger, I jknow it sounds like a smart answer but that would be my guess. Unless you know who was pregnant.

all 12 out of 32 of my fish were pregnant