Platies Stressed ?

[Hammerboy]

I have 4 platies, 3 of whom seem to spend a large amount of time hiding under bogwood or up behind the filter.

I have 6 baby platies in the tank also ( 20G ) which are the offspring of one of the 4.

I thought that all of the adults were females as they certainly seem to have triangular anal fins and the guy in the LFS said they were females.

So how come i ended up with 30 odd babies that i had to return last week ? Could one of the adults be a male in disguise which is stressing the others ?

My water stats are fine and the fish otherwise seem healthy.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Platies can store sperm for months, so it's most likely they brought it with them from the shop.

 

[corey01]

maybe its because you have bogwood in your tank. bogwood makes the water go acidic and platie prefere hard alcaline.

 

[lilfishie]

if you have only just got them, they may need a few days to settle in, are there any other fish in the tank?

 

[dane261]

definatly looks like when you bought it was already pregnant i have seperated mine of from the males and continue to give me fry every few weeks