Pregas Platy?

[andrew22]

Can anyone please tell me if either of these girls are pregnant... I'm very new and I am not sure what I am looking for!!!
Thanks guys n girls! Hope to hear from you soon

 

[lilfishie]

If you have a male then they more than likely are pregnant, the one further back looks a little plumper than the red wag, so she maybe further along, just watch for them getting larger.

 

[5teady_2012]

Can anyone please tell me if either of these girls are pregnant... I'm very new and I am not sure what I am looking for!!!
Thanks guys n girls! Hope to hear from you soon

Id say no, if she was far on pregnant, her belly would be a lot bigger, the back end of her belly will drop as much as the front causing the bottom to square off..

Here is a far on pregnant platy..

Sry about the quality, but its the best i could find on the net with a good size..

 

[andrew22]

thanks 5teady... i think the larger white one (in the picture is pregnant) =D the little white one is the one and only baby I have been lucky enough to have!! thanks for the photo!

 

[omega59]

wow i love your platy the white ones they are very pretty. I am sure they will all have fry sooner or later

 

[andrew22]

wow i love your platy the white ones they are very pretty. I am sure they will all have fry sooner or later

Thanks!!!! They were my first Platty's I got!!! I love the little guys to bits!

here is the white platty "family" with what i think might be a female gold ram.. here colour wasnt the best in this photo... these are the first pics of a new tank!

 

[5teady_2012]

here is a little video of mine with a platy giving birth, this will help you to see how they are when pregnant...

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0muZ1xvAvo

 

[omega59]

cool ram..
5eady that is cool m8

 

[manners8]

just a quick question, my platy is pregnant but i'm not sure when to put them in the breeding trap, as i don;t want to do it to early and stress the fish. wen would be ideal to do this, assuming i can catch the lil bugger first, as she's almost hidden 90% of the time in the tank.

Also one the fish do give birth how long would you leave the female in the breeding trap, as i presume it'll be weak after giving birth.

cheers if you cud advise

 

[gemzie78]

heya, i had platys ages ago but when they had babies their stomaches went bright black with little balls inside them. dont noif that helps

that video was ace by the way must have taken u ages

 

[omega59]

is it me of do his platy have ich, the tails are showing white spots???!

 

[5teady_2012]

is it me of do his platy have ich, the tails are showing white spots???!

I think its on the glass, look all over the glass you can see minute white dots

 

[andrew22]

What is ich??

 

[5teady_2012]

What is ich??

Whitespot disease

 

[rhostog]

As they're female platys, the chances that they are pregnant are high. But they don't look like they're about to have babies soon from what I can see. I'd suggest that you get some java moss (you can get it on the internet if your local shop doesn't have any), and dump it in the tank. Leave your platys in there, and just keep an eye on things. The more hiding places the better, for mother and babies. Almost certainly a few of the babies will survive in the moss, and that will help you to get an idea of what the female will look like when she's about to give birth, plus you won't get too over-run with babies.

We've had platys for about 3 months now, and just got our 3rd batch of babies. Only 1 survived from the first batch, but that was before I got the java moss - I thought they'd all been eaten, but about 2 weeks later, he suddenly appeared from under some bogwood. There are 3 growing on from the second batch, and I've counted at least 5 from the third. I just feed as normal, but make sure some crushed up flake, freeze-dried brine shrimp, or a bit of tablet falls into the moss. I've got a friend who'll hopefully take some of them when they're a bit bigger, but couldn't cope with many more!

I agree, those white MMs are gorgeous!