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Pregnant platy

Kerneels

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Okay so I’m 77% sure my platy is pregnant but I’m not sure if I should move her out of the community tank and into her own tank until she has the babies and also should I remove her after she has given birth? Or shoul I leave her in the tank with her babies and also when should I take her out because I don’t know how far she is and I don’t want her to miss her friends or get lonely
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Livebearers have lots of babies. As long as there is plenty of hiding places (plant cover and such) I have found no real need to remove them to have babies. Some may get eaten, but again, hiding spots will let some survive.

I have had platies crap out lots of babies. Mollies too. Hundreds at a time. If you're not careful, you'll be overrun fast.

Another thing is, livebearers are sometimes inbred. This is a risk with having a lot in the same tank. A few generations in and you'll find they stop because they become infertile. They also suffer genetic issues and have short lives.

The platies I had in one tank quite a while back now had that appearance. Turns out, blood worms are not the best thing to feed these fish. Any fish really unless you have a good quality blood worm. They had digestive blockages and died. They looked just like the picture here. It's hard to tell. They get gravid like thag when they are brewin up kiddos too. You'll know soon enough. Keep your eyes peeled for a bunch of tiny little fishies! They will hide all the time, so you may not see them until they are about 4mm long or so. If it is gravid, you'll have more fish that you know soon enough.

No need to remove them unless you have aggressive predators in there like tetras and stuff. They might eat the fry. Keep everyone fed and you shouldn't have any issues.
 
Livebearers have lots of babies. As long as there is plenty of hiding places (plant cover and such) I have found no real need to remove them to have babies. Some may get eaten, but again, hiding spots will let some survive.

I have had platies crap out lots of babies. Mollies too. Hundreds at a time. If you're not careful, you'll be overrun fast.

Another thing is, livebearers are sometimes inbred. This is a risk with having a lot in the same tank. A few generations in and you'll find they stop because they become infertile. They also suffer genetic issues and have short lives.

The platies I had in one tank quite a while back now had that appearance. Turns out, blood worms are not the best thing to feed these fish. Any fish really unless you have a good quality blood worm. They had digestive blockages and died. They looked just like the picture here. It's hard to tell. They get gravid like thag when they are brewin up kiddos too. You'll know soon enough. Keep your eyes peeled for a bunch of tiny little fishies! They will hide all the time, so you may not see them until they are about 4mm long or so. If it is gravid, you'll have more fish that you know soon enough.

No need to remove them unless you have aggressive predators in there like tetras and stuff. They might eat the fry. Keep everyone fed and you shouldn't have any issues.
Thank you and I don’t feed them bloodworms and they poop a lot and I don’t have tetras but I have zebra fish, mollies, clown pleco, Corydoras, and guppies so will they eat the fry?
 
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I can tell you that the chances that anything you listed will eat the fry are slim. It can happen. Livebearers sometimes eat their own fry.

I can tell you this much. I just discovered tonight that my 5 black mollies in my 30 gallon crapped out about 30 lil fry. There are 3 pea puffers in there. They are omnivourus. They show no interest in the fry. There is plenty of hiding places tho. Biggest issue is getting sucked up in the filter.
 
Just leave her where she is, she looks like she is a little way off having babies, when she is ready to drop you will see the eyes just in front of her vent.
 
I can tell you that the chances that anything you listed will eat the fry are slim. It can happen. Livebearers sometimes eat their own fry.

I can tell you this much. I just discovered tonight that my 5 black mollies in my 30 gallon crapped out about 30 lil fry. There are 3 pea puffers in there. They are omnivourus. They show no interest in the fry. There is plenty of hiding places tho. Biggest issue is getting sucked up in the filter.
Okay that’s good so it’s not needed for me to remove any fish if they get pregnant, I’m also worried about my filter so what can I do
 

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