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	breeding platys
agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	I want to breed my platys, but i'm not sure if they are old enough. How old are they when they begin to reproduce? I've had mine for a week (so far 2 females, I'm getting a male soon), but are they mature when they are sold at the pet store? (I bought mine at Petco)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Mr Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 304 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Jul-2003	Platies are generally mature at the pet store. If the males have their pointed anal fin, they are mature. The females are hard to tell, because their are no physical body changes. They can mature befor the males are mature.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Daniel Banned Posts: 600 Kudos: 524 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Jul-2002	step 1: throw them in the same tank step 2: feed step 3: waterchange step 4: repeat Wait a month. Get fry.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Mr Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 304 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Jul-2003	The females will give birth every four weeks. I had a female do this for ten batches of platies.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Mole Enthusiast Posts: 167 Registered: 23-Mar-2004	also, i'f you're impatient (like me ) and want to get the fry a little sooner, sometimes feeding the pregnant female something like bloodworms will get her to give birth a few days early, also, a small water change would also work. this won't always work but it worked for me www.zopilotemachine.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	or u could buy a prego one
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21


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