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sneaky_peate, my breeder dwarf platies, is with me almost 2 years for now. and i did mention the max size is 2 inches. but not for the male, it's for female, we all know that the male is bit smaller than female platy. the average size of my female platies as of now is 1.5-1.75 inches. this is fully grown, and has a big belly, like a balloon. i've been breeding and selling this for almost 2 years.

I have never either seen or heard of dwarf platys. But I, myself has over 20 platys. (Including 2nd generations.)

I have one male dwarf platy and he is a stinker. He is constantly harrassing the other fish, who are 2-3 times his size.

When I was at the LFS, I saw a pregnant dwarf platy who was about 1/2 inch long.

I saw some Red Coral Platys in the LFS today,
however they were the same size as all the other platys- large.

Perhaps they are not really red coral platys?


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They have them where I live in Canada...
I also got mine at petsmart in Calgary..

[font color="#C00000"]dwarf platy = red coral platy[/font] to those who wants to see a picture, go to the photo galleries of this site and select platy, there u can find the [font color="#C00000"]coral platy.[/font]

They sure arent in Canada yet, thats for sure.
Least not where I am.


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I got mine at a Petsmart in Florence KY, if that's not in the US let me know. HAHA If they had them then they are probably available at other ones too.

I also have never heard of dwarf platies. But, maybe they just haven't arrived in North America yet.

Anybody know anything about them? I am assuming they are similar to regular ones, but just don't get as big.

Not paying much and if anything they are cheaper than regular platies. Only $.99 here. Anyhow, they don't really look like platy fry. They have full adult characteristics and they are about half the size of normal. I have seen them numerous times at the same size in different stores, so I am thinking that this is their normal size. They have a orange-red coloration with no black in the fins.

Last edited by FishyCharacter at 03-May-2005 02:33

Last edited by FishyCharacter at 03-May-2005 02:36

Personally, I have never heard of a Dwarf Platy.
2 inches is the max size for a normal adult male platy, nowhere near "dwarf".
I would suspect if you did get some females, that given about 1 and a half years, the females will mature at 3- 3.5 inches the same as any other platy.
What I think you are buying is just very young normal platys. I think you are getting ripped off if you are paying more than normal prices for them. My guess is that they are about 3-4 month old platy fry passed off as dwarf.


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They are about the same size as a guppy (just a little fatter) and I have 3 in a 5 gal.

What size tanks do you keep them in?
20 galloons. with 2 kuhli loach... some of my dwarf platies breeders like 6, is in my small pond 2 sq.m. then depth is 1.5 ft. heavily planted! with some balloon mollies 6 black (which gave birth this morning of about 30 - 35 fry hanging on my plants), and 4 orange ballon mollies, 1 ordinary pl*co and 2 albino pl*cos, and two featherfin catfish.

What size tanks do you keep them in?

i have 8 of them, behave like a regular platy. but only smaller and the females has rounder bellys. mine are so cute and very colorful and active, the color is red. max size is up to 2 inches.

hhhm.. they sound interesting, i have never seen one before. Anyone got a pic. of one? thanks
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I found and got two male dwarf platies, I would love to know more about them too, I would also love to find some females...