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	Got some dwarf platies today
jfk Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 42 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Dec-2004	My wife picked up 3 dwarf platies today from petsmart. 2 of them look the same the 3rd is a little lighter colored and a bit smaller. My question is how do you sex them?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	Click on the article at the top of this forum. Sneaky Pete wrote it up and it's tacked to the top. Have fun, Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Hooktor Fish Addict Posts: 646 Kudos: 651 Votes: 67 Registered: 22-Mar-2004	Colors rarely have anything to do with sexing livebearers..except maybe, stress the maybe, with sailfin mollies.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Chances are the platties are fully grown yet, or they are stunted...sorry to say. Next, I'm attaching some a photo of a male and a female picture of guppies, though they are not platties, their sex organs look the same. The area circled in red is the fin you need to compare with...Fan shaped is female, pencil shaped is male... Female male Also when full grown you will notice that the female is larger than the male...Heidi [/font] One more shot at this... Last edited by BBNP at 11-Jan-2005 22:19 Last edited by BBNP at 11-Jan-2005 22:20[/font][/font] "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
jfk Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 42 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Dec-2004	Thanks it looks like we go to females and one male
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
littletank Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 59 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Jan-2005	By "dwarf platy" do you mean baby platies or like a different breed that's smaller than regular platies? I've never heard of dwarf platies, but I'd like some. littletank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	As far as I know, there is no such thing as a dwarf platy. Most likely they are just young platies that still have some growing to do. Seriously, how much smaller could a "dwarf" platy be? At full size platies only hit about 2.5", and sometimes not even that big.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
N e m o Enthusiast Posts: 280 Kudos: 553 Votes: 11 Registered: 13-Dec-2003	I bought some "dwarf platies" a while back, thinking they were really cute and all. Now they're just regular old platies . Nemo
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
blang Small Fry Posts: 6 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Nov-2004	I have a dwarf platy. He is a smaller version that I believe only grows to about an inch and a half. He is absolutely adorable and very active. The only color they come in as far as I know is red coral. He is now only about 1/2 inch and is very easy to sex.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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