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i reacently brought some platys and i think that my females are pregnant , each have males folowing them.

could some one put a pic of a pregnant platy just about to drop , so i know when to put her in a seperate thing.

thanks

Below I'm attaching a picture of a pregnant Guppy, not a Platy, but they are similar when pregnant...When looking at her stomach (circled area), look to see how expanded it is...this guppy is 2-3 weeks, so she will get bigger than this. Then another area to look at is her gravid spot (the arrowed area) it will get bigger and blacker than this. The female pictured here has already had several batches of fry so she stays a little larger. Once she has a batch of fry then you can expect them every 28-32 days from then on out.

I noticed when I kept platties that the females always looked more "tank like", just absolutely like they are ready to bust.

From my experiences, when I place my livebearers in a "birthing net situation" they tend to get stressed and won't give birth. Make sure you tank is well planted...if not the whole tank, at least one corner thickly planted, maybe even a few floating plants. This is for the fry to go and hide in.

Also when my females are delivering I notice tht they go to this area and stay close to the gravel.

Now to feed them, take your typical tropical fish flakes place some in a ziplock bag, and crush them to a powder. I just rub the bag between my two hands to achieve this. Then continue to fee your fish as normal. The flakes will be smaller so your fry can eat them. And if they have floating plants they will come to the surface and use these plants to hide in while eating.

Best of luck...Heidi

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Last edited by BBNP at 08-Jan-2005 19:40[/font][/font]

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thanks for your reply and your photo.
i have some food to feed them ( special stuff for baby livebearers)

when i put the fish in the net thing i don't catch the fish with a net i scoop her up with the acual net.

i had one guppy give birth before i noticed a small baby & put her in , it didn't stop her from giving birth. i just don't want to miss the babys cos i was out. i don't think she has a gravid spot.

sometimes its hard to see the gravid spot on female plattys, expecialy orange, their young are orange, so they blend in, but when she is getting colse u may be able to see a few black dots near her vent, those are eyes, and they do move about, so dont worry if you see eyes one day, and not the next, just means they moved to the back good luck