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i have a new pair of platy that i got today, in a 5G. the tank is full of java moss.

2 questions,
1)how long until i should expect babys(the female is very kind of large)

2)i added fungus meds, b/c the first pair i got today the female died, b4 getting her home, so i returned it and got another female. is it ok to add the fungus meds as a "just in case prevention". will it harm than help.

i dont think the meds will hurt every now and then i dose my tanks with quick cure and mela fix,

its kinda hard to tell when a new live bearer will give birth, but if u just got her, and he belly is very round, and kinda squarish, it could be any time, usually i can get them to give birth by moving them to a new tank, but sence u just got them, it could be soon, its just kinda hard to tell

I'd say that you should have fry within a month or two...I know some of my livebearers take an extra month to get adjusted to their new homes while others don't

So in short give it a month, if she is already plump probably within the month or maybe even within the next week or two

Also I'd suggest going back and getting another female, so your little guy doesn't harrass the soon to be mother too much...

heidi


EDIT: And no I don't think the meds would really hurt the fish, but I could be wronghml

Last edited by houston at 25-Jun-2005 22:14

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

My Platys gave birth in a 5 week cycle. Nevertheless, if you have problems identifying if your female is very pregnant, I would suggest you start looking for fry the next day after you got her.

That’s what happened to me, brought her home on Sunday, and had fry on Monday – although only briefly, until they were eaten by their tank mates (darn Danios are sooooo fast ]:| ).

Ingo

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OH chris forgot to mention it yesterday, but be sure to add some plants in the tank with them, I'm sure you already have some, but just in case, and you know i like the anarcharis floating, easy for the fry to hide in and still be able to eat

Best of luck and let us know....heidi





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"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

yep, i have java moss floating around. i will have to look elsewhere for another female platy,(even though i can't seem to find any1 just selling 1, usually in pairs), butshe is looking good, and adjusting well.

also can someone answer this: are platys normally fin nipper? i had to move my high fin loach in to there 5G b/c this morning he wasn't doing well in his tank(bad tankmates) and woke up to see him freak and jump out of his tank(which was uncovered) and i noticed that my female platy was trying to eat his high dorsal.

I wouldn't think that they are normally nippy. At least they haven't ever been in my experience and i've kept them in with fancy guppies and never had a problem...maybe she felt as though she were being threatened? I don't really know, kind of strange, but luckily you were awake and able to see it happen...if possible (5 gallons is small) give him some place to hide, something else could have spooked him...just a small terra cotta pot if nothing else will at least give him a place to go and get away...Good luck finding another platy that you like, I know the places around here will sell only 1heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

well..my platies tend to be nipy just during feeding time...of course they wana get the best stuffs...otherwise...they dont bother anyone in the tank except thier own specially the males....showing off almost all the time.
if u notice a black part in the abdomen near the anal part of the fish..aside from being plump..then i guess..its just a few days or a week b4 she give birth...my platy is full red...i know when shes giving birth when her color underside starts "cracking"...there will be white coloration from stretching of the belly...and i usually just wait for a few days b4 i can see fry in the tank...
they have a 28 days cycle...more or less..mine..is almost always ahed by a week. gudluck