Male or female?

[agaul23]

Hi, can anyone tell is this is a female or male platy for me please. I wondering because I got myself excited to think its a female that may be pregnant, it's looking kind of plumper than the others. Or I could be mistaken and it's just a larger fish than the rest. Any insight is much appreciated

 

[twiddlemuffin]

Looks female to me.

 

[agaul23]

Yay! Thanks

 

[Fibsog]

Female, they are orange.

 

[agaul23]

Can platies of different colours breed together? I hav one that's fins are yellow-e and has the 3 black dots at the end of its body. I think it's a female that got mixed up in the other colour platies I got a while ago

 

[UGN1111]

This will help

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[agaul23]

Thanks a lot, had a good look at them all swimming around, I think I've got about 3 or 4 female in the bunch

 

[loveforplaties]

Can platies of different colours breed together? I hav one that's fins are yellow-e View attachment 226467and has the 3 black dots at the end of its body. I think it's a female that got mixed up in the other colour platies I got a while ago

Yes, different color platies can cross and the platy with three dots on the back fin is a Mickey Mouse platy. Also good luck with the female maybe she will deliver fry!

 

[loveforplaties]

Oh and the female in the first pic is a red wag platy

 

[agaul23]

Yes, different color platies can cross and the platy with three dots on the back fin is a Mickey Mouse platy. Also good luck with the female maybe she will deliver fry!

thanks for the info. Also wondering, do platies not give birth as often as guppies? Because I haven't seen any growth in belly size in any of the platy females, but the guppy females are very visibly pregnant.

 

[loveforplaties]

Normally platies give birth every 29-40 days. I believe it's the same with guppies.

 

[J duff]

Its a female as stated above but the females are plumper than the males it may not be pregnant but then again if you have males it either is or will be soon