Is my platy pregnant?

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I would say yes. Then again, if there is a male in the tank, the females are *always* pregnant. :lol:
Uh oh!!! ??? looks like I'll be selling/giving away fish in the future xxx

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My platy had babies 2 months ago. My aquarium person said they can be pregnant for as long as 6 mo. without giving birth. He removed all platys from tank...took them home to start his young dtr with her own tank. Replaced them with male guppies.

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So, even if I get rid of the two adult males among my platys, I could still be seeing fry for another six months?

Great. :drinking:
I'm not the only one semi-regretting platys then ? xx

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So, even if I get rid of the two adult males among my platys, I could still be seeing fry for another six months?



Great. :drinking:


Lol - I think it was a real outlier result but from memory they can store sperm for several pregnancies (someone correct me if wrong), so I guess could get three months of more fry quite readily.
 
I have read that they store sperm for up to 6 months as well . I keep them and don't mind the fry . Free fish...lol and if you have them in a community tank , for every 1 fry that gets big enough to see 10 or more were probably someone's lunch . The biggest headache is trying to keep up with who is whos or you end up with inbred deformities . Not hard when you only get 4-6 fry at a time to grow out and keep them in multiple tanks .
 
I wonder why they store sperm like that? Maybe it's for tough times like draughts but ime the males are right up there with rabbits.
 
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I wonder why they store sperm like that? Maybe it's for tough times like draughts but ime the males are right up there with rabbits.

I wonder if, in the wild population, males are born far less frequently than females. This would then be a survival mechanism for when there's a lack of horny frat boys... er... male platys around. :brows:
 
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are we still thinking pregnant? Xx

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When do you think get will be due? I'm moving a week on Tuesday :/ xx

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