Pregnant Platy?

[TomK2]

Well, I have noticed one Platy female looking a bit swollen about 5 days ago. No gravid spot. I completely overlooked a pregnant platy a few weeks ago, and the fry were eaten. Anyone know how long it takes from first signs of swelling to fry drop? Any way I can predict the fry drop?

Edit: try not to laugh at my cheesy illustration below (click on it for a better view), but is she pregnant?

[blue_neon]

ok most female platys, guppys, mollies r always pregnant as long as there is a male in the tank and most drop fry about every month

[TomK2]

Originally Posted by blue_neon

ok most female platys, guppys, mollies r always pregnant as long as there is a male in the tank and most drop fry about every month

Now that you brought it up....
Will all the males and females breed, or will there be a hierarchy with an alpha male and alpha female? I have noticed that out of 2 males and 4 females, all bought at the same time and around the same size, One male has gotten much larger than the other(actually larger than the largest female). One female has gotten larger than the other four. For the females, there seems to be large, kind of large, medium, and smaller. They are all well fed (I am rather like my avatar with feeding ).

While I am not sure, The platy I think is pregnant now may be the same one from several weeks ago, and is the largest of the females.

[blue_neon]

well im sure all your females r bred weather or not your small male is getting any action is anyones guess.