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She's huge and I was just wondering. When I could get ready for some fry She is the one on the right Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'm sorry for your loss your doing good feeding them that I would keep doing that for about a week or so and maybe even do a 20% water change

I'm not quite sure what it is. I'm like you it does resemble eggs. Is it still there?

What size is your tank?

This is how to tell if it's male or female and from what it looks like she does look to be carrying eggs. As for putting her in a different tank I wouldn't because in my experience with other fish the females tend to try to abort also something else that could go wrong you might take out the...

I put her in a small 5 gallon alone and put aquarim salt

Do you think I should still isolate her? This morning I woke up and she's swimming completely normal

Another thing I've read is they normally stop eating before they give birth but this fish keeps eating she acts starved. Earlier I thought she might have lost her mucus plug (if fish have those) it look like bloody mucus so that's why I thought it was that but it may have just been poop I'm unsure

She is really big pregnant and she is swimming sideways not fully sideways just like tilted to the right. I'm not sure if she's sick, about to give birth, or what. I'm super worried. It's almost As if the fry is weighing her down on the right side

Thanks for this I have a 42 gallon I will most likely set up but we are in the process of moving so I will wait but thank you

It's a 5 gallon but now they are in a 15 gallon it was temporary until we bought the new one

the lady at petco said the white looking one is male and the one with black stripes is female what's your opinion

Id say At least 2 months if you're wanting them to survive. You may would be able to let them go earlier if they look like are big enough not to fit in the adult fish mouths. This is how you tell if male or female platy. Male= pointed fun underneath belly. Female= more fanned out fin under belly

It's pretty new. Maybe two months old.

I just noticed she is swimming really crazy today and she been running into the glass