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Today frutie my little platy has been the most active since she has been in the breeder, past two days she has been floating around the bottom but now she is dashing back and forth and trying to swim through tbe plastic, ive watched a few recordings if platy behaviour before giving birth so im...
Not too sure, its hard to see a gravid spot on her because of her colour, keep an eye on her stomach, im a first time breeder so dnt have much experience but their gestation period isnt long so if she is she should show signs pretty quickly ;-) good luck!
Ok so she is looking very big now and her tummy is swelling out the sides, if her lower body is squared does that mean i will be seeing some fry soon? Also i have been told that fry need a differant type of food??
Ok third time lucky lol i have her in the breeder, ive put net around it and have a devider so the fry fall to the bottom! They cant escape or get eaten haha! Heres hoping!
This is a pic of the platy who gave birth on xmas day, she is looking pretty big again but as i only seen one fry im not sure if she had a full birth! I am new to breeding so could use some help lol
Her gravid spot is quite dark and larger than it was a few days ago, i think my girls are...
Ill keep an eye out for them, i have a huge sunken ship with plants round it so im guessing if the have survived they will be in there. The biggest fish in that tank is my betta, have a 60gallon tank for my bigger ones lol i have a small one foot tank going spare so might set that up for...
Ive had a look and cant see any :-( mind u i dnt think they would last long, my beta has been stalking the breeder for days so im sure he would have caught them!! But still have one more pregnant platy left! Any tips on how to stop fry escaping the trap?? I really want at least one birth to...
No none yet but she looks thinner to me 2day, maybe im imagining things lol but as the last fry escaped im worried that she has given birth and they got out.... Wot do u think?
Hi think my new platy could be pregnant, i bought 2 a fortnight ago and one has already given birth but even though she was in a nesting trap they escaped and have only seen one since. The second one looks heavily pregnant and is in the nesting trap but im not sure how far on she is.... Help...