Male or female platty?

[Incisions072185]

Can anyone tell me if this is a male or female platty and how many more can I put with it, female or male.?

 

[Guggiboy123]

Can anyone tell me if this is a male or female platty and how many more can I put with it, female or male.?

Looks like a female to me can't really tell from the pic. What size tank to you have and what's your stock

 

[Spongeandgary]

Its hard to tell in the picture but a male has an extension on the end of the anal fin called the gonopodium. If you can get a side profile picture I can tell you for sure. As far as how many you can have, how big is your tank and what other occupants if any are in with it?

 

[Incisions072185]

I have a 37 gal. I have a dwarf gourami, blue gourami, male Dalmatian Molly, male cremesicle Molly, 3 tetras, Cory cat, and that Platty.

 

[Incisions072185]

Ill try to get a better picture today

 

[Spongeandgary]

You have plenty of room for more platys. You can have multiple females but I would only have 1 male. No breeding compition.

 

[Guggiboy123]

I have a 37 gal. I have a dwarf gourami, blue gourami, male Dalmatian Molly, male cremesicle Molly, 3 tetras, Cory cat, and that Platty.

What kind of tetra

 

[Incisions072185]

Long finned red minor tetras. I figured I have plenty of room but I just gotta figured out the gender of this one, if its a female can I add 2 or 3 more females with it?

 

[Guggiboy123]

I have a 37 gal. I have a dwarf gourami, blue gourami, male Dalmatian Molly, male cremesicle Molly, 3 tetras, Cory cat, and that Platty.

Also you need to get your schools up first before you get more platy. Depending on what type of Cory and tetras you have I would do this
2 more tetras
3 more cories
And if you have good filtration 2 more platies

 

[Guggiboy123]

Long finned red minor tetras. I figured I have plenty of room but I just gotta figured out the gender of this one, if its a female can I add 2 or 3 more females with it?

Yes but first increase your schools

 

[Spongeandgary]

Either or you could just have 1 female and 1 male if you wanted. All your doing by having 1 male to 1 or more females is limiting aggressiveness in reguards to compitition to breed

 

[Incisions072185]

I noticed that having 2 filters is a good idea. I have a marine land aquarium with the filter and bio wheel built into the hood. Do I need another filter and if so what kind and how big should I get?

 

[Guggiboy123]

I noticed that having 2 filters is a good idea. I have a marine land aquarium with the filter and bio wheel built into the hood. Do I need another filter and if so what kind and how big should I get?

Get the biggest that you can afford and that will fit on your tank

 

[Incisions072185]

So if I got atleast a 40gal or higher, should be fine right?

 

[Spongeandgary]

Is it an Eclipse aquarium? If it is you shouldnt need another filter as they were designed with the appropriate size filter. A good rule of thumb is get a filter that will filter atleast double the tank capacity. Also if you have a heavily stocked tank or if you find the one filter isnt doing the job then certainly add another filter if your able to

 

[Incisions072185]

Yea it's an eclipse filter system, is it designed to filter double my tank size (37g). I'm just curious I it's better to add another

 

[Incisions072185]

I have a 37 gal. I have a dwarf gourami, blue gourami, male Dalmatian Molly, male cremesicle Molly, 3 tetras, Cory cat, and that Platty.

That's my current stock. But will add more

 

[Spongeandgary]

Given your tank stock stock, i think you should be fine with the provided filter

 

[Spongeandgary]

Rule of thumb i believe is roughly 2" of fish per gallon. You can add another power filter if you want to but i dont think its necessary at this point.

 

[Incisions072185]

Thanks for the advice. I just got a test kit and I'm testing everything now. Do you recommend any of the chems that API suggests?