Fat or pregnant fish???

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Is she pregnant or

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Lilbangout

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9F5E277B-049F-4794-B06A-EAB70FF9F80C.jpeg I got my female plague from a fish store about 3 weeks ago she looks like thus still but I canā€™t see a Gravid spot so could she just be fat?
 

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This fish looks to be pregnant .WIth livebearers it is safe to assume that they are always pregnant. The female fish can have up to 6 births after mating only once.
 
The anal fin look pretty pointed to me so this platy might not be a female after all. Young males can tank some time before developing their man parts and will look like females till then. I might be wrong, but you might find that the platy's anal fin become more pointed after a couple more weeks.

The fish doesn't look all that fat, but rather a healthy weight.

If it is a female, she doesn't look all that pregnant but you should assume that all females that were kept with males are pregnant.
 

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