Another How Long To Go Question

[Ny82]

Hi guys I know not another how long to go thread! Let me tell you about one of my platies. She is very fat, huge. She has been this way since I got her about a few months back. She eats anything and everything and is so greedy!
I just wanted confirmation that she isn't pregnant. The lights off in the tank so I had to take the pics like that but it's better to see her silhouette lol.

Meet hefty helga:

They are both in this pic

I don't know if she is pregnant she has a red gravid spot-hardly noticeable.

This is the other female she has had that spot and belly since I thought she was pregnant the first time round. Then again I do have a fry so it could have been her.

What do you think? Just greedy?

 

[*pete*]

Hi guys I know not another how long to go thread! Let me tell you about one of my platies. She is very fat, huge. She has been this way since I got her about a few months back. She eats anything and everything and is so greedy!
I just wanted confirmation that she isn't pregnant. The lights off in the tank so I had to take the pics like that but it's better to see her silhouette lol.

Meet hefty helga:

They are both in this pic

I don't know if she is pregnant she has a red gravid spot-hardly noticeable.

This is the other female she has had that spot and belly since I thought she was pregnant the first time round. Then again I do have a fry so it could have been her.

What do you think? Just greedy?

Dont have any advice for you but just to say one of my Swords was huge for months until I had a heater/stat malfunction, the temp shot up by 4 degrees c and she gave birth 24 hrs later !

I would'nt recomend trying this though !

Hows your wee Platy doing ?

 

[Ny82]

Hi guys I know not another how long to go thread! Let me tell you about one of my platies. She is very fat, huge. She has been this way since I got her about a few months back. She eats anything and everything and is so greedy!
I just wanted confirmation that she isn't pregnant. The lights off in the tank so I had to take the pics like that but it's better to see her silhouette lol.

Meet hefty helga:

They are both in this pic

I don't know if she is pregnant she has a red gravid spot-hardly noticeable.

This is the other female she has had that spot and belly since I thought she was pregnant the first time round. Then again I do have a fry so it could have been her.

What do you think? Just greedy?

Dont have any advice for you but just to say one of my Swords was huge for months until I had a heater/stat malfunction, the temp shot up by 4 degrees c and she gave birth 24 hrs later !

I would'nt recomend trying this though !

Hows your wee Platy doing ?

Oh dear lol that's not good at all! I think we have all had heater malfuntions! My baby platy is doing great thanks! I released him into the main tank yesterday at about 3 weeks old and he is growing so fast and his fins have darkened! It was the right move because guess what-I found a tiny newborn fry!!! It must have been the silver one that I put in the 2nd set of pics as the yellow ones still as fat as ever! It's only a few mm's long I don't know how I spotted it but i'm glad I did. I just caught it with the turkey baster and put it into the trap. It's tails not formed and it looks like a tadpole. When I found the other baby he was about a weeks old-had all fins and tail but this one looks hours old. I'm so excited but still just the 1 again. Probably a blessing or i'll be over run in no time.
Thanks

 

[*pete*]

Hi guys I know not another how long to go thread! Let me tell you about one of my platies. She is very fat, huge. She has been this way since I got her about a few months back. She eats anything and everything and is so greedy!
I just wanted confirmation that she isn't pregnant. The lights off in the tank so I had to take the pics like that but it's better to see her silhouette lol.

Meet hefty helga:

They are both in this pic

I don't know if she is pregnant she has a red gravid spot-hardly noticeable.

This is the other female she has had that spot and belly since I thought she was pregnant the first time round. Then again I do have a fry so it could have been her.

What do you think? Just greedy?

Dont have any advice for you but just to say one of my Swords was huge for months until I had a heater/stat malfunction, the temp shot up by 4 degrees c and she gave birth 24 hrs later !

I would'nt recomend trying this though !

Hows your wee Platy doing ?

Oh dear lol that's not good at all! I think we have all had heater malfuntions! My baby platy is doing great thanks! I released him into the main tank yesterday at about 3 weeks old and he is growing so fast and his fins have darkened! It was the right move because guess what-I found a tiny newborn fry!!! It must have been the silver one that I put in the 2nd set of pics as the yellow ones still as fat as ever! It's only a few mm's long I don't know how I spotted it but i'm glad I did. I just caught it with the turkey baster and put it into the trap. It's tails not formed and it looks like a tadpole. When I found the other baby he was about a weeks old-had all fins and tail but this one looks hours old. I'm so excited but still just the 1 again. Probably a blessing or i'll be over run in no time.
Thanks

You have it sussed...survival of the fittest as it would be in the wild.

They will grow on to be strong healthy fish.

 

[Ny82]

You have it sussed...survival of the fittest as it would be in the wild.

They will grow on to be strong healthy fish.

It's died I don't know what happened. It was on it's side. He was right out in the open though when I caught him, there could be more hiding in the plants or in the cories cave like last time and i'll see them a week later. I hope so.

 

[*pete*]

You have it sussed...survival of the fittest as it would be in the wild.

They will grow on to be strong healthy fish.

It's died I don't know what happened. It was on it's side. He was right out in the open though when I caught him, there could be more hiding in the plants or in the cories cave like last time and i'll see them a week later. I hope so.

Thats a shame... bang goes my survival theory !

Edit...Thinking about it the sword fry I lost a few weeks back tapered off like a tadpole.

Maybe they were'nt fully developed so don't feel too bad about it.

 

[Ny82]

You have it sussed...survival of the fittest as it would be in the wild.

They will grow on to be strong healthy fish.

It's died I don't know what happened. It was on it's side. He was right out in the open though when I caught him, there could be more hiding in the plants or in the cories cave like last time and i'll see them a week later. I hope so.

Thats a shame... bang goes my survival theory !

Edit...Thinking about it the sword fry I lost a few weeks back tapered off like a tadpole.

Maybe they were'nt fully developed so don't feel too bad about it.

aww Now that you mention it-he wasn't able to right himself up if you know what I mean. He was on his side when I lifted him with the turkey baster. When I put him in the trap he would dart then hover on his side then dart again. Maybe something wasn't right and it was natures way.