Barb/platty

[Spideysmom]

So question I started with 7 was down to two, A female cherry Barb and and a male red tail dalmatian platy. They've been alone in the tank about two weeks now. My females belly is looking a little bit rounded. Is it possible

 

[Essjay]

Did you have any male platies in the tank at any time? Or was the female in the same tank as males at the store when you bought her?
Female platies will carry packets of sperm from a mating with a male platy and they can use this sperm to fertilise eggs for many months without a male platy in the same tank.

 

[Spideysmom]

Did you have any male platies in the tank at any time? Or was the female in the same tank as males at the store when you bought her?
Female platies will carry packets of sperm from a mating with a male platy and they can use this sperm to fertilise eggs for many months without a male platy in the same tank.

No it's a female cherry Barb and a male red tail dalmatian platy. They've been alone for a few weeks in the tank. My male Barb has been out of the tank about 3weeks

 

[Essjay]

Ooops, sorry, got the fish the wrong way round In that case it's definitely not a female carrying sperm


I have a shoal of cherry barbs and even if they weren't a different colour I'd be able to tell which are males and which are females by the slimline males and the females with the rounded bellies. Could you manage to take a photo of the barb so we can see if it's normal or if there's something else going on.