Can My Platy Be Homosexual - No Not Joking!

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i have a male platy following (stalking) my other male platy, he is not trying to fight or nip him he is trying to rub up against the side of him the same way my male platys do to the female ones - very odd. They are both defo male. The male is getting a bit mad at teh other one for following him round - does anyone having any answers for me?

Im confused

 

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is it normal anyone please - he is not put off either by his victim attacking him when he does it

 

[wendywc]

I guess if you have all males, he doesn't have a choice.

 

[aquaticadmirer]

Most likely it's a dominance issue and not anything sexual.

 

[theotheragentm]

It may be one male trying to be dominant over the other, but males just want to mate too. In the absence of same species females, it is normal to see males try to mate with other fish including other males.

 

[nmonks]

It's simply a result of sexual frustration. Animals kept in all-male groups often exhibit this type of behaviour. In the wild, male livebearers have a shorter lifespan than the females (bright colours, smaller size) so evolution has tended towards males that mate as often (and as young) as possible. So thd drive is there. If you keep all-male groups of livebearers, you're creating a situation where their drive is frustrated, and ends up being directed in unusual ways.

Frankly, you'll find much the same thing where human males are cooped up together for long periods of time without access to females. So yes, it's "normal", no, it doesn't mean your platy is "gay". Put it with some females and you'll soon see it behave differently.

Cheers, Neale

 

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hmm we do have females and he doesnt bother them at all he is more interested in the other male - thanks for answering my weird question

 

[nmonks]

How many females? In home aquaria it is very common for people to have more males than females, or even numbers of males and females. In the wild, the females outnumber the males, dramatically. Hence, most of the time, male livebearers are frustrated, and behave somewhat different to how they might behave in the wild. For "normal" behaviour with livebearers, what you want is 2-3 females per male.

Cheers, Neale

hmm we do have females and he doesnt bother them at all he is more interested in the other male - thanks for answering my weird question

 

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we have 4 males and 3 females - the reason for this is we have a starter size tank and we thought we had 2 females and 2 males BUT after asking you peeps i discovered that we had 4 males so hurried off to pet shop and made the guy pick me out 3 females, i wouldnt like to put any more in due to overcrowding - but he shows no interest in the females we have.

we actually got the first four pushed on us by my cousin who started with 6 platys and a week later she had nearly 50 - we didnt even realise they were tropicql fish s she had hers in a normal tank, no heater and no filter - we thought they were like goldfish - pardon our ignorance, as soon as we realised we spent nerly £150 on getting a tank and stuff ARRGHH and now we really enjoy them so will when we move house be getting a bigger tank.

 

[Betta5]

come on hes a platy, they dont care what it is, they are just horney! Mine has a go at neons and cardinals if the females are being aggressive

 

[Kuhni]

come on hes a guppy, they dont care what it is, they are just horney! Mine has a go at neons and cardinals if the females are being aggressive

Platy



When I had my guppies they tried to have sex with an aquaclay ball-filter media porous clay ball.

 

[Rhiannon]

I reckon my guppy is the horniest little boy I have ever seen. All he does it want to have sex and with anything at that.

It could also be dominence. If my poodle is around another boy dog, he humps the crap out of it lol, but will also humpy my female staffy. Its gross, but its dominance, not that he is gay or anything.

 

[helterskelter]

Some very interesting ideas coming up here on is topic.
Over the years there are many idea's of what's going on here but if you think of life in the wild, this still happens and is not something that just happens in the aquaria.

I would agree with theotheragentm, it's more a dominance issue here, of course the other suggestions has their relevance here too.

I try to look at what would happen in nature and then try to translate this to the hobby.

 

[MarleyBetta]

LOL kuhni my guppy tried to go it with the danios but alas no success
not with the tetras either