Clean...birth?

[mrp3]

My platy is pregnant and will give birth any day now but today is a cleaning day should I just skip it and wait until my new 5 gallon tank comes then clean after I put her in it

 

[mrp3]

Not sure any suggestions soon

There's something that looks like a tail coming out of her anal fin or something it's been there all day is this a fry or something normal I just never noticed

 

[mrp3]

Anybody have suggestions

 

[Dieses Madchen]

It could be a fry. If you think she may be having babies, you may want to wait on the water change until after you catch the babies. If you choose to do a water change, siphon the water into a bucket in case you suck out some babies. I've done water changes before while the mom was birthing (didn't know she was birthing till I had already siphoned the water.) and it had no affect on her, but I personally would wait if you can. As per your other post your water parameters are good, so a water change is not essential right this minute.

 

[mrp3]

K cuz on Friday my friend is giving me a 5 gallon setup (already cycled but fishless). And I'm gonna put her in it for birth hopefully this tank won't stress her out the breeding net was like 1/4 of a gallon so she should be ok in a 5 gallon I have a 29 gallon

And an empty cycling ten gallon

 

[mrp3]

So hopefully the fry don't come until friday

 

[mrp3]

When 5 gal comes

 

[Dieses Madchen]

K cuz on Friday my friend is giving me a 5 gallon setup (already cycled but fishless). And I'm gonna put her in it for birth hopefully this tank won't stress her out the breeding net was like 1/4 of a gallon so she should be ok in a 5 gallon I have a 29 gallon

And an empty cycling ten gallon

If she is already birthing then try to catc the fry and move them to the 5 galloon. if she is laboring, moving her may stress ehr and cause her to miscarry/die

 

[mrp3]

Yeah I didn't know she was birthing or laboring till today so I'll catch fry put them in the breeding net then move them to extra tank