Fat male

[elizabeth02rvt]

Hi! My platy (male) that has been in a tank with an angel and some danios for the whole time i've had him until about a week ago when I transferred him to my new tank (56 gallon). Shortly after I transferred him, I got some new platy's (2 female and one male). He has taken on a bloated and seemingly pregnant look. Do they store sperm and get bloated like that? Should I add some more females? if so, how many?
thanks in advance!

 

[guppymonkey]

Males don't store sperm like that. If they did they would have to hump constantly or explode. It could be bloat which isn't a disease but more like a symptom of some diseases. Or it could be that it seems larger in a smaller tank. Or maybe he is getting more food now. Its hard to figure a lot of things out without actually seeing the fish.

 

[elizabeth02rvt]

ha! now that i think about it, it could be the food thing...before i moved him to this tank, he was at my parents where noone knew when/who fed the fish last

thanks!

 

[Max]

it could be that your male is a female... they can change sexes do to chemical inbalnces in there body... i dont know mabey?