Female Platies

[Keithoms]

Yesterday night i recieved some platies from three-fingers. ONe of them has what looks to be like a gravid spot, does that mean its female? The other one doesnt have one.

 

[Keithoms]

Here are pics. THey seem to stick together constantly.

 

[lilfishie]

This should help, its the same for most livebearers

The females anal fin, notice its fan like shape
The gravid stop, where any fry develope, most females show there gravid spot even when not pregnant
The males gonopdium (sp?) which is basically his penis


If you do have one female one male then i would recommend getting another female to reduse stress
If both male they may be ok but if you see any chasing nipping then you'll need more males
If both female they should be fine

 

[Keithoms]

They look .ike both male tbh. Aww, i thought i was going to get fry

 

[omega59]

they are pretty, yes they are males get 3 females now lol

 

[three-fingers]

Nice to see them in a good home .
I was told to catch two males at the time, must have been your dad who told me to, if you want a female or two you can have some more .