first time with livebearers

[BettaBoyz]

=D hiii! i have a community set up (1 Betta, 1 Silver-Tipped, 2 Black Neons, 3 Neons, 4 Kuhliis, 1 African Dwarf Frog, 2 Mickey Mouse Platties, 1 Unknown Platy) the platties are my newbs, and the last fist to be added to the tank. the Tetras will probably be removed soon.

nooow... i have a question. how many fry can a platy drop? i specifically fished out a male MM, a female MM and the last because she was pregnant (very light yellow, but i can see a pink gravid spot) i have many uses for the lil buggers; live food, stocking the tank, reselling/exchanging to the pet store.

xD

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

I think the pink gravid spot means it's not pregnent. My white platy has a pink gravid spot wwith a few black dots in it, and it been that way since july.

I think a platy drop 20-30 fry, but you only find half of them (the other half are snacks). Though I wouldn't know, my platys haven't droped yet.

 

[BettaBoyz]

hmm... my other female Platy has a sort of... empty, semi-transparent-but-not-quite spot where Mishka (the preg) has her pink spot.

 

[Ek-ek]

=D hiii! i have a community set up (1 Betta, 1 Silver-Tipped, 2 Black Neons, 3 Neons, 4 Kuhliis, 1 African Dwarf Frog, 2 Mickey Mouse Platties, 1 Unknown Platy) the platties are my newbs, and the last fist to be added to the tank. the Tetras will probably be removed soon.

nooow... i have a question. how many fry can a platy drop? i specifically fished out a male MM, a female MM and the last because she was pregnant (very light yellow, but i can see a pink gravid spot) i have many uses for the lil buggers; live food, stocking the tank, reselling/exchanging to the pet store.

xD

As much as 100 fries in an adult, But it totally differs from one fish to another, some are prolific breeders, some are not!

 

[guppymonkey]

It takes awhile to figure out when livebearers are going to drop. I still haven't figured out my guppy's cycle of pregnancy yet. In my guppies I can always see a gravid spot but it gets darker as the pregnancy goes along and slightly before she gives birth she is kind of box-like and amazingly fat.

Platies can give birth to up to a hundred fry at a time. Many of these will be eaten by the fish though. Especially if they give birth in a community tank. The best way to ensure that some fry survive is to put her in a separate heavily planted tank so the fry have enough places to hide.