Giving Birth Now!

hot_hazza3 · Jun 18, 2006

Hay Guys,

My Platy is giving birth now, she has just had one then ate it

She seems to be taking AGES to have them , I can see the Fin of one now but has been like this for a while!!!

What should I/shouldn't I do!!!

H

smurfyy_2k3 · Jun 18, 2006

watch and then catch them as quickly as possible

breezer40 · Jun 18, 2006

The best thing you can do is leave her. She will give birth over many hours and even days..some things can't be rushed :blush:

Unfortunatly as soon as they are born mummy doesn't understand they are her children and they become a tasty snack. You always lose some but a couple survive and then the whole process starts again

hot_hazza3 · Jun 18, 2006

she has had...6 so far and 5 been eaten

Neo8223 · Jun 18, 2006

hot_hazza3 said:
she has had...6 so far and 5 been eaten

Put her in a breeding trap if you have one. She might postpone her birth until a later time as its a bit stressful, but generally if she's in labour, she would have them within 24 hours.

Some time ago my cousin could never breed platys successfully so he gave me a heavly pregnant platy and i put it in my breeding trap. we lived next door so made sure the water temperatures were exact and then he got a net and legged it over to mine which really isnt recommended (he now works in maidenhead aquatics lol). This fish bred that night and then i let it recover and sent it back over to his the propper way. The point i'm trying to make is that even if you do put the fish through a bit of stress by putting her in the breeding trap, it wont really effect her in terms of a mis-caridge.

If you havnt got a breeding trap, i propose you buy the biggest breading trap you can find as female platys are quite big compared to guppys so they should have a big breeding trap.

Heres one on ebay for example.
Click here
I also like the 5 in ones as you can do a multiple of things at one time as its big enough. I once had:
1 swordtail, 1 guppy, loads of fry and a very harsly bitten male guppy all in seperate compartments so it will be a good investment if you bought it.