~ I have a 10 gal tank that consists of:
1- platy
2 headlight/tailight tetras
2- golden tetras
2 rasboras
2- apple snails
1- dwarf frog
I have had the platy for about four months , about two months ago i spotted one fry in the tank , it unfortunatly died soon after being seperated . I have read that the gestation period for these fish is about 4-8 weeks (?) so i figured she had been pregnant when i brought her home .Two days ago she gave birth to one fry . ???
He is the same size as the one i found two months ago so he couldn't have come from the same birth . Where did this little fish come from ?
platies are from the poeciliidae family - they are a livebearer who stores sperm for future fertilization - which means they may only be mated once but will continue to have babies every four weeks approx till the sperm runs out......so your platie mum may have more babies in a few more weeks
the babies aren't too hard to look after - hardest bit is stopping the other fish in the tank from eating them.....may need to get a breeder net/trap to put the fry into if you want to save it.
~ I have a 10 gal tank that consists of:
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