Is My Platy Pregnant?

[afishdude]

can you take a pict of the back end. one from the front does nothing to tell us if its preggy or not.

 

[Sammy-Boy]

Ok these are the last pics.

 

[Danno]

Ahhh you took her out of the tank to picture her?

If she is or isnt just let her be. If she is you could be risking aborting the pregnancy.

 

[Sammy-Boy]

well every picture i took was never good enough so..

 

[Sammy-Boy]

After putting the poor girl in such shock can i atleast have a plain answer now please?

 

[afishdude]

no grivid spot = not preggy, but thats not a 100%. she could be preggy with 1 or 2 fry still but there is no distinct grivid spot,

and for further refernce never take fish out of water for picts. you will start a very big arguement here. there is alot of ppl that may take this the wrong way.

 

[Sammy-Boy]

Wow, im very sorry i didn't know it done so much damage after seeing someone take there Albino Plec out for pics.

I didnt even want to do it but i done it for the answer.

 

[Danno]

"It is isn't broken, don't touch it"

 

[SouthernCross]

TBH, if she isn't pregnant now, she has been in the past, which means she probably will be again soon, within a month or so. If you've ever seen a 'virgin' female platy, their tummies are fairly flat, similar to a male, but I've found once they've been pregnant once - they tend to look all round pretty much all the time - and when they're about to drop fry, they look fit to burst. Your's is definitely somewhat rounded.

I don't know what you lot are going on about with defined gravid spots - I've found my female platies to never really have a gravid spot (not likeyou would see on a guppy anyway - very dark and defined) but rather, I can see lots of tiny little dark dots inside her - these are the eyeballs of all the fry. Yes, you can actually see the eyeballs - the lighter coloured your platy is the better you can see them. Also if there's a bright light behind them.

I disagree with those who say fry will survive in a community tank - unless I put the expectant mother in a trap (if you do this, learn to time it well - being in the trap for a long time if its not ready will stress her - you will learn to see the signs she is ready) then I never have ANY fry survive in my (planted) tank. They are gone within a day - less even - one night the mum is full of eyeballs, the next she's not, and not a fry to be seen! But happy looking gouramis, platies, and tetras (pretty sure my cories aren't responsible!). So, IMO, if you want guaranteed survivors, they need rescuing. Depends on your inhabitants of course.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll eventually have fry in no time.

 

[CruX]

Try the pea method we spoke about Sam, if she is constipated then it will help, if she isn't and is in fact Keith Cheggers then the pea will do no harm. As for the gravid spot, in my experience it is not as obvious in Mollies and Platties as it is in Guppies but lighter coloured ones are easier to spot. On one of your above pictures it looks like there might be a dark spot where the gravid spot would appear but it is hard to tell.