Is Our Platy Pregnant?
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doesn't look like it, sorry.We are new to fish keeping, and can't tell if our platy is pregnant.
Is Abigail pregnant?
Another pic with Jimmy (the male platy) in the back.
Any opinion is welcome. Thanks.
I'd say she's slightly pregnant, no more then a week in though. But pregnant. If you have a male in there, 99.9% chance she'll be pregnant. 
Is she clamping her fins all the time? Or was she just camera shy?
Is she clamping her fins all the time? Or was she just camera shy?
Yes, she's been clamping her fins ever she started getting "fat".
About 9-11 days ago, Jimmy (our male platy) has been chasing her around a lot. And always around wherever she goes. They are the only two platys we have, so we though Jimmy wanted to stick around with his own kind. Now, Abigail oftentimes settles to the bottom mostly somewhere hidden. Jimmy doesn't chase her around anymore. Sometimes when she retreats to the bottom, we would suspect she's sick, but her appetite is good. So we also suspect she's just been feeding a lot lately. Are these symptoms good? or (hope not) bad?
About 9-11 days ago, Jimmy (our male platy) has been chasing her around a lot. And always around wherever she goes. They are the only two platys we have, so we though Jimmy wanted to stick around with his own kind. Now, Abigail oftentimes settles to the bottom mostly somewhere hidden. Jimmy doesn't chase her around anymore. Sometimes when she retreats to the bottom, we would suspect she's sick, but her appetite is good. So we also suspect she's just been feeding a lot lately. Are these symptoms good? or (hope not) bad?
if there are only two platys you might want to consider getting another female to reduce stress.Yes, she's been clamping her fins ever she started getting "fat".
About 9-11 days ago, Jimmy (our male platy) has been chasing her around a lot. And always around wherever she goes. They are the only two platys we have, so we though Jimmy wanted to stick around with his own kind. Now, Abigail oftentimes settles to the bottom mostly somewhere hidden. Jimmy doesn't chase her around anymore. Sometimes when she retreats to the bottom, we would suspect she's sick, but her appetite is good. So we also suspect she's just been feeding a lot lately. Are these symptoms good? or (hope not) bad?
I'd say she's most likely stressed. They will sometimes clamp their fins and lie on the bottom when they are stressed, so it seems pretty likely that's what it is. When you just have one female and one male, all of the male's attention and mating urge goes on her, which can be quite stressful. It's best to have 2-3 females per male, so that way the male's attention is spread out over a few females, and each one will get some time to rest. If you have room, I'd suggest you get a few more females. This does, of course, mean more fry, but if you're worried about space, survival of the fittest works pretty well.
Until you can get more females (if you can) make sure she has enough hiding places. Plants work well, as do rocks, caves, and wood.
Best of luck!
Until you can get more females (if you can) make sure she has enough hiding places. Plants work well, as do rocks, caves, and wood.
Best of luck!
Suzie: Oh yes, we name our fishes...
Red wag platys --- Abigail and Jimmy
Fancy goldfish --- Molly (because she's chubby)
Common goldfish --- Glenda (because she's flirtitious, she starts to dart around when she sees us)
Commom blue betta --- Gerald (he's a good guy, doesn't hassle anyone)
Black mollies --- Bak-bak (because he lost some scales on his head when he got accidentally got sucked by the siphon tube during one of the water changes. The siphon tube now has a net at the end.); 1 male and 2 females yet un-named.
Everyone's getting along well.
Thanks for the advices, we will get a couple of females tomorrow. I believe we still have room.
Am I glad I asked.
Red wag platys --- Abigail and Jimmy
Fancy goldfish --- Molly (because she's chubby)
Common goldfish --- Glenda (because she's flirtitious, she starts to dart around when she sees us)
Commom blue betta --- Gerald (he's a good guy, doesn't hassle anyone)
Black mollies --- Bak-bak (because he lost some scales on his head when he got accidentally got sucked by the siphon tube during one of the water changes. The siphon tube now has a net at the end.); 1 male and 2 females yet un-named.
Everyone's getting along well.
Thanks for the advices, we will get a couple of females tomorrow. I believe we still have room.
Am I glad I asked.
Hi nmdelrio
What size tank do you have currently? Also, are you keeping the goldfish and tropicals together? I can vaguely see on in the back of the second picture, behind the Platies, but this could be an illusion. If you are keeping them together, you'd be best off seperating them. Goldfish are coldwater fish, and do better at lower temperatures that the tropicals can't handle that well. Also, Goldfish are large waste-producers which can quickly make your water parameters go downhill. They just simply don't go well together.
I'm not very good with coldwater fish, so for more information you'd be best off looking in the Coldwater Forum. Good luck!
What size tank do you have currently? Also, are you keeping the goldfish and tropicals together? I can vaguely see on in the back of the second picture, behind the Platies, but this could be an illusion. If you are keeping them together, you'd be best off seperating them. Goldfish are coldwater fish, and do better at lower temperatures that the tropicals can't handle that well. Also, Goldfish are large waste-producers which can quickly make your water parameters go downhill. They just simply don't go well together.
I'm not very good with coldwater fish, so for more information you'd be best off looking in the Coldwater Forum. Good luck!
It's a 20g-ish tank, and yes, the goldfish (2 of them) are with the tropicals. This is a big mistake we made before we started reading forums. 
We are cycling another 20g a present to move them in, just the 2 of them. Or maybe add few more, but it seems goldfish are not compatible to any other fish. We figure a few more days we can move them to the new tank. We will leave the present tank to the small tropicals.
We are cycling another 20g a present to move them in, just the 2 of them. Or maybe add few more, but it seems goldfish are not compatible to any other fish. We figure a few more days we can move them to the new tank. We will leave the present tank to the small tropicals.
YooHoo! 
This afternoon, we found out our Abigail (red wag platy) had babies, don't know how many, not too many, I think 10 or less. Abigail (and babies) are in a 15 liter maternity tank, should I move out Abigail now and back into the community tank? So she doesn't eat them. Or should we be expecting more? I understand platies would give birth every month (for a few months) once they have been fertilised.
This afternoon, we found out our Abigail (red wag platy) had babies, don't know how many, not too many, I think 10 or less. Abigail (and babies) are in a 15 liter maternity tank, should I move out Abigail now and back into the community tank? So she doesn't eat them. Or should we be expecting more? I understand platies would give birth every month (for a few months) once they have been fertilised.
blitztidus
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Awesome, I love fry pics so if you can get some up then that would be great!!!
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