My PLaty died how?

sumer_kay

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I have the fish in the specs below. Stipe passed away, 2 days after giving bith, although I never found any fry:( she acted like she had fish stress, panting, lying at the bottom, and not eating :-( I am worried it isn't uncommon for them to die after birth (I can't take that, they give birth once a month!) So maybe platies aren't for me. Another factor is my male platy is really aggressive to both females, so maybe he caused her to die? I had a male die a while back because of bullying (or at least I couldn't find any other causes) Also, at the same time stipe seemed stressed, spot starting actimg the same way, although not as extreme..the other fish are all fine, including the male platy....tell me what you think! thanks :-( :-(


*sent Stripe to the Great Fishy Bowl in The Sky :-(
 
When you say the male is agressive to the female, does it mean it attacks or just agressive in mating?? If it attacks (like a angelfish attack a neon tetra) then the male could be the one killing all your females. But if it is trying to mate then i don't think thats the reason the female died.

-Chewy-
 
Well, Unless they mate alll the time, he is attacking. :crazy: I mean, he mostly just fin nips, and chases them around the tank, but they rarely got a rest =( Sometimes I swear he hunts them (my tank is planted) :lol:
 
To tell that the male is mating, he will swim up to the female guppy at the side, pointing his gonopodium at her. And YES!! They NEVER stop mating!
 
hmm! sounds like what my 2 platies are doing... eek i dont want a gazillion platies lol!...

Going to have to get another tank lol..

Ben
 
This sounds exactly like what happend to my female platy. I had a pair of platies and the male was verry aggressive, I noticed one night that the female looked a little bad (hanging by the bottem etc) and the next morning she was dead :X ! I figured it was because of the agressive male, because all of the other fish were fine. Do you think that is what happend? I hope to be getting some more females, I really want to have babies :unsure: .
 

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