New Platies - About To Drop? - Given Birth To 25 Fry!

[LucyB]

So today I got 4 more Zebra Danios (I already have 2) and 2 pregnant platies. One of them seems to be squared off aswell as very fat. I have taken some pictures and I want your opinions, do you think she is close to dropping?

ALSO: Apologies for the amount of poop in these pics, they were acclimatizing in the bags when these pics were taken, there must have been a poop explosion or something on the way home from the LFS!

Thanks guys!

 

[mattyeatsmatts]

the amount of poop in the last picture

 

[Cazgar]

I think the one in the first pic is close to dropping, maybe in the next few days as you can see her birthing tube.
The other one has a while to go

 

[LucyB]

the amount of poop in the last picture

I know, that's what I thought! They were floating in the bag with 4 zebra danios when this pic was taken, I think on the way home there must have been a poop explosion or something! Any Ideas on the pregnant platy?

 

[Fishy friend2]

I agree completely with Cazgar, the first one will drop in a by short time period at the most of around 2-3 days as the little white dot near her anal fin indicates that the birthing tube is opened. While the other doesn't look nesicarelly close the the other. Adding a fair amount of floating live or fake plant will greatly benefit the survival rate of the juvenile platy.

Good luck with raising, and caring for the fry! You will have a very well Experince doing so.

In case you havnt had Experince with platy fry, here are a few pictures of one of my fry

 

[FishFanatic04]

Good luck with the fry!

 

[LucyB]

In case you havnt had Experince with platy fry, here are a few pictures of one of my fry

I have lots of experience raising fry, I'm just not too good at guessing when they are ready to give birth

 

[LucyB]

Good luck with the fry!

Thanks!

 

[LucyB]

UPDATE PICS: I trapped her because her birthing "area" looks quite open, and she looks like a big cube And please don't tell me how bad breeding traps are, how they cause stress, death, aborting the fry, etc, because I have never had any problems with it and I can't leave her in the main tank because I have Zebra Danios, the fry don't stand a chance with them

 

[FishFanatic04]

I used a breeder net with my platy because I didn't have a separate tank then and the other platies were chasing her so bad. She did fine, I just made sure to let her out as soon as she was done. Maybe it's all about your individual platy, and whether you put them in there too soon.

 

[LucyB]

Okay, thanks

Anyone else know if she's almost ready? Still no fry

 

[LucyB]

AAH! SHE'S HAVING THEM RIGHT NOW!

 

[Cazgar]

Good luck, hope everything goes well & you have lots of little fish

 

[FishFanatic04]

Neat!

 

[LucyB]

She has successfully pushed out one fey, but has had a tiny orange tail sticking out of her for about 10 minutes, should I be worried? It seems like she can't push it out


Never mind, he's out now