Platties Breeding

[123]

hi
Platties breeding
do male & felmale Platties look the same
will they breed will guppies
what tank size will i need ( in ft please )
& anything think else i need to know

thanks

 

[prankster705]

Almost, except that males have a tube...
No, they won't
Depending on how many you wan't to breed...

 

[dwarfgourami]

To clarify the above, the tube the male has is a modification of the anal fin so it looks like a rod (a sort of primitive willy); the female has a normal triangular fin-looking fin.

Platies should not be kept in less than 10 gallons, but if you want to make room for successive generations bigger is better. 2 ft is good. If you want to breed you will also need the space for the platies to grow out and dieally two tanks so you can separate the siblings at 3-4 months old, otherwise they will start breeding with each other ad infinitum, leaving you with a lot of platies and the risk of genetic defects due to inbreeding.

Platies should be kept in a ratio of at least 2 females per male; otherwise the female will be stressed out by his constant obsession with sex. Keeping lots of females is no hardship as they are just as pretty as the males.

They can interbreed with swordtails but not with guppies.

They often eat their young so it is a good idea to invest in a small breeder trap or breeder net, not to put the female in, but to rescue the fry into after birth, away from their greedy mother.

Platies thrive on a varied diet, good quality tropical flakes, alternated with live foods and vegetables.

 

[123]

how about 2 felmales & 1 male in a 10 g tank & the fry will live in the tank to

 

[fish are cool]

good luck

 

[Tiggle]

how about 2 felmales & 1 male in a 10 g tank & the fry will live in the tank to

I started with 2 females, already pregnant, in a 18 inch 40L tank.... three generations later (and a couple more store bought fish), they've taken over my 2ft 55L and the 30 inch 100L tanks as well. so just be prepared for a lot of fish if your not going to seperate your males from females.

 

[fish are cool]

what tank to you think i should get