Platty problem

[Jswift254]

My platty has been pregnant(100% sure shes pregnant) for a little over a month and still no fry.Shes not being stressed by any other fish,i've checked the water,the temp is always 79-81 degrees,i've fed her flakes and freeze dried blood worms and added aquarium salt.I do regular water changes but no results,is there something im doing wrong?

 

[Angry_Platy]

Have you noticed her getting fatter or is she just fat??

If she is preggo she will give birth at the most inconvenient time to you...i.e. when you aren't home or when you have no time to catch the fry!!

Good luck if she is

 

[bigfish]

You usually know if shes going to drop in the next day or 2 if she hangs around plants and that.

Good luck with fry

I'm expected some over weekend!!!! whoo hoo.

 

[gemscott54]

we were having the same problem and a few of our fish kept seeming to get huge and get a dark gravid spot but nothing was happening.

We couldnt find anything in particular that was wrong but came home today to find that our guppy had given birth, yey!!!!! unfortunately i think it was a while ago because we only managed to find 2 alive

I know what you mean about being inconvenient, we had been watching them constantly but nothing happened and as soon as we gave up she had fry!!)

We're trying to see if there was anything different which meant that this time she actually got round to giving birth and if we notice anything we'll let you know!

 

[Angry_Platy]

If you do decide to watch her, signs that she is ABOUT to give brith are rapid moving of the fins near their gills.....you will see her vent looking more square than usual...

 

[Jswift254]

I can see my plattys gravid spot,but shes not acting any different.Shes staying behind the plants a little,but she always does that. .I can see a little squaring of the ventral area but its been like that for a while.I guess all I need is patience

 

[Nyte]

Are you sure the "gavid" spot isn't just the way she's colored? One of my females has a "gavid" spot all the time, but it's how she's colored.

 

[Jswift254]

When I got her she didn't have the dark spot on her plus theres a male in there with her so theirs a strong chance its the gravid spot.

 

[Jen21]

The same thing happens with my fish. I'm 100% sure they are pregnant, and it seems like FOREVER until they give birth. Just be patient, you'll have fry soon.

 

[Jswift254]

I hope so,I also have a pregnant molly who is having the same problem.I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

 

[andrew]

3 questions

how do I tell the sex I have 26 platties in 1 tank + 2 swordtails?

how do I tell that she is pregnant?

how do I raise the fry?

I am new to the plattie world...I breed oscars lol

 

[paige]

good luck with the fry . i had a pregnant molly about 4 years ago and she had 102 fry but she ate 1 which makes it 101 sadly only one of them didnt die and lived to grow big !!!!!!!!!

 

[Jen21]

I'm just wondering how in the world you can count 102 fry I have 25 fry ( I THINK) and I can't get past 15 without getting confused on which ones I already counted!

 

[paige]

when she was in the breeder net they were shooting out of her like ping-pong balls and i counted them as they came out i put them in a large container so it was big enough because the breeder net was too small for all of them !!!!!!!!