Platy Pregnancy?

[Deadmau5]

Ok, I have a Mickey Mouse platy, she is extremely pregnant, and as of yesterday, began to look 'boxy' and has the little white tube thing for the babies to come out of. Though from what I have read, they usually keep themselves away from other fish, and don't move much, and don't eat, but with mine, she eats like CRAZY, she swims around with the other fish like she always did, and almost never stays still, she eats a bunch of the food I put in there, some of the other fish hardly get any! xD but her belly does look boxy and she has the white tube thing, is she just acting different for her own reason or is it normal for this to happen? She doesn't seem like the other fish I've had that have given birth.

 

[fee de mer]

Behaviour does vary from fish to fish, ive had guppies i never even realised were pregnant, others that behaved similarly to yours. My swordtail is the only one which ever hid before birthing!

 

[Fortitudo]

Platies are very sociable fish, and as said above fish vary in behavior from individual to individual.
All mine I had in the past would disappear for a day or two, then re-appear and the fry would be swimming around a few days afterwards, if I'm honest I has a whole group of them, 5 female, 1 male (not by choice!!) and yes he was lucky!
The females were almost always pregnant and ended up with a LOT of platies!
Keep an eye out and maybe set up another tank for all your incoming fry buddy!

 

[Deadmau5]

I don't get this, she's pregnant, and I've been keeping a nonstop eye on her all day, and she looks like she's getting smaller to regular size! But there are no babies and I've been watching her all day! D: I don't get what's wrong! This happened with my other platy, she was pregnant and ready to have the babies, but the next day she was skinny as normal!

 

[sheffieldlad]

I don't get this, she's pregnant, and I've been keeping a nonstop eye on her all day, and she looks like she's getting smaller to regular size! But there are no babies and I've been watching her all day! D: I don't get what's wrong! This happened with my other platy, she was pregnant and ready to have the babies, but the next day she was skinny as normal!

There is a good chance you didn't see the fry being born even though you were watching.
IME they come out like bullets and dive straight for cover.
If you don't have heavy planting they won't last long in a tank with adult fish.

 

[Cazgar]

Unless you watch them 24/7 it's unlikely you'll see them being born.
They dive for cover immediately they come out.
What other fish do you have in your tank?
It's likely nature has taken it's course & they haven't survived

 

[Deadmau5]

Only two other platys and two swordtails, maybe that has happened, I Saw a few of the baby fish in the tank, so I put her in a breeding net, but she was in there for a long time and still didn't have any more but was still fat and stuff :L