pregnant platy?

[gingerrtay]

I have 2 red wag platys, a male and female, I am new to fish tanks and I think she is pregnant. Was wondering how you can tell the birthing processes has started?? Mine is having redish stringlike things coming out, is that normal?

 

[bigfish]

Thats poop!!!! have you been feeding her a varied diet of flake and freeze dried foods?

 

[kevin007]

ha ha ha lol

 

[gingerrtay]

Nope same food, but the poop has never been a different color like that. She was big and fat when I went to bed that night and when I got up she was back to her normal size but I didn't see any babies. The red strings coming out went on for hours (6+) and I read about the fish sometimes aborting the pregnancy but it never said what happens when they abort it. Maybe she was just cleaning out her system.
The male fish will not leave her alone he keeps chasing her where ever she goes. Is he just trying to mate or being mean? Do I need more than one of each? Sorry about all the questions, have only had them for a little over a month. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[William]

ginger, this is a guppy given birth for platies it's practically identical - http/fish.orbust.net/forums/index.php?ac...=ST&f=23&t=5934 platies tend to hide amongst plants when about to give birth and may lie on the gravel in the corner... Good luck.

 

[platy&guppyluver]

ginger, I dont have any advice but i had the exact same problem on june 1
so i'm also looking for an answer to our problem

 

[angelzz303]

poop never changes color if you feed the same food
she could have given birth already but the male or even she ate them
hope this helps

 

[OldMan47]

A resurrection from 2003.

 

[Bebobb]

A resurrection from 2003.

How do people find these topics?

 

[OldMan47]

You use the search feature and if you are new you don't notice the dates. It happens quite often in the new tank section and the general discussion section.

 

[Bebobb]

Oh I understand. When I use the search function, I don't plan on answering to the posts, but reading the answer to the posts.