Two Male Platy Fighting....!

[debbie888]

I have 2 male platy's in a tank, with 3 females, one of whom is heavily pregnant, they have both been following her about and today they are seriously fighting, I think its maybe cause she is pregnant, that they are fighting?...Anything I can do, as for one she seems to be getting fed up with being constantly followed and two, I feel they are going to kill one another as it is not just a peck here and there, they seem to be getting nastier....I do have a tank I could move them to, well have 2 other tanks, but currently treating one for ick so probably better I do not put one in there, helpppp...is there any suggestions?

Debbie

 

[Colin_T]

all male livebearers do is chase each other around. They don't normally do any serious damage but they do annoy the females. Personally I prefer to keep the females in a tank of their own and only introduce a male every now and then. Once he has knocked up the little ladies I move him out.
You can add some floating plants to give her somewhere to hide but the males will keep bugging her regardless.

 

[debbie888]

all male livebearers do is chase each other around. They don't normally do any serious damage but they do annoy the females. Personally I prefer to keep the females in a tank of their own and only introduce a male every now and then. Once he has knocked up the little ladies I move him out.
You can add some floating plants to give her somewhere to hide but the males will keep bugging her regardless.

Ok colin, thanks again for your advice, I may decide to move the male platy's, I did this with my molly's split them into male and female, so the platy males may end up in the tank with the female molly's!!

 

[Colin_T]

the male platies might pester the female mollies. You would be better off keeping the females platies and mollies together in one tank and the males in another tank

 

[debbie888]

Ahhh right...then I shall do just that colin!