This is unusual: The majority of fish do not mate directly. Instead, females lay batches of unfertilized eggs, which males will fertilize at a later date. Male platies are very keen to reproduce. Some platy owners elect to have male-to-female ratio of 1 to 2. This limits risk of one female becoming stressed by constant harassment from the male. The pregnant platy will behave pretty much the same as she does normally. There are no distinct behavioral changes to look out for.
Like other live-bearing fish, she carries her fry until they are fully developed. The gestation period typically lasts for around 28 days. When ready, the mother will swim to a quiet part of the aquarium, where she delivers her fry tail-fin-first. Platy fry can swim as soon as they are born. To accomplish this, you must monitor the aquarium no less than every two hours to identify whether any fry have been born. Most reactions Latest Discussions F. Is this too small.
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General Chat. Staff online. She will produce between 20 and 80 juveniles and can reproduce as frequently as every month or so. The only way to save juveniles is to remove adults as soon as the platy female releases them into the water. One of the first steps in preventing adult fish to eat baby platies is to know how to recognize the signs of pregnancy and prepare the aquarium for the time the female platy will give birth.
After copulation, it will take a couple of weeks for physical signs of platy fish pregnancy to appear. To prevent platy adults from eating baby platies, you must take some precautions before the female platy is about to give birth.
This is your cue that you need to act fast to prevent her from giving birth in a community aquarium. By setting up a breeding tank, you can easily remove the males after reproduction and remove the female as soon as she gives birth, all the while continuing to care for platy juveniles.
A breeding box is an easier way to save platy fry. All you need is a breeding box, which will prevent adult fish from getting in there and eating platy fry. Now, you may not want to invest in a breeding box, nor are you considering setting up a separate aquarium, especially if your aquarium is already large enough as it is for your platies. I personally prefer setting up a separate breeding tank, then removing the adults once the female releases the fry.
Baby brine shrimp, daphnia, vinegar eels, micro worms are all good options and so is fish flake food, just make sure to crush it into a powder to make sure it fits their mouths. Breeding platies is a breeze compared to other fish that require conditioning and special measures to breed. Hey, I'm Fabian, chief editor at Aquarium Nexus. I really enjoy the aquarium hobby and love sharing my experience with others.
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