I keep thinking my fishies are pregnant, then nothing happens. That was with my mollies. Now, ALL of my female platies look preggers! What do you think? :shock:
Well originally I thought maybe you were over feeding them, but the male looks fine.
I'm surprised how big your females are! None of mine have gotten THAT big before giving fry. And I've had about 20-30ish babies with some. Expect lots of fry!!!
Also, I notice my fish love to give birth when I'm not expecting it.
i bet u will have fry by this week im just gonna bet. lol i know u will. u have been patient and its been forever so this week is ur week!! maybe u have fry but u cant find em
Are you going to separate the females in a breeder box? Or just hoping there is enough hiding spots for some fry to survive? I'm excited for you to finally get some babies! Hopefully (HAS TO BE) sometime super SOON! =)
I don't know if you have a petsmart close to you... But I bought some fake plant squares... haha I don't know what it's called, but they were by the plastic plants. They are about 8inches by 8 inches, and about 3 inches tall. It's thick for the adults (They can't just dart through it), but it's a great place for the babies to fall through, and hang out under.
You'll definitely notice when one of your girls becomes really thin one day (Hopefully you'll even catch her having the fry!). When she is thin again... those babies have been dropped, and more than likely, it'll take a search to even see any of them. Do you have gravel? Or sand? Gravel is good cause it gives them a place to hide for a couple days. YES, they are THAT small! Just hiding down in the gravel... it's so crazy.
Anyhow, those plastic plant squares, I think are a pretty good way to ensure that you'll have a few survivors.
Lol! I do have them! haha! I got it for my adf's, but when I switched everything to live plants I got rid of them. I didn't throw them away, just took them out of the tank. I hope they have fry soon. It seems like it's been FOREVER AND A DAY!! I guess only time will tell
AAAAHHHHHH I see eyes, I see eyes!!!! In my orange platies tummy!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ill try and get pics. She's the pure orange one in the first pic of the last set of pics I posted. Those were taken about 10 days ago. Ill try to post more recent pics!!
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