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Pregnant platy?

  • 19-11-2016 6:15pm
    #1
    ShaShaBear
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    Just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable than I could tell if Elsa the platy is expecting or if there is something wrong that I should be treating? Her colouring makes it hard to see a gravid spot!


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  • #2
    Knine
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    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable than I could tell if Elsa the platy is expecting or if there is something wrong that I should be treating? Her colouring makes it hard to see a gravid spot!

    I'd say Elsa is expecting some little Elsa's. The swelling appears to be in her belly. If you want to keep some of the babies then you need to get a breeding trap. I don't stress mammy out by putting her in it, I just net the babies as soon as I see them & place them in the trap. You will need some fry food. You will know her time is near when her belly starts to look square.

    Good luck. Fry are rather cute


  • #3
    ShaShaBear
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    Knine wrote: »
    I'd say Elsa is expecting some little Elsa's. The swelling appears to be in her belly. If you want to keep some of the babies then you need to get a breeding trap. I don't stress mammy out by putting her in it, I just net the babies as soon as I see them & place them in the trap. You will need some fry food. You will know her time is near when her belly starts to look square.

    Good luck. Fry are rather cute

    Well I was thinking about attempting to keep them as I went to bed that night. Woke up the next morning, flicked on the tank light and she's half the size she was and not a fry in sight :(


  • #4
    Knine
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    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Well I was thinking about attempting to keep them as I went to bed that night. Woke up the next morning, flicked on the tank light and she's half the size she was and not a fry in sight :(

    Ah no way. Probably all been eaten. Keep on the lookout though as some might have escaped.


  • #5
    ShaShaBear
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    Knine wrote: »
    Ah no way. Probably all been eaten. Keep on the lookout though as some might have escaped.

    I was convinced she was pregnant but wasn't sure she seemed big enough to be "due" as such. No sign of any fry but I do have a large log and two live grass plants so maybe I'll get lucky :D


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