My Platty Tank

[BLTV]

I have 5 platties (2 females & 3 males) in a 20 gal tank. I got them on Jan 21st.
On March 24th, I noticed that the blue coloured girl was pregnant.
If you know about pregnancies or fry, please tell me.

 

[lauraf]

Best to leave her be, although the fry will get eaten by her and her tankmates. If you want to try and keep some of the babies, the best approach is to add some fine leaved plants and lots of other hiding places for the fry. Putting pregnant fish in a breeder's net, which some people do in order to trap the fry, is very stressful on the mother and can cause miscarriage or even death.

 

[ValRasbora]

I would add some live plants and caves for hiding spots for the babies.
Your tank is so bright!

 

[BLTV]

k thanks for the advice

 

[BLTV]

do you know how long it will take her to have babies

 

[BLTV]

update...we noticed that a platy was pregnant on the 24th. She was very puffy. Then she looked square. Saturday, March 31st, we did a quarter water change & introduced 3 fancy guppys (2 females & 1 male). The platy was having her fry!! We missed the whole thing! and the other platies ate the fry.
It's April 5th, one male platy died. All others doing well.