0morrokh

I just got a trio of Platys for my new tank (the 20long that I've had since April but haven't set up till now). They're a pretty cool looking strain, yellow with black caudal peduncles and black speckling on the body (like tuxedos but with less black on the body), and there were also a few yellow wags in with them (though the wags had some black speckling on the body). Not sure what you call the yellow/black strain. The store just called them "moons". They're really healthy looking, unlike the sickly livebearers you see at most chain stores. I never cease to be impressed by my lfs. The guy there caught specific platys out of a large group within about 30 seconds each, and I only had to say "I want the wag, the large female, and the yellow male." !!!!! Say that to someone at any other store and they'll look at you like you're a martian, or if they do figure out which fish you want they'll take an hour to catch them all. :P One female (the speckled one--the other female is the wag) already looks pregnant, but I'm sort of hoping they eat the fry because I won't have room for many more platys plus the other fish I want to get.

susitna-flower

It's always nice to hear people love their LFS! Same here, but I feel I have made the fish lady mad, cause I shared with her I'm buying off the internet.....
I LOVE platys, and have three varieties, It's a challenge to keep them seperate, and I really want to so when I share them with other folks, they will know about what they will have. My favorite at this point are the "rainbow" They are white, red and black....

COBettaCouple

congrats! platys are such fun little stomachs with fins!

armadillo

Great stuff!

You know you'll HAVE to post some pix on Platy Photos, don't you? You're legally bound.

bmxer193

congrats, i also got some new platies as well

0morrokh

Hehehe of course...I just gotta get a digital cam first. :P I used to use my cell phone to take pics and email them to the computer, but my parents won't let me do that anymore cause it costs money to email from my phone.

Unfortunately the male is sick with some sort of gill parasites, but I don't think it will be too hard to treat.

armadillo

Oh that's a shame. I hope he's feeling better now. Why do you think it's gill parasites? Is he flashing?

0morrokh

Yeah he's flashing--I saw him scratching his gills. He was acting a little under the weather, fins drooping and not as active, but I would've figured he was just having a harder time settling in if it wasn't for seeing him flashing. I'm currently disenfecting the q tank but he'll be fine for now.

0morrokh

He's better now after a round of meds.

I saw some g o r g e o u s variatus today at Petsmart. Really cheap too. And healthy (well, as healthy as Petsmart fish get). Amazing. I normally would never dream of buying fish from Petsmart....but I think I may need to make an exception for these guys. I haven't been able to find variatus anywhere. If I do get a trio of them they'll get an extra long quarintine to make sure they aren't carrying any nasty bugs.

swords3711

i feel the same way about workers
it feels like it takes forefver to get them to come out and they they are all mad when you want a specific one
you talked about variatus, what kind was it
i have experience with marigold and red tail black variatus
i find them to be very hardy
ive had a pair since may and they are doing excellent

fishgirl

Congrats on the Platies

0morrokh

The variatus are sunset. I actually just got a trio today. The way the guy at Petsmart caught them, I'm surprised they're all still alive. I was just about ready to snatch the net from him and catch them myself. And he couldn't even tell the difference between a male and a female. Some of the fish in the tank (including my male possibly) had a mild gill parasite infection, so I'm treating them for parasites (normally I wouldn't buy sick fish though). I don't know what's with Platys and gill parasites--the maculatus I got at my normally excellent lfs a week ago had them too. Fortunately they're not that hard to treat, and they're not life threatening to an adult Platy.

COBettaCouple

yea, i do wish you could bag your own fish at the stores.

0morrokh

Me too.

The variatus are doing pretty well. Both the females were flashing today, but are otherwise acting healthy. I think I will give them a couple salt baths, but I'll wait until they're settled in a bit. They're still pretty nervous in their new surroundings and I think a bath at this point would be way too stressful.

I still can't get over how gorgeous my male is.

COBettaCouple

have you posted pics?

0morrokh

No cause I don't have a digital cam (*coughcough* Santa??!!!) and my parents won't let me send pics from my phone to the computer since it costs money. Sooo, (*ahemsantaahem*) since I have been a veritable angel this year , I hope to post pics of all the new fish by, say, around *ahem* dec. 25 or so.....

COBettaCouple

don't forget.. knows if you're naughty or nice with all of those spycams he has.

0morrokh

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

ahem I Mean...of course, I've been so nice I have nothing to worry about