trish_norris

One of my platies is just hanging out by itself. First it was hiding behind the heater for awhile and now it is just sitting on the bottom of the tank close to the rocks.

finmama

Do you know if it's male or female? If female it may be close to having babies.
Have you tested your water for ammonia, nitrite and nitrates?
Could any of your other fish be picking on her or does she have any ripped fins, white spots, anything like that?

Here_fishy_fishy

odd u mention that my platy was doing that then out came her babies... couldnt save any tho but she is doing it again tonight? why

finmama

how long ago was that? Maybe she is having more. They have babies every 4-6 weeks if they have been or are around males.

finmama

Oh, my favourite Molly just had her second batch of babies, exactly 4 weeks apart to the day . I found 6.

Here_fishy_fishy

my platy will have more u say?? after this batch?? she was around alot of males then i got here with no males now.

bbfeckawitts

Yes she will continue having babies for A LONG time. Probably 6 or more months.

Brianna

COBettaCouple

Platys are like most livebearers and can store sperm, so 1 pregnancy can mean 4, 6 or more batches of fry. Each batch comes around 4 weeks apart.

finmama

Yup. Ive had my Mollies about 4 months and have never had a male and they are still having babies

trish_norris

do I need to get her out of the tank or anything? From what I can tell she is a female. How do I know when she is ready to have babies? She does look a little plump.

COBettaCouple

Sometimes, on lighter-colored ones, you can see black dots in their belly (the fry looking out). When she's really close, her back end will kind of square-off, she'll be more testy with other fish and be looking for a quieter place in the tank usually.