Breeding Platies

The females usually have fry about every 4 weeks

I know they do but there hasn't been a change in her the last 2-3 weeks, the last time she was thin was the 21st of February (found the fry on the 17th), she is in the tank with guppys but they are more endler than guppy and the babes swim with the parents at birth, its really cool I have a picture of ruby swimming beside a guppy fry at dinner time, and the way she looks, you would think that there would be 1 survivor, fry survived last time.

 

For some reason I haven't had any of my platies breed. I wanted to try to get one batch in before I separate the males and females. Right now I have three (one male two females) in a 10G. I'm slowly raising the temp in there. I'll take the parameters tomorrow. Would these conditions be okay? I'm also currently using the large colored glass things you get at the dollar store in there but was thinking I would take them out and leave the tank bare bottomed, would that be better?

 

What temp is it? Are you moving the young to another tank? You are maxed out in stock in the 10. How are you going about breeding? They are generally very easy to breed. Could you post photos of the platies and your tank? I'm not sure what you mean by glass thing at the dollar store. I'd keep the substrate in, a lot of BB lives in there. How are you planning on breeding them? The females will give birth to 50-100 young every month for 6-12 months after their last encounter with a male as well.

 

Hi, don't know what you mean by "the glass things", but I don't think that would have an effect on platies breeding. Maybe they are not old enough yet. Usually, if you place any number of males and females in the same tank you will have babies in a month. Are you sure that they were born and not eaten?

 

I'll take a picture of the rocks for you guys, I totally forgot what they're called. Platylover after the fry were born I was going to move the parents to the bigger tank and raise the fry a bit in the 10G until they're too big.

 

I'd do daily/every other day waterchanges in the 10 gallon to help keep the parameters good and help them not get stunted quickly. Sorry for asking how your breeding twice, forgot I already asked! What size tank are you moving them to and how many fry do you plan on keeping?

 

here's the best I could get. Right now I have a 30G but I'm currently seeding media for the 55G in my garage. I'm hoping to get the substrate for that as a birthday gift lol. I'm not sure exactly how many fry I would keep just yet, but I have friends who have tanks so I could re home them if I get way too many.
Oh and temp right now is at 74, is that good or too high?

 

That temp is ok, I'd go up to around 75-76 though. You don't have many hiding spots for the fry, that's probably why you don't have any. I'd add some floating plants(live or fake). You may have some hiding in your pebbles though, the gaps should be large enough for some to escape. Are you sure you have a male and two females? Is the male breeding with them?

 

Yeah I have more plants I could add, I'll start that now. And yes 100% positive it's male and two females I haven't seen breeding yet but he's for sure a boy.
Got it on the temp

 

Yeah I have more plants I could add, I'll start that now. And yes 100% positive it's male and two females I haven't seen breeding yet but he's for sure a boy.
Got it on the temp

The reason I ask is because sometimes a male looks very similar to female. Since you have females you should have fry regardless of whether he breeds or not. Some males just don't breed. Keep us updated!

 

These are the best pics I could get of him but they're still really hard to see

 

And yes my water changes are almost every day on the 10G. My water change on the 30G just got bumped up to today because I was woken up this morning by my mom sneaking into my room to give the fish blood worms but she fed wayyyy too many lol. She means well

 

He's very beautiful, I have always loved those platies. Used to have a Molly with similar coloration. He'll have nice fry. Yeah, some people mean so well, but then the fish pig out and get stomach problems haha. At least she cares, that's the important part. Although I must admit, almost every time I try to dump out of a container way to much comes out...

 

Lol yes I know what you mean. I have a blue/ silver Mickey Mouse platy in my big tank still I wanted to see what his fry would look like with them too but I didn't want to mess up the ratio in there lol. And yeah it was funny because I sat up and she was feeding them and gave me the guilty look lol.

 

So platy lover right now I have a power 20 filter on there. When fry are born can I just leave the bubbler until I find a smaller filter so they won't get sucked up? Or would the current one work if I covered the intake tube?

 

So platy lover right now I have a power 20 filter on there. When fry are born can I just leave the bubbler until I find a smaller filter so they won't get sucked up? Or would the current one work if I covered the intake tube?

The current one could work if you cover it up with a sponge or pantyhose, but I do suggest getting a sponge filter and letting that grow bb and eventually remove the current filter.

 

Okay thanks, I'll do the pantyhose until I can get the sponge filter. The temp is at 76 and I'm going to do a water change today. When doing water changes with the fry how do you do it without sucking them up? Put pantyhose over the siphon?

 

Okay thanks, I'll do the pantyhose until I can get the sponge filter. The temp is at 76 and I'm going to do a water change today. When doing water changes with the fry how do you do it without sucking them up? Put pantyhose over the siphon?

How I used to do it is I'd collect them all and put them temporally in a container. But, that's was unnecessary. You can use just the tubing and carefully clean it up, I wouldn't put a pantyhose over it though as it seems like it would prevent debris getting sucked up. Worst case scenario(if your careful) you suck one fry up and have to catch it in the bucket. Just make sure you check the bucket each time. This is how I do it with my CPD's.

 

Thanks again platy! Sorry for all the questions lol... I'm sure there will be more if fry actually happen though lol

Sorry I don't know all the lingo what is CPD?

 

Thanks again platy! Sorry for all the questions lol... I'm sure there will be more if fry actually happen though lol

Sorry I don't know all the lingo what is CPD?

No problem! I'm happy to help! CPD=celestial pearl Danio
I don't know all of it either, you just kind of learn it as you go.

 

Thanks platylover sometimes I feel like all my questions are annoying lol

 

I have a clutch of platy fry in my nursery tank right now

my red wag was a first time mom and had 8. I watched her, so I know that's all there was. the fry are all different colors, and in just over a week they have quadrupled in size!

I have a 20 gallon tank filter on my 10 gallon nursery. I have had zero issues with a baby getting sucked up in the filter.

 

HI everyone,

About a month ago, I decided I want to breed platies. I have one male and two females. The male is a sunburst platy and the two females are both marigold platies. They are a little bit scared of me for some reason. When I approach the tank, all three of them go to the bottom and wait until I'm gone. They do this even when I'm about to feed them.

They are in a 20 gallon high tank with a shoal of eight male endlers and a dwarf gourami. The tank is fully cycled and has been running for over a year. It has adequate filtration (Whisper 40) and it is heated t0 78*F. I do weekly 25% water changes. I feed them mostly Omega One super color flakes, but they also get algae wafers, bloodworms, Omega One veggie flakes, and Omega One color boost minI sinking pellets. There are plenty of hiding places and there is lots of cover. I have a breeder net and a separate tank for the babies when they're born.

Maybe it hasn't been long enough, but my females aren't getting pregnant. I don't know what else I can do or what's causing them to not breed. I don't see any gravid spots on my females and neither of them look plump.

Maybe you guys have a better idea of what I can do.

Thanks!!

~lovetuv

 

How long have you have them? Can you post a picture of all 3?

 

How long have you have them? Can you post a picture of all 3?

I've had the male for about six months and the females since late November-early Decemberish. They've always been together since I bought the females. I will try to get pictures but they're timid. I'll do my best.

 

Have they suddenly stopped breeding after having bred before? If yes, then how long and how many times they have bredd earlier?

 

Have they suddenly stopped breeding after having bred before? If yes, then how long and how many times they have bredd earlier?

They have never bred before. This will be the first time.

How long have you have them? Can you post a picture of all 3?

Okay, here are some pictures. The male is the orangey one and the females are yellow. The females actually look the plumpest I've ever seen them this evening. I think there might be a gravid spot on one of them but maybe I'm wrong?








Excuse the messy tank, by the way, haha. They're due for a water change on Saturday.

I'm not sure why it posted the pictures more than once. Sorry! I edited it to get rid of the pictures but now I've triple-posted, lol. Mods, feel free to merge the posts.

 

Are they plump because they eat too much? Is the male the one with stripes?

 

Are they plump because they eat too much? Is the male the one with stripes?

No, I don't think so. I don't feed them too much, a pinch of flakes for the whole tank is gone within seconds and then algae wafers go in for whoever wants them (usually my ghost shrimp take them and hide to eat them). The male is the bright orange one. He's also the biggest. He's the one that looks different from the other two.

 

Heres the deal. I've had some plates for a while now, and I'm ready to breed them. What are some ways to breed platies quickly? They don't seem to be interested in breeding, so I need a few tips on water temp and levels that will speed things up

 

First thing is to make sure you have males and females, what size tank do you have them in is the second thing? (and do you have surface cover for the babies? the babies need space to grow and it will keep any spats of aggression down)

 

I have 2 females and 1 male, its a 60 gallon tank with some tetras in it. And yes I do. Why aren't they breeding?

 

The females should be pregnant already if they have been with a male. Once they start looking boxy they are going to drop fry, though being with tetras might make the fry an easy snack...

 

what is the tempter supposed to be, and what level is the Ph supposed to be at?

 

Then I think they are pregnant. I can see a dark spot near the anus of the female in the last pic. Add a lot of hiding places. When you see them much thinner then its a sign they have given birth. I advise you to remove all your adults after that happens.

 

Then I think they are pregnant. I can see a dark spot near the anus of the female in the last pic. Add a lot of hiding places. When you see them much thinner then its a sign they have given birth. I advise you to remove all your adults after that happens.

There's a ton of hiding places, but I was hoping to put the mom in a breeder net when she's ready. I have endlers and a dwarf gourami in there as well as the adults. Is there a way I can tell if she's in labor or something? Or when the time will be close?

 

I keep my sword tails at 24 degrees Celsius and in relatively soft water around 6.8 and they breed constantly. I am always finding 3 or 4 babies hiding in leaves at the top of my tank and I would suspect platys would be the same. I think it could be possible that the male is sterile or all the babies are being eaten before you see them. In that case add another male and 1-2 females and add some java moss and other vegetation for the babies to hide in. Good luck!!

 

There's a ton of hiding places, but I was hoping to put the mom in a breeder net when she's ready. I have endlers and a dwarf gourami in there as well as the adults. Is there a way I can tell if she's in labor or something? Or when the time will be close?

I wish there were a way to know that accurately but sorry. What I used to do is put the female in a small breeder box on a day as close to the 'birth giving' time as possible. When it got stressed it gave birth within a day or two...but I don't recommed this because stress is stress! Of course...I don't do that now. Now I Just see their behaviour and make a rough idea when the spot gets very dark. Experience.:-D I move the female to a nice cycled tank...see some google s or watch a youtube video which is giving birth. See that spot and compare with your spot.

 

Hello,
I have 2 female platies (comet twin color) that has white body with red gils and red fins. In an other tank I have males. One is sunset platy that has red face and tail and yellow body. second male is very vibrant velvet dark red wagtail platy. he literly look like velvet. his color is more maron than red with black tail. females are not big enough so I will wait 1,2 month more to breed them.
since its first time I am breeding them for color so I want to ask you guys that which male would be the best choice to mate with females. best regarding colors and Pattern. what color I can expect with sunset male or what colors in fry I can see with Velvet red male.
would be thankfull for any info

 

Its honestly really hard to tell until you see some grown fry. Might as well mix and match until you find your favorite (if the fish are 'compatible' at all).. IMO