How long until my platy gives birth?

How long until my platy gives birth? I have everything set up for the fry and have lots of anacharis.
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Sorry I got your message and have been reading posts trying to find you. If you look at her from the front does her belly look kind of squared off. if it does than it will be soon her gravid spot also gets darker and bigger than normal. Do you have somewear like a breeder net to put the fry in so that the parents don't eat them? Welcome to the forum and glad you're here. You can feed the babies a finely ground flake food. Alison. I will see if I can find your other thread. hang in there. Alison

 

No, her belly isn't squaring off. That happens usually 2-4 days before they give birth. I can't see the frys eyes yet.

 

Welcome!
It's usually hard to tell an exact date, but I'd say a few weeks. They give birth about every month. Do you know her last birth?

 

I just got her on Sunday.

 

Ok, looks time will tell then. Just keep an eye on her and when she gets boxed shaped then you'll know around the time she gives birth. Hope this helps!

 

So can anyone tell me how long until my platy should give birth? I want to make sure I have proper care for fry because she does so. Just to let you know she has been kinda seperating herself from the other fish. She also has a white circle on her butt if that makes sense?

 

Take her out of the breeding box if that is what is shown in the photo. It will stress her out and probably make her absorb/abort the fry. She seems to to have 1-2 weeks, probably a little more until she gives birth.

 

So what should I do to keep the other females and the Berra from eating the fry?

 

So what should I do to keep the other females and the Berra from eating the fry?

Provide hiding places. Hornwort and other bushy plants will do, but fake plastic vines with leaves for reptiles will also do.

 

Provide hiding places. Hornwort and other bushy plants will do, but fake plastic vines with leaves for reptiles will also do.

Should I just get a big like storage bin and make a cheap tank for the mother for until she gives birth so I don't have to worry about the other fish? I know the mother can still be almost cannibalistic to her children but I would still provide hiding places.

 

Should I just get a big like storage bin and make a cheap tank for the mother for until she gives birth so I don't have to worry about the other fish? I know the mother can still be almost cannibalistic to her children but I would still provide hiding places.

Its still kind of stressful for the mother to be moved close to when she gives birth, and that might also lead to stress, abortion of the fry and probably absorbing them.

 

Its still kind of stressful for the mother to be moved close to when she gives birth, and that might also lead to stress, abortion of the fry and probably absorbing them.

So keep the mother in the tank. What should I do if the other fish try to pester her whilst she is birthing? I will take some plants from my 30 gallon and put them in the tank.

 

So keep the mother in the tank. What should I do if the other fish try to pester her whilst she is birthing? I will take some plants from my 30 gallon and put them in the tank.

She would probably hide in the plant when they do it, and there's not much you can do anyways that's less stressful to her then leaving her alone.