platy behavior??

I have 2 platies. Male= salt and pepper. Female= double bar platy. Well, the female's body will get all big to the point it is almost like a box. So, you think she is going to have fry. Well, the next day or something she will get smaller and I don't ever see fry. Then she will get kinda fat again. I have never seen any fry and I have had her for months. I don't understand why she gets fat and then small so quick. This happends in a matter of days (her getting bigger than smaller), not like a month. So, it isn't the span of her gestation period. What could this be? Oh, and she is healthy. Thanks!

 

My platies are so fat they always look pregnant. Try feeding frozen peas once a week to make sure she is not constipated. Not sure but maybe she is eating the fry that she does have.

 

LOL... I'm with reds! I keep hoping my platies will get preggo but it just seems that they are fat.

 

Yes, I have thought that the fry might be getting eaten, especially with the kinds of fish I have in my tank, but I think that I would see at least 1 at some point?!

 

I suspect they are getting eaten too. It only takes about five minutes. I know because as a kid I saw baby sword tails being devoured by their parents! I screamed for my parents to do something but they were ill-prepared at that time.:'(

 

I don't think you'd necessarily see any. They are small and can get eaten very quickly.

 

Yup, the other night I saw fry. All were gone the next morning. So, I got some java moss