Pregnant Platy!

WhiteCloudMinnows
  • #1
I just bought two platies and, after taking them home, discovered that they are male and female! (Don't worry, the tank is 26 gallons and the male ignores her) The female is pregnant and I'm wondering if the fry will survive. I've never had fish breed before, so I have no experience with it.
Details on the tank-
Tank size: 26 gallons
Decorations: 1 narrow-leaf java fern, 1 anubias nana, 1 large plastic plant, 1 small plastic plant, a smallish cave
Substrate: Large gravel with heart decoration like this-
Residents: 2 sunset platies, 6 white cloud mountain minnows, 1 ghost shrimp and soon to have 4 emerald corydoras and 6 zebra danios
 
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BottomDweller
  • #2
If you have moss and floating plants the fry have a good chance of surviving. Do you want the fry to survive?

Also cories are schooling so you should have 6+
 
WhiteCloudMinnows
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
If you have moss and floating plants the fry have a good chance of surviving. Do you want the fry to survive?
I forgot to mention, but I do have a big merino moss ball and I want the fry to survive
 
BottomDweller
  • #4
Taller moss like java moss is better as a hiding place for fry.

If you want the fry to survive then I recommend you remove any fry you find and put them in their own 10 gallon tank or a breeder net. Partly so they don't get eaten but mostly so they're easier to feed, keep clean and monitor.

I have a very similar set up to you in my 63 gallon. I have 5 platies (1 male, 4 female), 8 danios, 8 WCMM, 3 guppies and 2 dojos. I have salvinia, java moss and many other plants. Before I got the dojos the platy fry survived fine in the tank before I caught them.
 
WhiteCloudMinnows
  • Thread Starter
  • #5
Taller moss like java moss is better as a hiding place for fry.

If you want the fry to survive then I recommend you remove any fry you find and put them in their own 10 gallon tank or a breeder net. Partly so they don't get eaten but mostly so they're easier to feed, keep clean and monitor.

I have a very similar set up to you in my 63 gallon. I have 5 platies (1 male, 4 female), 8 danios, 8 WCMM, 3 guppies and 2 dojos. I have salvinia, java moss and many other plants. Before I got the dojos the platy fry survived fine in the tank before I caught them.
Okay, thanks!
 

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