Blue Platy Pregnant, Pregnant Blue Platy Tropical Fish Forums

I bought her a month ago she was already pregnant and had some scales missing.

Peach watercolor wallpaper. Once a platy is pregnant it will display a number of changes in its appearance as well as minor behavioral changes. It might also move to a secluded area of the tank most probably to the bottom of the tank or in the shelter of some plant right before it is about to give birth. Hi im new to this forum.

Platy fish are live bearing fish and give birth to live fry unlike egg layer fish which lay eggs fertilize them and hatch them outside the body of the female fish. Platy fish is a common name that refers to three species. A female platy fish differs from the male in its fan shaped anal fin.

Platy fish belong to xiphophorus genus and along with mollies guppies and swordfish are a member of the poeciliidae family. They can also have an almost rectangular stomach as well when they are close to giving birth. She looks like a paint platy and if she is that is her design because i have one a male paint platy and if shes not a paint she might be a dalmatian the red one is the paint male and the white and peach one is the dalmatian if she is pregnant she belly will look square and long like a rectangle or it will look like a ball she may or may not have a dark spot near here anal fin that two ways to.

A pregnant platy will develop a noticeably swollen belly. I just wanted to know if it looks like she will give birth soon. Platy fish produce eggs that are fertilized by the male platy while the eggs are still inside the female.

When a pregnant platy fish looks ready to give birth move her into her own tank to protect her young from the male fish. In some cases the expecting female might chase the male aggressively. Xiphophorus come from the greek work xiphos meaning sword and pherein meaning carry.

Its also common for a pregnant female to develop a dark spot near her back fin. The platy neon blue wagtail is an extremely eye catching color scheme neon blue and rosy gray scales combined with black dorsal fins and tail. The female platy fish gives birth to live young rather than to eggs every three to four weeks when it is paired with a male.

I just have a question regarding my blue platy. The southern platy xiphophorus maculatusthe variable platy xiphophorus variatus.