Topic: Help with my Blue Platty

[juscause04]

ok so im pretty sure my blue platty is pregnant and ready to deliver anytime but i have never had platties before so what should i be looking for or should i be doing anything special for her?

[ShieldWolf]

You plan on keeping the fry? They are quite notorious for eating their own. Make sure the lil ones have a place to hide so their is a possibility of survival.

[juscause04]

ok thx i have the momma in a birthing net and when the babies come i will remove her from the net and the babies i will put in there own tank

[RinsMom]

Do the babies have a place to hide in the birthing net?  Otherwise, if you aren't right there,  she may turn around and have a quick dinner..... if you can, put in a bit of moss or something they can hide in.....  Or...... make sure it is the type of breeding/birthing net that has a separate compartment the fry can drop into to hide.

[bulrush]

Birthing nets and boxes are a bad idea. They stress the parent and the babies cannot run away to prevent from getting eaten. Better to have a bunch of fake plants in the corner of the big tank, and leave the mom in the tank. The babies will find the plants and any hiding places and hide there. When my platies would have babies, I had bigger gravel in my tank. They babies would hide in the cracks of the gravel.

Gravel was 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch.

[Dad]

Mine always hid in the plants and gravel. Did not want to keep them but they found enough safety in those simple places to survive.