Breeding platies

eigo · 02-26-2008, 12:39 AM

I bought 6 sunset platies from my local fish store last week. 5 females and 1 male. One of the females already had babies a couple of days ago. The babies are in their own tank right now until they get bigger. My question is that will the male go from female to female mating with different ones or will he just stick to one?

Buggy · 02-26-2008, 07:45 AM

He may pick a favorite but chances are he won't stop with one. Thats why is good to have more females then males....so he won't harrass one to death.

**TheOldSalt** · 02-26-2008, 08:15 AM

He won't stop... he'll never stop... It's what he does...it's all he does...!

mesapod · 02-26-2008, 08:16 AM

Be ready to have lots of fry!

eigo · 02-26-2008, 09:12 PM

perfect cant wait.

darkfalz · 02-29-2008, 01:35 AM

They only problem with just one male is that you won't get much variety with the fry.

Kribensis12 · 03-10-2008, 04:56 PM

He'll breed with all of them. What size tank is it? What else is in it?

02-26-2008, 12:39 AM	#1
eigo Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 3 User Feedback: (0)	Breeding platies I bought 6 sunset platies from my local fish store last week. 5 females and 1 male. One of the females already had babies a couple of days ago. The babies are in their own tank right now until they get bigger. My question is that will the male go from female to female mating with different ones or will he just stick to one? __________________ 1 Jack Russell Terrier 1 Begal 1 snowflake eel 1 lion fish 1 porcupine puffer 1 Fahaka puffer 3 Green spotted puffers 2 Figure 8 puffer 1 Twin spotted puffer 7 Dwarf puffers 3 South American puffers 5 Tiger Barbs 2 Rope Fish 1 Silver Gar 2 red tailed black shark 10 crayfish (dont know species) 6 sunset platies alot of feeder snails and ghost shrimp

02-26-2008, 07:45 AM	#2
Buggy Room Mother Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 42 Posts: 659 User Feedback: (0)	He may pick a favorite but chances are he won't stop with one. Thats why is good to have more females then males....so he won't harrass one to death. __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -14 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 various cichlids 20 gal tropical Fresh Water - 5 skirt tetras, 8 zebra danios, 2 cherry barbs, 1 glass catfish, 1 rosey minnow, 1 corydora, 1 ghost shrimp. 3 empty 10 gal tanks

02-26-2008, 08:16 AM	#4
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 257 User Feedback: (0)	Be ready to have lots of fry! __________________ Kevin's Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 2 adult guppies-1 female 1 male-10 1 week old guppy fry, *10 gallon tank-nothing 24 gallon*- 5x neon tetras-3x otocinclus, 3x albino cories

02-26-2008, 09:12 PM	#5
eigo Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 3 User Feedback: (0)	perfect cant wait. __________________ 1 Jack Russell Terrier 1 Begal 1 snowflake eel 1 lion fish 1 porcupine puffer 1 Fahaka puffer 3 Green spotted puffers 2 Figure 8 puffer 1 Twin spotted puffer 7 Dwarf puffers 3 South American puffers 5 Tiger Barbs 2 Rope Fish 1 Silver Gar 2 red tailed black shark 10 crayfish (dont know species) 6 sunset platies alot of feeder snails and ghost shrimp

02-29-2008, 01:35 AM	#6
darkfalz Vishy vishies! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 29 Posts: 476 User Feedback: (0)	They only problem with just one male is that you won't get much variety with the fry. __________________ 40L planted - 1 (opaline?) gourami 160L planted - 9 harlequin rasboras, 3 platys, 3 swordtails, 1 guppy

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02-26-2008, 08:15 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,058 User Feedback: (5)	He won't stop... he'll never stop... It's what he does...it's all he does...!

03-10-2008, 04:56 PM	#7
Kribensis12 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 14 Posts: 109 User Feedback: (0)	He'll breed with all of them. What size tank is it? What else is in it? __________________ My tank's: 30g tank: 1 angelfish 1 Fancy Guppies 2 Zebra Danio's 2 Black Mollies 2 Dalmation Mollies 3 platies ( 5 baby green sailfin mollies and 2 guppies in a breeder, being feed BBS daily) 20g Flat Hexagon 1 baby guppy 1 baby swordtail 1 Baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 10g: 1 baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 1 baby mickey mouse swordtail several baby guppies 1 baby mollie

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