Sunday, August 2, 2009

Pregnant tropical fish?- platys?

I have a female platy that is pregnant and has been for atleast 3 weeks, she is still eating perfectly fine and the babys look like they are going to come out anytime now, this si the second time it as been pregnant and it looks bigger than when she was pregnant before does this mean she is going to have more than the previous birth?
How long do you think ( honnest) it will be until she drops ?
thanks dany
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I was recommend to go to the following link, it has helped alot. Even has some videos of pregnant and giving birth guppies!. What to look for at least.
Good luck my first lot of babies all got eaten only cause I didn't know that mum had delivered.
Maybe she will deliver today i dunno with out seeing your fish...but congratulations daddy
arrr thats well cool i wish mine were havin babes!! who knows i guess you'll just have to wait an see!
Could be very soon and there could be more fish....."A Tank Filled Platty Plus" .
It's not a sure sign that she will have more just because she is larger this time around. It could be larger babies. That said, odds are good she will have a few more, most females do on the second time. In fact, they often don't get tot he really larger broods until they are 12-18 months old. They are usually about 5-6 months when you get them from a shop.
Average gestation time for platys is about 28 days, bu that's just an average and she could have them as much as a week early or 3 weeks late and still not be out of what is considered to be normal. So to answer the question, yes, it could be any day, but expect it to take another week or so.
MM
they are pregnant for about 28 days so she should have them sometime this week, watch out for her sitting at the bottom or hiding.
mine had a white looking spot near her anus and later that day I looked into the tank and seen the fry hiding in the java moss.

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