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timfee
07-14-2009, 03:33 PM
At what size do male platy fry get a gonopodium? None of my platy fry have one so I was wondering are they all female or is it just that they have yet to grow them?

I have 6 fry and they are over 1/2' long and are really becoming recognisable as platys so I thought it was a bit strange that none of them have gonopodiums. Do platy normally give birth to many more female than males?

Wetpets
07-14-2009, 03:49 PM
At what size do male platy fry get a gonopodium?

When the girls wear fishnet stockings...

Kidding. Look at the anal fins, usually the juvenile females will start to flare out a bit, while the males remain clamped to it's anus / belly. Other than that I don't think you can tell before around 2-3 months.

Chazbot
07-30-2009, 04:16 AM
I've got some Platy fry that are just over a month old and all of them still look like females. I definitely agree with WetPets.

graceluvsplatys
08-11-2009, 10:19 PM
if they all look female, they might just all be female. ive had all one gender births before.
just wait and see.