how to breed fish

[billy247777777777]

Hello I would love to know how to breed fish I have 3 platys 1 mollie 1 red tailed shark I no I'm not sopsed to have it in my 20 gal tank. Also I have 1 fry in a breeder net and I also have 6 plants 3 real and 3 fake any tips on how to keet my fry. Also I'm looking in to buying a 5 or 10 gal tank for my fry when I have more so any ideas thanks.

[Aeonflame]

1. Put male and female platies together

2. When female gets a large dark spot at the bottom of her abdomen, separate her into another container with hornwart in it

3. After she releases the fry, move her back into the main tank

4. Enjoy your new fry.

[bignellm]

^^^^ +100 to this advice.
How to make them breed, add water, add fish, and bingo. Fry in a few weeks.
I also find hard water puts Platy in the mood and more female than male. Sexing them is straight forward. Pretty much the same way as mammals. See a fin that is tightly held to body and looks like a penis, is a male. See no fin of this description, is female. Alot of females you buy happen to be already pregnant at time of purchase as well.
Good luck

A diagram is found here:
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ad.php?t=27362
I'm soo adding this to my signature links ;)

[billy247777777777]

Does any one have a pic of a pregnant platy?

[bignellm]

Does any one have a pic of a pregnant platy?

Give me a couple minutes, I'll post one of mine.

[billy247777777777]

Give me a couple minutes, I'll post one of mine.

Ok thank u so much

[bignellm]

Here's a picture of the one I call "Big Mama"
As you can see in the pic, this is late stage pregnancy. She exhibits the classic swimming sideways "P" shape. As she comes closer to term, you will see little black dots inside her, the Fry's eyes. In darker colored platy, you would not be able to see the fry, however, she will still show the swimming "P" shape and will get darker around her rear just before birth.



Sorry about the blurriness, she was hard to catch on my camera phone

[billy247777777777]

ok cool here is a pictor of my platy would u say she is pregnant??

[billy247777777777]

Here's a picture of the one I call "Big Mama"
As you can see in the pic, this is late stage pregnancy. She exhibits the classic swimming sideways "P" shape. As she comes closer to term, you will see little black dots inside her, the Fry's eyes. In darker colored platy, you would not be able to see the fry, however, she will still show the swimming "P" shape and will get darker around her rear just before birth.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...escription.jpg

Sorry about the blurriness, she was hard to catch on my camera phone

Ok I posted a pic of my platy would u say she's pregnant ?

[bignellm]

Well, it's not late stage if she is. The red area near the rear is there. I would say this is a mid-stage pregnancy. She's definitely not caring tons of fry yet, as mine do. I could be wrong, if this is her first pregnancy, and as the signature P I see isn't quite there yet.