I'll keep that in mind, I've never shipped before and would very much prefer to be local but if I don't find anyone around here I'll learn how to ship!
I really like them.. but I didn't think this many babies would make it to adult hood with my blue gourami hanging around.
I'm so close but I probably shouldn't take other fish :-( they're super gorgeous though! If you need help with shipping, I can totally walk you through the process! I had to learn a few months ago as well ^_^ it's not as hard as you think it is at first
Yikes. I know someone who started with 6 guppies, and they now have hundreds. :shock: That's the nice thing about bettas- you can't really breed them in captivity unless you choose to do so!
Your platys are such beautiful fish, though. The iridescence is beautiful. I think I'm in love. My tank is already pretty well stocked, though, even if you were shipping. :-(
I've never really looked at platys before, but I'm looking at these! lol I can't even take my eyes off them- they're so gorgeous. I think that my betta and 5 cories in a 10 gallon pretty much maxes out the bioload, though.
Hmm... I'm not totally maxed out. What's the minimum number of platys you can keep to make sure they're happy? If you even decide to ship them... Cuz I don't want any old platys. I want THESE platys!
However, there are 5 cories and a Betta already in a 10, that's pretty much maxed out. And you can't just have one Platy, well...you can, but it's not very healthy since they are more shoaling fish just like guppies and all other livebearers. So I would not suggest you take them holly unless you have a different tank set up. Platies can get up to about 2.5 inches generally and they will contribute a TON to your bio-load as they're little poop machines!
Okay, good to know. Thanks, lilnaugrim. Alas, my biggest freshwater tank is the 10 gallon. I thought that the betta and cories maxed it out, but I was looking at aqadvisor, and it looked like I had room for a little more. I'm not going to take on any more fish than would be happy and healthy in my setup, so I guess I can't get any platys. They're so pretty, though; I may or may not be drooling a little...
Yeah. Hmm, none of my petstore platys lived long enough to be that big so I didn't know that. I did have a 'jumbo' one (or at least that's how he was marked), and he was only 1.75''.
I mean, if I have adequate filtration and I do about a 50% water chance once a week... it's not the end of the world if I can't find homes for them right away right?
NO! It's crazy! I only have 4 adults! two sunburst and 2 painted... I've never noticed any of them looking pregnant. I saw some teeny fry yesterday so someone had babies the other day... I wish they stayed tiny!
I mean, if I had too I could take them and throw them in a 10 gallon that I have laying around.. but for now they seem fine. I do have TONS of plants in my tank..
Well, when you get to 20 platys, you should start getting them outta there. Also, you don't want your fish to interbreed. This can cause deformities. But, for now, you're fine. You probably don't have to worry for awhile.
Yeah, they should be totally fine for now! If you want to, you can try to encourage some fry to come out of hiding by whacking a net around or something and maybe the parents will eat them *shrug*, probably not the best thing you want to hear haha but it's something you can do if it does become an issue.
You can also use them as feeder fish if you want for someone who has a turtle or an Oscar or some big fish, even Betta will eat the smallest of the fry's.
Q; do khuli loaches eat fry? Maybe you could get some as they are peaceful to community fish and would fit in a 40gal (mostly just black khuli loaches/horseface loach)
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