Four to five weeks from mating to the birth of the brood is normal, but by the time she is large enough and showing an obvious enough black spot to confirm the pregnancy, you may only have to wait three weeks.
Once a female Platty is old/large enough (around 6-8 weeks) it will be impregnated by any of the males in the tank. The same applies to all livebearers. A female can have several lots of young from the one fertilisation. I have had a Platty bear up to 4 lots of young with no male in the tank. The most young I've seen from 1 lot was from a Sword Tail who dropped 76.
The average life span of a platy is 3 to 5 years.
Although platypuses are mammals, they lay eggs. There is no true gestation. However, it takes about 28 days for the eggs to develop, and then about 10 days of incubation until hatching.
2-3 years.
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It takes around 3 - 4 weeks for a platy fish to give birth.
Answer It is the platy's waste.
They do mate! As long as you have 3 females with 1 male and you keep the tank well planted and at the right temp!
A platy is a type of tropical fish. It is not a quantity or measure so one can not have a "platy of" anything including guppies.
Platy de muzquiz was created in 1988.
Platy cuatro cienegas was created in 1963.
The root word "platy" means flat or broad. It is commonly used in various scientific terms related to flat or broad structures, such as "platypus" (a flat-footed mammal) or "platysma" (a broad muscle in the neck).
Platy minerals are micas(muscovite and biotite) and chlorite
A Platy is a Platy it is either a Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus. Colour does not matter at all. They are all the same species and can interbreed. They can also cross breed with Swordtails (Xiphophorus helleri).
A platy may begin to breed starting around 4 months of age
Hey this is sie. And when my platy had babys I was on va spo I do not know
Chordata