If it's in a tank with another platy of the opposite sex, it's mated. :P
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).
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!
what do platy fish look like because i want to get my male Betta fish a male platy fish mate and i need to know how big and what they look like so i can put them together please answer soon because i am going on vacation tomorrow want the fish mate by today so he's not lonely while i am gone thank you
no. fish can only mate with fish of the same species. Gouramis mate with gouramis and platys mate with platys.
If the fish are mature and in breeding condition they should mate within an hour or so and he will continue to drive her and mate with her on and off for as long as they are together. I would just leave them alone and let them get on with it.
Hey this is sie. And when my platy had babys I was on va spo I do not know
Yes. They can cross breed because they are of the same species.
There is no reason to do so.
Answer It is the platy's waste.
Platys are Xiphophorus sp. Mollys are Poecilia sp. As you can see they are of entirely different species and so obviously they can not breed with one another.
This could be due to the quality of tank water
first of all the platy fish smaller than the molly and has different colors than the molly's so fry platy will be red if the parents are red or blue if the parents is blue and smaller while the molly fry is bigger than any fry with known colors .. black brown yellow white marble or yellow on black... so did u know = How do you tell the difference between newborn platy fry and newborn molly fry? =