Help! My platys keep having babies. I started with 2 red wag platys and now i think i have about 20-30. Too many to count, that's for sure. I'm going to run out of room in my house if I have to keep adding tanks!! :huh:
How can I get my platys to stop having fry???
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the only sure way for livebearer "birth control" is to separate the genders. You should do this with the young'uns as soon as they're old enough to sex.
at least you've got the tanks for it!invisible1130 said:
Good luck. It'll be a lot of work, but once it's done you'll have a much more manageable population of platies.
I suggest getting some sort of predator to eat the fry. Dwarf gouramis and bettas to an excellent job IME.
I've ended my relationship with livebearers for just this reason. Heck, when you buy them from the store they are pregnant. Do you have to deal with just that one batch of fry? No Way! They keep getting pregnant for up to six months without even having a male around!
I've got one full grown platy left. She is a female that has (thankfully) stopped having fry. I then have two platy fry in a two gal. tank. If they aren't both females they are headed to the LFS!
I've got one full grown platy left. She is a female that has (thankfully) stopped having fry. I then have two platy fry in a two gal. tank. If they aren't both females they are headed to the LFS!