My gravid fish

[WateryWorld]

These are platys... gold or what type? They are not supposed to be very old but I guess they are at least 6 mo old.

Anyone know if the orange one is a female too? Even if the orange one is a male, they might not be his babies, but I guess they are somewhat likely to be his.

They've been under high stress -- living in really dirty tank and then cramped in buckets/bowls (with bubbler), but she seems to have gotten bigger and bigger since I got them, so I guess she hasn't aborted.

So I suppose I can give her to a pet store, or let her have the babies here... isolate her, make sure she is warm, have plants and hiding places, feed flakes, that's about it? Are the babies going to have similar coloring to her and the dad? Approx how many babies would survive -- what size tank would I need for the babies, and how long do I keep them separate from the parents?

I'm sure I can find some of this out from reading, but I am trying to decide whether I want to keep these two and have lots of platies, I think I want to keep them.

I guess I would put the orange one into my 125 gal tank for now (and it would be the only platy in there). I have so many separated fish right now!

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

bump.

 

[jpappy789]

platies don't have forked caudals and the mouth should be upturned...that looks more like a cyprinid to me

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

i knew it didn't look like a platy.

 

[jpappy789]

Check out pics for rosey barb...that's my best guess based on the pics. Females are blander in color while males are a darker gold/red.

 

[jm1212]

those are no platies...those are barbs. rosy barbs are a bit bigger though

 

[saram521]

I agree that they're probably rosy barbs, could be younger ones which would explain their size.

 

[WateryWorld]

Oh, well that is interesting that they're a barb mated pair. So not a live bearer, and it says I can wait until the eggs are laid before moving the parents away from the eggs. "The Rosy Barb is one of the larger Barbs that can grow up to 6 inches in the wild. The male is red and gold with black spots near the rear and at the dorsal fin. The female lacks the red color and is mostly golden."

 

[bushwhacker]

2 points that girls not a platy, and if she aint full of eggs she got a bad case of gas

 

[jpappy789]

Barbs don't really "mate"...they may pair up to breed but after that their just fish in the school. And they look far too small to be sexually mature if those are rosy barbs, which I think they are. It looks more like blockage than eggs IMO...