GisheryGoodness Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I thought one of my platys was just pregnant but now I'm not really sure. She's chasing glass occasionally and not really swimming with the others. Other than that no odd behavior, still eating and I've seen her poop. But I'm worried it's dropsy instead. She has a white spot on her anal spot? And is very large. I'm just very worried, I can't seem to get a good pic really, and I'm not sure if she looks like a pinecone from above, I dont think so but I'm not sure what exactly that means. Tank parameters are all normal. Ammonia- 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate btw 5 and 10 Ph - 7.6 Gh - 10 Kh - 6 Temp - 78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 How long has she been like this? My first guess is dropsy, and keep on looking for signs of pinecone scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisheryGoodness Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 8:12 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: How long has she been like this? My first guess is dropsy, and keep on looking for signs of pinecone scales. She has been a little fat for a couple of weeks hence thinking pregnant but only this big for 2 almost 3 days now. Normally I'd move her to quarantine but I just got a new fish for another tank so I'm not sure that I should do that. I've been just watching closely so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Give her another 3 days and see if she shows any signs of dropsy, or she may drop some fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisheryGoodness Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 1:23 PM, TheSwissAquarist said: Give her another 3 days and see if she shows any signs of dropsy, or she may drop some fry. I'm going to take a guess that she dropped some fry though I haven't found any yet. May not find any with the other greedy platys and a betta but this is her now. Still a bit larger than usual though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I’ll tag @Guppysnailbecause she is a frequent poster in the disease forum. And maybe @Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I only ever had 1 male platy. I do have guppies though. When they square like this it is just prior to birthing. The fry most likely got eaten or you may still find some. They are excellent at hiding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisheryGoodness Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 5:42 AM, Guppysnail said: I only ever had 1 male platy. I do have guppies though. When they square like this it is just prior to birthing. The fry most likely got eaten or you may still find some. They are excellent at hiding. Thank you! That makes me feel better. She just seemed so much bigger than the other two that I've had give birth so I wasn't sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 8:42 AM, GisheryGoodness said: She just seemed so much bigger than the other two that I've had give birth This means she eats the most. Amount of babies usually corresponds with food. She must be your best competitor. My piggy guppy girl gets so big it’s scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Platys are able to bear up to 80 fry… wouldn’t surprise me if you stilll got a decent amount of survivors . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Could be eggbound rather than disease. Tagging @Colu as well for another opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 7:34 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Could be eggbound rather than disease. Tagging @Colu as well for another opinion. More than likely just given brith and just a little fat when I kept platy's they were prone to over eating putting on the pound's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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