Connor Elliott Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I have 3 male platys and they keep flaring and nipping at each other and I don’t know what to do I was just thinking of getting females instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardeepTheLondoner Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I wouldn’t go straight to adding females, it’s likely the males will start chasing them too. Does the tank have lots of cover? Is the line of sight broken up? Are they doing it all to each other or is one being targeted? Any other tank mates? Tank size? Answer these and hopefully we can narrow it down 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes L. Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I'm guessing if they're acting aggressively to each other they must be in a small tank? I have a 10 gallon with platys and I had the same problem. I solved it by putting in lots of plants....or actually a few plants, and then the plants grew. The fish love to hide in them and I haven't seen any aggression now that they have tons of places to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, HardeepTheLondoner said: I wouldn’t go straight to adding females, it’s likely the males will start chasing them too. Does the tank have lots of cover? Is the line of sight broken up? Are they doing it all to each other or is one being targeted? Any other tank mates? Tank size? Answer these and hopefully we can narrow it down 🙂 Yes the tank has lots of plants and logs and cover they seem to be doing it to each other The tank is 10 gallons and the tank mates are one beta and three Cory doras 1 of which is in a hospital tank and I am dosing the quarantine trio in the main tank since one of the platies is new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Wes L. said: I'm guessing if they're acting aggressively to each other they must be in a small tank? I have a 10 gallon with platys and I had the same problem. I solved it by putting in lots of plants....or actually a few plants, and then the plants grew. The fish love to hide in them and I haven't seen any aggression now that they have tons of places to hide. I will probably plant more plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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