I put some mollies in my 500 gallon backyard pond and they have multiplied like crazy. A great HS biology experiment as Ive got some with blue tails and others with yellow heads now.
Wow this in such a coincidence I bought a group of 5 platys the other day and was looking for a video about them from you and didn’t see any. So that’s perfect timing! Thanks 😀
Thanks for posting this 😊 I’ve had my “big” aquarium for over a year, and I’m currently cycling a smaller second tank for breeding/quarantine depending. I had guppies and then suddenly 30+ babies over 6 months ago, and even with hungry swordtails in the mix I still have about 10 living to adulthood. I love keeping my fish, and learning how to keep them healthy and happy. Love your channel 👍
The ovaries of fish are called gonads, which are a pair of internal organs located near the middle of the body, next to the stomach. The ovaries are saccular and paired, but can sometimes be fused.
Nice work. People often overlook breeding the more common fish, but they are lovely. My angels are on day 6 of a spawn, expecting the fry to be free swimming tomorrow. It is great fun getting back to basics after doing some more complicated and sometimes heartbraking and mind bending stuff.
I have a male that selected a particular female and guards her from rivals, so they have the appearance of a bonded pair. But he also doesn’t constantly harass her like many male live bearers seem to do with females.
I know you're the expert, but some sinking plants are good for them to hide initially. They sometimes sink and sit defenselessly. I do respect the survival of the fittest thing, though. Thanks for sharing this!
I like the way you pronounce platty, not the way we do in the UK. You also keep them very differently than I do. Mine are in an unheated tank that has a temperature range between 14°C and 20°C.they breed like crazy. My fish are also much bigger, the females up to 4 inches and the males are between 1 and 1•5 inches, I use large clumps of Java moss for the babies to hide in. The only problem is what to do with the babies!
i work at a petstore here in canada and i tell people all the time you want houseplants for your tank and most people look at me like im crazy, a few look at me like im a genius but that doesnt happen often
Hi Nick! Platies are my childhood fish and its been a while since I kept and bred them too. I wonder is it true that livebearer nowadays are less robust due to over/inbreeding.. and what can we do about it
I am in the process of converting an old upright piano into a large aquarium - just wondering what house plants you would recommend to grow out of the aquarium? My wife likes indoor plants and I like fish so it is a good way to combine our hobbies
Some platy "species" are a bit tricky to breed but the more common "varieties" you can buy are often already pregnant and giving birth in the store, you might already see BBs but generaly the others eat them as the tanks in stores can be bare of hiding places. You should see fat females with a square bellies for sale along with males anyway. I think live foods are easier safer and better than any prepared or crushed dry live foods. Finely crushed flakes are the best alternative to live, just a small pinch a day. If your store carries live daphnia (the better ones do) buy them and put in a squirt or two from a turkey baster, these will breed in the tank and stay alive indefinately not fouling the water, the new fry will eat the tiny new born daphnia the adults the larger adult daphnia. A few large snails are always a good idea in the begining as they produce compost which produces infuriosa (microscopic tiny live food) which new fry also love. Newly hatched brine shrimp are fantastic the only ones to use are fresh hatched as these have the highest protein so best to hatch yourself rather than buy already hatched which will have spent half a day in the bag at least which substantial lowers their nutritional value. Only problem is unlike daphnia they die pretty soon in fresh water fouling things up. With this all going on you have to watch your tank doesn't crash and turn milky and stunt or even kill all your BBs so a system of water changes/filtration is practicaly unavoidable. If you just want a few BBs just feed the adults as usual, daphina are excellent at getting them to put on condition and give birth, one or to babies will always survive in a well planted tank. OR catch the pregnant females and place in a trap placed in another tank so all the BBs fall out the bottom safely and rear them seperately.
Hi Nick! Could you please tell me the name of the plant that you put in the aquarium? The one that has roots reaching deep into the water! Thanks! :D Have a nice day! :)
My first attempt at a tropical fresh water community tank, I got guppies because I thought it would be cool to have baby fish and 2 platies and a few neon's for since bright colors, never had a baby guppy even though I did have 2 females and 2 males, nobody ever told me about platies breeding ended up with 3 tanks and gave babies away to friends and relatives.
Great stuff as always, Nick! I've got some Mickey Mouse Platys. I guess I can thank Adrian for that one. 🙂 Oh my! They breed like cockroaches. I feel like even the juveniles are spawning. I'm seeing really tiny fry in a tank where I finally removed the adults just because it was getting so crowded. Anyway, keep 'em coming. Thanks and cheers! ~Ron
I have platies and guppies in the same tank since months. Guppies have dropped several batches but yet not even one fry from the platies. What could be the reason? Males of both species are present in the tank.
I currently have a 3 female and one male Hawaiian variutus and am a month into growing out my lil platy fry, too my surprise not only did she just give birth a couple days ago but now another female is giving birth 😂 Idk what to do with 70+ fry
Well, it's not so easy. They grow pretty slow, comparing to other livebearers. Also, they are not so prolific and give birth to just a few younglings. They grow unevenly, and at the end, (often) they are smaller than parents.
I don’t think them eating their babies has to do with a lack of intelligence, since livebearers such as mosquito fish and guppies have been studied it was found they can do very simple arithmetic. I mainly has to do with captive breeding imo. Since in the wild bad parents can’t spread their genes but this is eliminated in captivity. Endler not eating their offspring very frequently further supports my theory.
I won't be having platys again. The bullying is bad. I've separated the males. They're slowly killing each other off from the stress of being attacked. The males are worse but it still goes on with the females.
I bought six of these when setting up my first tank, now I have 22 by complete accident.
I put some mollies in my 500 gallon backyard pond and they have multiplied like crazy. A great HS biology experiment as Ive got some with blue tails and others with yellow heads now.
Wow this in such a coincidence I bought a group of 5 platys the other day and was looking for a video about them from you and didn’t see any. So that’s perfect timing! Thanks 😀
Thanks for posting this 😊
I’ve had my “big” aquarium for over a year, and I’m currently cycling a smaller second tank for breeding/quarantine depending. I had guppies and then suddenly 30+ babies over 6 months ago, and even with hungry swordtails in the mix I still have about 10 living to adulthood.
I love keeping my fish, and learning how to keep them healthy and happy. Love your channel 👍
The ovaries of fish are called gonads, which are a pair of internal organs located near the middle of the body, next to the stomach. The ovaries are saccular and paired, but can sometimes be fused.
love your channel. ive learned to breed betta because of you, now working on blue eye fork tails.
Nice work. People often overlook breeding the more common fish, but they are lovely. My angels are on day 6 of a spawn, expecting the fry to be free swimming tomorrow. It is great fun getting back to basics after doing some more complicated and sometimes heartbraking and mind bending stuff.
These fish are great. I know they are cheap and easy but I wish they got more love on channels.
my all time favourite fish
Really love how you explain things here... It is simplified and so helpful. Thank you..
I started breeding guppies, got bored bc I had so many. Decided to do these ones. Now I have over 60 of them 😅
Variety is the spice of life!
I thought mine would eat some! But no, I have about 50 now haha
can u do a breeding pygmy corydoras video pls? love ur videos
I have a male that selected a particular female and guards her from rivals, so they have the appearance of a bonded pair. But he also doesn’t constantly harass her like many male live bearers seem to do with females.
I know you're the expert, but some sinking plants are good for them to hide initially. They sometimes sink and sit defenselessly. I do respect the survival of the fittest thing, though. Thanks for sharing this!
My molly has just spawned today. That's great!
I like the way you pronounce platty, not the way we do in the UK. You also keep them very differently than I do. Mine are in an unheated tank that has a temperature range between 14°C and 20°C.they breed like crazy. My fish are also much bigger, the females up to 4 inches and the males are between 1 and 1•5 inches, I use large clumps of Java moss for the babies to hide in. The only problem is what to do with the babies!
Good info, Are they variatus or just regular platy like redwag etc? Thanks
@nat-xs2fs I honestly don't know they're just variegated patties, orange and black in colour, similar to the ones in the video.
I think they are called patties pla-tees in the UK. They do well in tanks around 21-23 aswell for variatus
i work at a petstore here in canada and i tell people all the time you want houseplants for your tank and most people look at me like im crazy, a few look at me like im a genius but that doesnt happen often
Hi Nick! Platies are my childhood fish and its been a while since I kept and bred them too. I wonder is it true that livebearer nowadays are less robust due to over/inbreeding.. and what can we do about it
I am in the process of converting an old upright piano into a large aquarium - just wondering what house plants you would recommend to grow out of the aquarium?
My wife likes indoor plants and I like fish so it is a good way to combine our hobbies
Try silver arowana breeding 😊
I found, that keeping them longer term and breeding them for many generations is actually harder than something like guppies.
Some platy "species" are a bit tricky to breed but the more common "varieties" you can buy are often already pregnant and giving birth in the store, you might already see BBs but generaly the others eat them as the tanks in stores can be bare of hiding places. You should see fat females with a square bellies for sale along with males anyway. I think live foods are easier safer and better than any prepared or crushed dry live foods. Finely crushed flakes are the best alternative to live, just a small pinch a day. If your store carries live daphnia (the better ones do) buy them and put in a squirt or two from a turkey baster, these will breed in the tank and stay alive indefinately not fouling the water, the new fry will eat the tiny new born daphnia the adults the larger adult daphnia. A few large snails are always a good idea in the begining as they produce compost which produces infuriosa (microscopic tiny live food) which new fry also love. Newly hatched brine shrimp are fantastic the only ones to use are fresh hatched as these have the highest protein so best to hatch yourself rather than buy already hatched which will have spent half a day in the bag at least which substantial lowers their nutritional value. Only problem is unlike daphnia they die pretty soon in fresh water fouling things up. With this all going on you have to watch your tank doesn't crash and turn milky and stunt or even kill all your BBs so a system of water changes/filtration is practicaly unavoidable. If you just want a few BBs just feed the adults as usual, daphina are excellent at getting them to put on condition and give birth, one or to babies will always survive in a well planted tank. OR catch the pregnant females and place in a trap placed in another tank so all the BBs fall out the bottom safely and rear them seperately.
Good subject :-) My first fish as a kid was black mollies. Nice quality video !
love the edit and production on this vid
He’s not gonna give u a bj bro
Great video as always, Nick! When can I buy some Bug Buffet here in the US? :D
*Jesteś niesamowicie przystojny* 😍
Hi nick i loved the new editing style i can tell you really put in the work.
( what editing app did you use? )
Can you please make a video about how to make a matten filter.
Hi Nick! Could you please tell me the name of the plant that you put in the aquarium? The one that has roots reaching deep into the water!
Thanks! :D Have a nice day! :)
definitely one of the easiest fish to breed!
My first attempt at a tropical fresh water community tank, I got guppies because I thought it would be cool to have baby fish and 2 platies and a few neon's for since bright colors, never had a baby guppy even though I did have 2 females and 2 males, nobody ever told me about platies breeding ended up with 3 tanks and gave babies away to friends and relatives.
Great stuff as always, Nick! I've got some Mickey Mouse Platys. I guess I can thank Adrian for that one. 🙂 Oh my! They breed like cockroaches. I feel like even the juveniles are spawning. I'm seeing really tiny fry in a tank where I finally removed the adults just because it was getting so crowded. Anyway, keep 'em coming. Thanks and cheers! ~Ron
i leave these guys and they multiply so fast
Nick say's I don't recomend adding houseplants because they filter the water.
this is funny to me, my platies keeps on multiplying even though they're no getting any feeding.
I have platies and guppies in the same tank since months. Guppies have dropped several batches but yet not even one fry from the platies. What could be the reason? Males of both species are present in the tank.
How are your superr reds rams going? are you impressed with them?
Great video as always! I love the F*ck Duckweed shirt. Where can I get it
Of course it worked 😂
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What camera and lens do you use for your macro shots?
They are brace bars to add strength and stop the glass flexing. It means you can get away with thinner glass than if it was unbranded.
@@amortimer978 what's that got to do with camera information?
I know you're busy Nick, but wish these vids were a bit longer! Mesmerizing!
why does he glue the glass on the top side of the aquarium? really curious...
I currently have a 3 female and one male Hawaiian variutus and am a month into growing out my lil platy fry, too my surprise not only did she just give birth a couple days ago but now another female is giving birth 😂 Idk what to do with 70+ fry
I keep Platy and Channa from 2023
I dont know why but my platy babies just dont grow they have stayed the same size for months.
You may be short on calcium in the water. They need calcium to grow
@@kylebender6194 Thats most likely the problem thanks for letting me know
How about a video on how to keep Platys from breeding. One for guppies also. Those fish breed worse than rabbits.
Group of only males or only females, there is no other way(to my knowledge)
But Nick did you not say you selling your fish store????
And just keeping fish simple to just enjoy the fish and focus on fish food?
Well, it's not so easy. They grow pretty slow, comparing to other livebearers. Also, they are not so prolific and give birth to just a few younglings. They grow unevenly, and at the end, (often) they are smaller than parents.
Can you do a detailed Tetra breeding video? I have some blueberry tetras im tryna breed
How's the TH-cam business going ,🤪
Considering your selling the shop, 🙃/🤔
Platties, breed like rabbit's
If you cant breed platys you dont own platys lol
lol
I don’t think them eating their babies has to do with a lack of intelligence, since livebearers such as mosquito fish and guppies have been studied it was found they can do very simple arithmetic. I mainly has to do with captive breeding imo. Since in the wild bad parents can’t spread their genes but this is eliminated in captivity. Endler not eating their offspring very frequently further supports my theory.
Earlyyy
I won't be having platys again. The bullying is bad. I've separated the males. They're slowly killing each other off from the stress of being attacked. The males are worse but it still goes on with the females.
Agreed, what live bearers generally do to each other.
this fish(platy) eat their babies when they are born.
My pronouns are pla/ty/fish suddenly 🫦🫦🫦
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