platy

So I have this Platy that has Dark spots inside her. She is also pretty...Swollen ? Fat ? I was wondering if the fatness is because she was recently fed or she has babies in her.

So I scored a used tank yesterday and it came with about 60 platies of various age. After filling the tank and turning on the light I notice that the tank is just swarming with disease, got a tiny bit of ich (looks like), some sunken bellies, some stringy white poop, you name it… however I have...

I am a high school student that got into the hobby over the summer. I started with a ten gal, expanded to a 29, then a 55, and now a 75. The 55 and 75 I restored by hand. My dream is to some day get a gigantic tank to keep monsters but I'll have to wait till I have more room.

I like platies. I like both domestic platy species (the ones we've taken and hybridized/developed different color variations with, variatus and maculatus) x. maculatus with its wide array of color variations and cute stubby body, and x.variatus with its size and different array of colors. I'm...

I'm thinking of getting a marbled hrp from Jeff Rapps. I've already thought about dithers, either Columbian blue and red tetras or long fin serpae tetras. (I know, long fin serpae tetra is an oxymoron in itself) I was wondering if you could use platies as dithers. I like platies a lot, they're...

Today I noticed that my biggest platy has almost all of his tail missing and I'm not sure what could have done it, I have around a 2 inch opaline female gourami and 2 small rose lines that have been in there for almost a week and a small around 1 inch striped raphael catfish that I put in 2 days...

Yep, I did it; its a livebearer thread. Let's see what you guys keep. They make great dithers and there's so many different kind. I'll start with a lyretail line I've been raising for a while. They grow fairly large for a sword. Here's a young male and non lyretail female. I'll see if I can find...

Hello everybody! Name's Angel. I'm a nerd (note username) and I've always loved aquariums. I've had dozens since I was a small child, but the ones from childhood I can't remember what happened to. First one I can remember eactly what was in it and how it started and how it ended was from...