whitejade Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hi All, Well the last week or so my Male dwarf Gourami has been trying to buid a nest in the floating plants which is fine except, there are no female gouramis in the Tank. So today when I started my water change and clean out popped 2 baby platies...shock horror ...because I was told the 7 platies I bought were male... Anyway Bully (Gourami) is nursemaiding them chasing the other fish away from the nest he has made for them. With the Platies I thought I had 4 really big fat males.. now it seems like they might be females all pregnant. I will have to wait and see I suppose, I can't even move the babies into the QT as I have new clowns in there at the moment. Regards jade:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afr3178 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hey Jade- Sexing platies is really easy, it's all to do with the fin at the bottom of the fish. Males have a gonopodium which is pointed and females just have a normal fin- look at the bottom fin of each fish for a while and you'll start to notice the difference- a quick google is helpful too That's funny that the gourami is looking after them at his nest he's always wanted to be a dad! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitejade Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hi afr3178 I thought I had looked and agreed that they were male but, obviously I didn't look hard enough...lol.. Bully is still guarding against all comers the ones that are left, but I think by morning they will all have been made into fishy snacks sad to say. Regards jade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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