platy fish

Oct 23, 2009
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Hi! I have 2 Orange Platy fish 1 a male and 1 a female. But the male platy doesn't seem like he is intrested in the female. He doesn't want to mate with her. What could be the problem and how can i breed with them???
 

Doomhed

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you have to usually keep platies in 3-1 groups, 1 male to 3 females. Also, your female might be older and past breeding age. Just like in humans, when a female platy gets to a certain age, male platies are way less interested.
 

Newman

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that or she's already pregnant or he is afraid of her and she lets him know that she's not interested. As a rule you should keep 3 females to every male, so I advise getting more of them...