I just had to catch ANOTHER four platy babies. One encounter with a male and so far I've removed 8 fry from the female only tank. It is so annoying trying to catch a swimming grain of rice. These four will live in my tank which specifically houses the fry until they're big enough to sex. Four in four out I guess
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They can keep giving birth for up to 6 months without a male once they’ve mated. Likely not the last time your going to deal with it.
This family of livebearers, which includes guppies, platies and mollies, store sperm in their body so that they can keep getting pregnant automatically.
Very unlike humans or some other livebearing fish which need intercourse each time (if it’s even successful)
take a fish that will hunt the fry
I’d say “darn those horny fish” but one of the comments said they can store sperm for up to 6 months so I think I’m mostly in awe.
Hopefully this is the last of it!