Best Beginner Fish - Platy Care and Breeding Guide

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Hey all,
Today I wanted to discuss with you some care information for what I consider to be the best beginner fish, the Platy.
There are 3 types of Platys, an awesome robust livebearer which is great for new hobbyists to enjoy.
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@theaveragesimmer4780 Жыл бұрын

I started out with one female guppy. I called her big mama because she was huge. She was obviously pregnant. 10 years later she is long gone, but my tank is littered with her great great great great grandchildren. Once I introduced male endlers into the population, ive gotten some of the most amazing looking livebearers. Love guppies. Love platys.

@treewitch666 11 ай бұрын

Me too, love platys…never kept guppies though. I got calico platys and they are so beautiful and such lovely natured fish.

@ShelPerk 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tips!

@anneharkin168 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very helpful 😊

@Everything-dr1wb Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video 🙂👍

@mattwideman3986 3 жыл бұрын

Great summary. Thank you.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@fortiersfish2522 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Blake!

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@marypaigeflynn4512 3 жыл бұрын

The Platy♥️ so I find it interesting that these are easier in your opinion than a guppy... I've never really kept Platies. I did have a couple of swordtails as a kid though.. And all the different colors... win win!! Thanks for another great species spotlight!! Definitely another addition to put on my list for my new community tank.. Decisions decisions. Thank You Blake and I hope you have a very blessed and beautiful day my friend! 😁🤔🌿🐟🌿💚😎

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Cheers Mary. Yeah I find platys bulletproof where some people do struggle with guppies a lot.

@DanielKeepingFish 3 жыл бұрын

Great and complete guide on the ultimate beginner fish there mate.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@darcy3284 3 жыл бұрын

I’m getting some on Friday I’m so excited

@hello_world1897 Күн бұрын

@@darcy3284 I know I’m three years late but how were they?

@boges11 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Blake. I keep mine in a pond all year round, where it gets to about 10C in winter, and they don't mind it at all. You didn't mention that they are a pretty good algae eater. I throw some plants in the pond, from an unbalanced tank I have, and they are clean in a day. I also saw a flyer in my LFS the other day saying Frogbit is banned now. Don't remember if it was WA or all Aust.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Gday Boges, quite right a lot of them do enjoy munching on some algaes, I should have promoted that. I think here in victoria it gets too cold for frogbit to survive but I am fairly sure it is banned in warmer states like NSW.

@cheveburkinshaw860 3 жыл бұрын

I never kept maybe one for the future. Great vid again thanks

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

One to consider for your planted tank 👍

@cheveburkinshaw860 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics thanks may just see what’s available tomorrow

@yoinkaim1499 Жыл бұрын

Your a 👑Legend👑👊 Thank you I learned so much here in 5 minute's then 30 min of me Bombarding the Pet store guy with questions.😹 P.S He gave me lots of misinformation,LOL anyways Have a fantastic Friday.😎

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

🤣 isnt that always the way

@user-pm6nc3xg9c 9 ай бұрын

Just started with Platy's. I love them. Lot of fish seem half asleep, but these are playful and colourful, constantly eating micro food. They chase each other, bit naughty nudge each other, or swim around in pairs, sometimes they do shoal. And at night they rest by floating around sleepy, that's cute.

@user-pm6nc3xg9c 9 ай бұрын

Started with 3, now 6 plus 3 babies. I didn't want any fish that looked bored or trapped.

@catherineaustin5952 Жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks for the video. I have 2 platies. 1 gave birth to 12 fry after only a couple of weeks of having her from the pet store. I think she may be about to give birth again 😮

@PalJoey-on1yi 3 жыл бұрын

In my experience, platys, as well as the other common live bearers, need a pH over 7.0 (neutral) for the best long term health. I always felt this was probably due to the greater mineral drain on their bodies as the result of their breeding habits (live fish as opposed to small eggs). But I have no proof. In New York, with soft acid water, I always got a slow wasting effect unless I added calcium to the water, whereas in Chicago, with a tap water pH of 7.4 - 7.8, I never had a problem.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah id agree with that. Variatus can handle cooler temps and lower ph better than southern, hence the 6.8 minimum suggested. I always sit a big piece of limestone in the back corner of tanks regardless to buffer things up for them

@whitecloudmountainminnowpr6353 3 жыл бұрын

I have the sunset variatus highfin ones and blue micky mouse platies. I'm going to cross them together.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Great choices!

@amicah4517 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about getting a trio of neon blue wagtail platies although it would be an impulse purchase...

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Those are the best kinds of purchases lol

@PaulC.494 3 жыл бұрын

Have four platies from Petbarn in quarantine how do you think they will go?

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Love it! You should do well with them 👍

@UrbanHafner 3 жыл бұрын

I need to keep some Platies again. They were my favourite in the beginning. I prefer them over the guppy also because they keep their color down the line for much longer than the guppy who quickly returns to a "wild form".

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

agree. cheers

@UrbanHafner 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks to this video I'm now planning tank no. 5 instead of just planning tank no. 4. 🤣🙈

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

@@UrbanHafner hahaha excellent 👌

@UrbanHafner 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Now I wonder what will happen once we can travel again. I normally go away 6-8 weeks during the (Northern) summer and I don't want it to be too difficult for whoever keeps of the fish. Have you done a video on what you do? It seems quite difficult for you to go away for a while. 2 weeks is fine, I never do anything, but longer seems a bit problematic.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

@@UrbanHafner i rarely go away longer than two weeks at a time anyway so im yet to have that problem. Usually i just leave them and theyre fine or i make a video instructing my brother what to do step by step

@taryziforde7662 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid as usual, wife watched this and was like “I like them, maybe I should get some”...

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

You should!

@ryanmates1386 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I tried taking out my pregnant guppy, but when I did she didn't give birth. So I put it back into the original tank, and the next day I had 5 babies. The next day, the guppy had 23 more babies and now they are all living happily. :)

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@chanilaknucreat9627 3 жыл бұрын

🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠

@micmalawi Жыл бұрын

Would platys and corys be able to breed and coexist in a tank or would one eat the others offspring?

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

the platys would eat the cory eggs but the platys would breed.

@oliverwoodhead3399 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Blake, my platy is eventually getting to the stage of getting a fully see through tail with a little bit of black from the original colour. Is this meant to happen? Thanks

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

that is a bit unusual, if the discolouration is only to the tail I wouldnt be too concerned, platys can change colour as they grow, but if the platy is totally faded and losing colour everywhere it could be a sign of poor health of illness.

@oliverwoodhead3399 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics no it’s just in the tail. Thank you so much I was really starting to panick😄

@jamiehiller9441 Жыл бұрын

Hi folks.I’m a new to the whole aquarium thing I was wondering if somebody could tell me If platys get on well with cardinal and neon tetra’s. I would love to own some platys Thanks :)

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Yes they do

@jamiehiller9441 Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks man!👍

@FuryRex09 3 жыл бұрын

My male platyfish attacks (at least it seems to) my other female, it is a different color but I think they're all southern platyfish, does color matter? And why is it attacking my other female?

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

He is trying to breed. Id suggest getting 1 or 2 more females to even things out

@Boss-zo4lw 2 жыл бұрын

I got a tank with 20 male guppies and just added 2male and 4female platies, will my guppies harass and try to mate with my female platies???

@BlakesAquatics 2 жыл бұрын

No they cant interbreed

@Boss-zo4lw 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Im confused because the male guppys chase the female Platys constantly

@williamsmerdon959 3 жыл бұрын

I have a MM male platy and a female MM platy. The male absolutely hates and bullies my twinbar female platy. As soon as she swims out he chases her to the corner of the tank. Although ironically, she is the only 1 who has given birth as I have a small twinbar that's about 1/4 inch long.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

you might find that he isn't bullying he is in fact trying to make babies :)

@Anonymous-aussie 3 жыл бұрын

i never have any luck with these.. every other fish i have generally thrives, just cant win with platys and never have... great video tho

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, wonder what it could be. have you tried getting from another source?

@sohaibqargha10 Жыл бұрын

will platies eat damselfly nymphs?

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Nah damselflies are too nimble

@darina238 3 жыл бұрын

Are platies known for eating aquatic snails? I recently found my rabbit snail's shell empty and the only fish I have in that tank is four platies and a julii corydora catfish.

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

My guess would be it died naturally and the corydoras cleaned up the body overnight

@rellz5783 3 жыл бұрын

I got them and the tanks blury

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Cloudy you mean? Might be ammonia from not enough bacteria / not cycled. If you have a friend with a fish tank borrow some of their filter media

@rellz5783 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics oh alright and should u get plants for the tank

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Always

@rellz5783 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics apparently, the babies die how should I avoid it??

@BlakesAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of plants will give them hidong spots and small foods and greatly increase survival

@user-cm2ol7kq3z 8 ай бұрын

Platys do alot of pooping I want less 💩 pooping fish they look very like goldfish another big 💩 pooping fish I would go for a gourami or Betta just one in 15 gallon tank. Appreciated replies?

@jaxxonfishroom 7 ай бұрын

I'd do a Betta or tetras

@user-cm2ol7kq3z 7 ай бұрын

@@jaxxonfishroom thanks 👍