Platy Fish Care Guide (Amazing Beginner Fish)

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Platy fish are some of my favorite aquarium fish. Let's learn how to take care of these great colorful fish in the platy fish care guide.
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0:00 Intro
0:16 Where are platys from?
0:26 Platy species
0:48 Tank size, temperature, and water conditions
2:02 Food for your platy
2:34 Choosing your new platy
2:58 Tankmates for your platy
4:09 Fish that shouldn't live with your platy
4:29 Sexing and breeding your platy

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@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

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@gryaznygreeb 2 жыл бұрын

As an inexperienced fish owner, I put a platy and 5 white cloud minnows together in a 10 gallon tank. For the first few months they were fine, but then the platy began chasing the minnows around. He never actually hurt them, but since then I have moved him into a bigger tank by himself and recently introduced 2 females. If you are going to keep them with other fish, get a bigger tank. My goal is to have nothing smaller than a 20 gallon eventually. 10 is honestly a little too small.

@FishTankBarn 2 жыл бұрын

I keep all of my platies in a 20 gallon or larger. You put them in a 10 but 20s are better

@stubbsaquatics6080 3 жыл бұрын

No surprise..what can I say.. Just another great show.. 👍 up

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris! Appreciate the kind words

@olivermondragon3712 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you so much

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Oliver. Glad that you enjoyed it.

@AquariumCop 3 жыл бұрын

Cool info , great fish. 👍✔️

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you AquariumCop

@brianbrown2266 8 ай бұрын

I have rainbow fish and large Congo tetra they get along beautifully together

@FishTankBarn 8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@dadstekhniktv Жыл бұрын

Nice and very informative, thank you sir...

@FishTankBarn Жыл бұрын

Your welcome, glad that you enjoyed it!

@TheVulcanBard 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea with freezing food! I've only got one 20g tank so I don't finish food quickly. I'll start using that trick

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Vulcan! Glad that you could use that idea.

@yorukkizigeziyor Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful 🐠😍

@FishTankBarn Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it

@johncameron4194 Жыл бұрын

Good video

@FishTankBarn Жыл бұрын

Thanks John

@flybobbie1449 8 ай бұрын

Just lost a platy. 1 of 6. Didn't look ill just went slow, rested in plants. Tail stopped fluttering. Put it in separate bowl but died.

@FishTankBarn 8 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately it happens sometimes.

@randomthoughts1001 2 жыл бұрын

White Mountain Clouds look good with Platys🙂

@FishTankBarn 2 жыл бұрын

Good call Random Thoughts.

@flybobbie1449 8 ай бұрын

No sooner i had platy they gave birth. 5 babies, now another 3 appeared. You can see the babies eyes in their mothers belly.

@flybobbie1449 8 ай бұрын

I have soil sand substrate, planted with guppies, neons, zebra danios, silver tipped tetra.

@FishTankBarn 8 ай бұрын

congrats on all you new fry

@DavidDL 3 жыл бұрын

Platy's were one of my first fish.

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David DL! Plates were some of my first fish as well.

@savannah9041 3 жыл бұрын

It's so hard to find information on fish. Every source says a different thing

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Savannah! Sorry that you are having troubles. I would say to find your local fish club or check out the aquarium co-op forum.

@naegwut 3 жыл бұрын

Yassss

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nanette

@botacc845 2 жыл бұрын

Hello would 5 plattys 4 Cory cats and 4 mollies be fine for a 36 gallon? Or is it to much

@FishTankBarn 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bot Acc! That stocking level would be fine for a 36 galon.

@chinchaia1111 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I just have a couple of questions my first question is... would it be ok for a single plate fish to live alone... and my second question is... I’d it ok to only keep females or only keep males together?

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cinchaia. Both of those scenarios would be fine.

@lallatamodharan6862 3 жыл бұрын

Any care ideas for platy fry

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Lailia’. The care requirements would be the same just the food is smaller. I would use the Aquarium Coop fry food or ground up flake food.

@stuartramplin9265 3 жыл бұрын

If I dont want my platys to breed can I just keep all males or females I currently have 3 danios and 1 platy I had 3 but lost 2 and I'm a beginner have a lot of problems with algae my water is very green even after a water change

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Stuart you can keep all males or all females and they will not breed. I would recommend testing your tank water and seeing what the parameters are and then testing your source water as well.

@daisdais8033 3 жыл бұрын

Are platys bottom or surface dwellers, and what kind of teeth do they have?

@FishTankBarn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daiseree! Platies are middle dwellers, I am not really sure about teeth. They are not really aggressive and generally do not harm other fish

@Noxlion28 10 ай бұрын

Could I get away with one or two platies in a 5 gallon with lots of live plants?

@FishTankBarn 10 ай бұрын

You could for sure. To make sure to keep up on your maintenance.

@Noxlion28 10 ай бұрын

@@FishTankBarn for sure, I just love platys they were my first fish and I can’t think of anything else to put in my 5 gallon (my 20 gallon isn’t set up yet)

@johnjohnsten4158 2 жыл бұрын

The platies in the aquarium hobby are almost entirely hybrids. The red ones are always hybrids. The wag ones are always hybrids. If you put female Xiphorus malaculus platies we with male Xiphorus helleri swordtails the first generation of babies are red with shorter swords than normal. They look like red swordtails with short swords. By breeding back with Xiphorus helleri it is possible to get fish that seem to be red Xiphorus malaculus. In order to get the red color a gene from Xiphorus malaculus must combine with a gene from Xiphorus helleri. The same thing is true true for a wag fish (black fins).

@FishTankBarn 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great information John