Reply To: Dwarf Sunset Platies!
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Found this in an article on an article on platys at http://www.aquaticcommunity.com
You can see which Platy are female and which Platy are male by looking at their gonopodium. A gonopodium is the anal fin, or more precisely the anterior portion of the anal fin, that has turned into a copulatory organ. Both male and female fish can display a large gonopodium, but a male Platy will display a gonopodium that is elongated and much larger than that of a female gonopodium.
Weirdness! I guess that explains Jesse. The one I got before was definately male though. Didn’t have the body shape.
The girls are in the 22 gallon, all by themselves, right now. My main tank with the males is having fin rot problems so is being medicated.
Damn fishys always choose the worse time to get a disease!
Oh well, I have a divider to make anyway.
But honestly, my betta and rainbowfish look really ragged now. I didn’t see anything amiss yesterday. Fin rot moves fast (in my experience) though. Hope they’ll be alright.
– Atlantis