Platy Problem

[Erik Soballe]

Hey all,

So a while back(few months) I got a male and female platy. Well, the female
died(long long cycling led to fungus etc). So after my tank had finished
it's cycling, I bought a female platy to keep the company of this male
Platy. Well, at least I thought it was a female(must have been a juvenile),
anyways, it turns out to be a male. Well this caused no problems for a
month or two now. But today, I notice the fin on one of them is torn up and
they are circling and fighting each other pretty aggressively. So I caught
one of them and put him in the breeding trap. So the question is now, what
to do about this situation? The obvious solution I guess is to buy
females.. but I really don't want to get 2 to 3 females for each male(As I
probably don't have room for 4-6 new platies in my tank). What do you guys
recommend?

-Erik

[RedForeman ©®]

take it back and exchange for an adult female???
guess...
"Erik Soballe" > wrote in message
news:yAdob.47761$275.117255@attbi_s53...
> Hey all,
>
> So a while back(few months) I got a male and female platy. Well, the
female
> died(long long cycling led to fungus etc). So after my tank had finished
> it's cycling, I bought a female platy to keep the company of this male
> Platy. Well, at least I thought it was a female(must have been a
juvenile),
> anyways, it turns out to be a male. Well this caused no problems for a
> month or two now. But today, I notice the fin on one of them is torn up
and
> they are circling and fighting each other pretty aggressively. So I
caught
> one of them and put him in the breeding trap. So the question is now,
what
> to do about this situation? The obvious solution I guess is to buy
> females.. but I really don't want to get 2 to 3 females for each male(As I
> probably don't have room for 4-6 new platies in my tank). What do you
guys
> recommend?
>
> -Erik
>
>

[NetMax]

"Erik Soballe" > wrote in message
news:yAdob.47761$275.117255@attbi_s53...
> Hey all,
>
> So a while back(few months) I got a male and female platy. Well, the
female
> died(long long cycling led to fungus etc). So after my tank had
finished
> it's cycling, I bought a female platy to keep the company of this male
> Platy. Well, at least I thought it was a female(must have been a
juvenile),
> anyways, it turns out to be a male. Well this caused no problems for a
> month or two now. But today, I notice the fin on one of them is torn
up and
> they are circling and fighting each other pretty aggressively. So I
caught
> one of them and put him in the breeding trap. So the question is now,
what
> to do about this situation? The obvious solution I guess is to buy
> females.. but I really don't want to get 2 to 3 females for each
male(As I
> probably don't have room for 4-6 new platies in my tank). What do you
guys
> recommend?
>
> -Erik

If you can, buy 3 females, at least the size of your males. Then add
some plants for additional shelter. This might improve your conditions
enough.

NetMax

[Erik Soballe]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "Erik Soballe" > wrote in message
> news:yAdob.47761$275.117255@attbi_s53...
> > Hey all,
> >
> > So a while back(few months) I got a male and female platy. Well, the
> female
> > died(long long cycling led to fungus etc). So after my tank had
> finished
> > it's cycling, I bought a female platy to keep the company of this male
> > Platy. Well, at least I thought it was a female(must have been a
> juvenile),
> > anyways, it turns out to be a male. Well this caused no problems for a
> > month or two now. But today, I notice the fin on one of them is torn
> up and
> > they are circling and fighting each other pretty aggressively. So I
> caught
> > one of them and put him in the breeding trap. So the question is now,
> what
> > to do about this situation? The obvious solution I guess is to buy
> > females.. but I really don't want to get 2 to 3 females for each
> male(As I
> > probably don't have room for 4-6 new platies in my tank). What do you
> guys
> > recommend?
> >
> > -Erik
>
> If you can, buy 3 females, at least the size of your males. Then add
> some plants for additional shelter. This might improve your conditions
> enough.
>
> NetMax
>
>

Actually, my lfs was nice and let me trade the male in for a female.. Now
they all live together in peace..

-Erik