Size – 5.0 - 8.0 cm (2.0 - 3.1 in)
First discovered - Gunther, 1866
Nutrition - Platies will accept most foods. They need foods with algae in them. They also constantly
snack on the algae growing on your tank’s surfaces. The platy also love live foods and frozen foods.
Behavior - peaceful
Maintenance and care – The Platy can be kept in most community aquariums but should not be kept
with large aggressive fish such as cichlids. It should be kept in schools in well planted tank.
Water Parameters – Temperature: 20C-25C, PH: 7-8.3, DGH: 12-18
Breeding – livebearers. This term (livebearers) means that their fry come out swimming and "ready" to
the big World. After mating the fertilized eggs remain in the female abdomen and after wile the female
releasing the fry to open water. Like all livebearers when the female is in pregnant it will develop a dark
triangular shaped gravid spot near her anal vent. At the time the fry comes out recommended to move
them or the parent to other tank or else the parent will eat their own fry.
Photo by: Killer
