Tuesday, January 09, 2007

What The?

It's too weird.

I separated my male and female fish a few weeks ago. Two weeks after that, my red platy gave birth. I thought, okay, she got pregnant before I separated her.

It's been two weeks now since she had the last birth. There were seven baby platys. The male platys have been living in a separate tank.

Today, I found four new infant platys in the tank. She gave birth again? Where did those platys come from? They are definitely not from the birth two weeks ago. They are much smaller than those fry.

Can a fish give birth two weeks apart for the same pregnancy? Was there an immaculate conception? What are the fish doing?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mating with her young? Eewwwww.....

The Sylph said...

Her young are too young - the oldest is about three months. Platys don't mature till they are about eight months.

It's birthing with a two-week rest in between. Or immaculate conception with a speedy gestation. We just had Christmas. It's a miracle in my tank!