Hi William,
 Couldn't help butting in !
-> Hi there Michael.  Do you really have a problem with your platy's
-> breeding that much?  What do you have in your tank, or what do you
-> do, that has them breeding left and right?  While it is apparently a
-> problem for you, I'd like to get the same thing happening here.  So
-> far, we haven't had anything breed. William
  My mom-in-law has a 20 gal. community tank, with all types of fishes,
live-bearing, egg-laying, etc., and her live-bearers all go NUTS
constantly!  Between the guppies, the platys, and the swords, she's got
probably 150+ babies at any given time!  She keeps the babies in a
seperate 10 gal. tank, once they're born.
  Her trick, as far as I know, is keeping the temp up just a bit, around
78, and the ph pretty steady at 6.4 (I know, it's supposed to be higher
for live-bearers, but.... it works for her).  I don't have a clue past
that what makes her so lucky, but... I hope this helps.
 Trace
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