The platy fish is an excellent fish for beginners. They are a simple fish, they're extremely hardy yet. They come in hundreds and thousands of colors and shape variations this makes a platy a fun fish to have since it's easy to care for and provides a variety of colors of choose from. So, here's everything you should know if you plan to keep a platy.
The platy comes to us from Central America. They get about an inch or two in size in the aquarium and they are very peaceful fish. They'll get along with pretty much any fish that doesn't eat it and makes one of the best community fish thay you can keep. They should be kept in water with a temperature in between 65 and 78 degrees, and with a slightly higher pH of about 6.8 to 7.6.
When it comes to the set up most fish appreciate live plants but the platy will be happy with any decorations so get creative. There are so many colors available, so i recommend shopping around before settling on just orange platies, not that there's anything wrong with them.
Another great thing about this fish is that easy to tell the males from the females, serious a diagram you can use when choosing your platy. It's recommended you keep a three to one female to male ratio. You do this to avoid stress on the females platies, note and if you keep the males and females together they will mate, keep an eye out for a female platy with an enlarged belly, you will even be able to see the eyes of the fry and light colored platies. Separate the female in a breeders net if you want to keep the fry alive and isolate them until they're big enough it's not fit in the mouths of your aquarium fish, before introducing them back in. If you don't want to keep all the fry, the mom will just release them in the aquarium or the other platy or fish will chase them and eat them.
The platy only lives about 3 years which is actually beneficial, you can learn a lot about keeping them and as you grow experience, you can keep more advanced fish to replace your platy.
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