From the article: Red Wagtail Platy
Red Wagtail Platy owner experiences. Have you keep a Red Wagtail Platy? If so, please help other fish owners by sharing what you know about Red Wagtail Platys. Share Your Experiences
My Experience
- I shamefully neglected my aquarium up to six months ago. Only a tiger bard and rummy-nose left! Got it sorted and give it the attention it needed, fully planted, filtered, CO2 reactor (home-made), the works. Spent a fortune on what's best described as a chemistry lab for water testing purposes then found Pets At Home test f.o.c. Anyway, best thing was to have a red wagtail knock out about 40-45 fry one night. Managed to get a small tank to put the fry in and managed to hold onto 12 healthy little fish with mum pregnant again, the little hussy :-) The easiest fish to keep alongside the guppy in my opinion.
- —Guest Nige
Nice fish!
- I had a whole bunch. A lot of them died in a bout of ich, but the only fish that survived was my red wag:) In the second batch of fish I had 2 females. They died in a second bout of ich, but not before giving birth to some fry. It only took 4 weeks for the female to get pregnant. I have 3 of the fry left, growing nicely. My poor red wag died of age (2 1/2 years). It's actually much better if they are not put in nets when they are young. they can die easily in those things. Anyways, these are wonderful fish and super hardy. I'm only twelve, but I absolutely cannot take my eyes off these fish. A few pointers: Males hardly fight at all if anything You can tell if its either alarmed or content if its top fin is open like a fan. Gets along well with swordtails, mollies, gouramies, tetras, barbs and plecos, but usually only relativity small ones. It's almost certain that if you put in a female, they will breed. Always put two females for every male, male can chase to them to the death
- —Guest fishluvr
Red Wagtail Platy with Gold Dust Mollies
- Watch your pregnant or egg-bearing Gold Dust Mollies around Red Wagtail Platies. Even before the Molly is to the point of attracting its male counterpart, the Platy swims along side it CONTINUALLY. I believe this is the reason why the Mollies have not yet borne fry- the Platies disturb the mating process between male and female Mollies. I removed my Platies to a sealed in-take separator, (home made,) and within an hour, the male Molly was getting busy with the three females. Other than this issue, the Red Wagtails appear to be good with the other fish. I have Gold Gourami, Red Glass Rosy Barbs, Gold Twinbar Platies, Cherry Barbs, and the Gold Dust Mollies.
- —Savage223
