I just got a new platy, but I don't know what kind it is. Can anyone help me?

Question

It looks like this:

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/livebearers/red_hifin_platy1.jpg

But it has shorter fins, so i think it's a female. I need to know what kind of platy she is so i can look up some info about how to care for her, can anyone help me?

Never mind, i just figured out what it was. It was a red hifin female platy.

http://www.pet-fish.net/pic-livebare/platy.red-hifin-shortbody.jpg

Thanks everyone! But I still need the maintance info!

Answer 1

If it's that color but shorter fins, it's a brick red platy and probably a pure strain, not a hybrid. You can tell the sex by looking at the bottom most fin under the belly of the fish. If it's pointed like a tube, that's a male. If it's normal looking then your fish is a female. If it's a female adds are very good she is pregnant just from the time spent in the shops tank exposed to males, they really do breed that easily.

One this page, the top left molly is a male and the top right fish is a female.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile4.html

That page also has good info about them.

MM

Answer 2

If it's dorsal fins are shorter than the pic , it is just a regular red platy. The basic care would be the same for any type of platy.

Answer 3

Probably a sailfin molly.

You can probably keep him/her in water in the high-70's-degree F range, and keep the PH around 7.5. Mollies/Platys will do good with ordinary tropical flake food.

Try the links below.

Answer 4

Its a sailfin hybrid. Platys and mollies can breed together. Thats wot u got.

Answer 5

the fish pic looks like a sailfin mollie. the second one looks like a normal platy.

Answer 6

It is a red high fin

Answer 7

i dont really remember but i think it was red high fin or red hiffin fin not sure