Platy Fish – Best Beginner Livebearer?

Platies are so colorful and easy, but they have some special requirements that you need to know.

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0:00 Why platies are my favorite livebearer
0:53 Different types of platy fish
1:29 Water conditions for platies
3:15 Food and diet requirements
5:10 Tank mates for platy fish
5:41 How to breed platies

[kristyburgess]

My darling carer got me some baby danios and Platys. They are all in love with my catfish Charlie and he's so sweet and gentle with them 🤗

[royalspin]

Gorgeous Betta you have there 👍 After a couple decades of having a variety of different kinds of aquatic critters including saltwater, I decided to go back to my roots and got some live-bearers like the platy . I've always loved the variety of colors that are available and the fact that they're excellent at eating algae and that they're very forgiving on water conditions . They're a great fish for those who are just starting the hobby .

[emmafuston]

Wow, those dwarf chain loaches are beautiful!

[ciber]

I have kept a lot of different fish species, starting from big cichlids to saltwater pufferfish, and something that i always loved to have and breed was livebearers, specially platys and guppies, it is never boring to have these boys, awesome video!

[hampton]

Sunburst platy’s are AMAZING! They always come up to the glass whenever they see my face. Super easy to feed and I wasn’t even expecting babies. Just amazing fish. They can also take up to 50 nitrates, but less then 40 is better.

[sarahwoodring]

Platies are my absolute favorite! I have a 55g platy tank on my screen porch and I'm getting some really cool cross strains like bumblebee mickey mouse and panda green. They're terrific, hardy little fish who are always active and curious. They may be "beginner" fish, but that doesn't make them any less fun for more experienced hobbyists to keep!

[phoebec]

I love platies!, they were my first few fish and lived 3 or 4 years and were so hardy! I think I had a Mickey Mouse platy, some sort of orange yellow platy and a white and black platy. A weird color choice 9 year old me made. A few didn’t have a problem in freshwater but one did die from being raised in brackish water like yours too.

[janehopper]

Perfect timing! I was just thinking about getting platies for my 29G with some otos, guppies, shrimp, and a couple snails

[landen]

Your red coral platies inspired me to get some myself,
i love how hardy and peaceful they are and their red color looks so vibrant against the dark substrate and green lush plants!!! ❤

[djditto]

Recently bought neon calico hi-fin platies and they are gorgeous!

[joshua]

An underappreciated fish IMHO. Lots of fun.

[ZacharyDarkes]

I been keeping fish for like 4yrs and I've had the same group of platies since I started even when I started with other more harder fish I still have them my favourite fish by far

[MaryK]

YESS! Great Video. Platy's are perfect for a beginner. I started with 5 sunset mickey mouse platy in November, and now have 11 (Dalmatian, Wagtail & MM mix) with 2 tiny fry I saw just last night. I just let nature takes its course, as I don't have any other tanks to move them to. PS I tried milk tea for the first time last week, and the tapioca pearls were a no go. My wife called them fish eyes and that was the end of that. LOL!

[alaskacosplay]

I love Platies!!! Because theyre small and are livebearers, they’re perfect for a tank if mine that has angels and mollies. Im gonna go buy some now!!

[s.d.k]

Always loved platies!! That betta also looks so cool, ive always been kinda scared with the idea of putting them in a community tank.

[IMaqua]

Ahhh yes continuing your last video theme....orange platy :)

[aquaauthentica]

Trippy that you had milk tea at the end! When this first started, I was looking at the bottom left and thought for a second: Wait, are those Boba cup filters?!

[k.iskandar]

4:05 Thats the longest poop i've ever seen! Surely that's world record???

[ScienceGalAquatics]

I always appreciate a great looking Platy tank!

[jacknikk]

Hey i got my first platy fish THEY ARE SO GREAT❤️ after long time waiting, as soon as i came home female gave birth to fry🤩
Would like to see more platy related content 😬like raising fry 😄