Meta: Platys are peaceful and easy-to-care fish. Providing them with the best habitat, proper mates, and nourishing diets will help them to grow well. Look at our following tips to get more information.
For
you who are beginners in maintaining fish, platys are perfect for keeping. First
introduced in 1907, platys have been one of the popular fishes in the world.
Even though platys are considered as easy-to-care fish; you need to know some proper
techniques to maintain platys in the aquarium.
Providing the best
Habitat for Platy Fish
The
first thing you need to do is preparing an eligible aquarium (minimum 10 gallons).
Ensure that you change 25% of aquarium water every two weeks to keep the water
away from any dangerous germ. You can design your interior tank by adding some
plants and gravel. Modifying the aquarium similar to the real habitat of platys
is better since they will be easier to adapt. Furthermore, set the water
temperature in 72-75 F.
Put some tank mates
As
platy fish love to swim in a group, you need to add some small peaceful fish,
such as Guppies and Mollies. Avoid adding aggressive fish, such as Tiger barbs,
Bettas Vampire Tetra, and Wolf fish together with platys in one aquarium since
they will attack platy fish. However, we recommend you keep the ratio between
males and females’ platys in 1:2. It means if you have one male, you need to
put 2 or 3 females in one aquarium. This is important to maintain platys in
the aquarium.
Feed them with a nourishing
diet
Platys
are not picky, but you need to provide them with a nourishing diet. They eat
worms, crustaceans, insect, and plants in their real habitat. Platy fish prefer
to eat an herbivorous diet even though they are considered as omnivorous fish.
You can feed them with brine shrimp, bloodworms, and tubifex once or twice a
week. Providing protein in their diet is good, but keep in mind that their diet
should also contain enough veggies.
Those
are three techniques about how to maintain Platy fish in the aquarium. Finally,
you need to also take care of them when they get sick with appropriate
treatment.
References:
Platy Fish. (2019, March 7). Retrieved April 8, 2019, from Fish
Keeping World: https://www.fishkeepingworld.com/platy-fish/
Tropical
Aquarium Fish.
(2019, February 4). Retrieved April 8, 2019, from Aquarium Adviser:
https://aquariumadviser.com/tropical-aquarium-fish/#17_Platys