Our Very Fecund Platies

Mama Platy appears to be the Michelle Duggar of the platy world. She has produced three batches of offspring in about two months. Since the gestation period is around 28 days, she must be getting pregnant again almost immediately after giving birth. She is the only adult female in the tank with two males (the more aggressive is named Jim Bob), who are continually chasing her around. No wonder the poor thing keeps tweeting #metoo!

Babies #1 and #2 have been joined by two more babies, so we're up to at least (it's hard to spot the tiny ones) four fry from three different "litters". The first two are females, so they will probably also start reproducing soon. I hope the two tiny ones survive. I think they're just past the point of looking like food flakes.

Update, 2/1/18: I haven't seen the tiny babies for the past four or five days. I suspect they've been cannibalized😥

There's some discussion going on about starting a saltwater aquarium in our 500 gallon tank in the basement. Saltwater species are a little more challenging to care for. I've always loved moon jellyfish, although they need a constantly flowing current.

It would probalby be much easier and cheaper just to get one of these:

Synthetic Jellyfish Aquarium from Hammacher Schlemmer

Or maybe this one: