I know there are a million and one questions about pregnant platies, and I'm sure I've read most of them. But anyways, here goes;
I recently bought a breeding pair of platies from the pet store, and the female was obviously pregnant when I bought her. I put her straight into a breeding box, and she's just sitting on the V-Insert not moving. I read that heating up the tank a little will spark the birthing, but my heater sucks so I just added some warm water. (I de-chlorinated the water first, of course.) My tank was at 23-24 degrees, and now it's at 25. She started swimming around a bit - just to the top and skims it and sinks back down. She's also not eating. She's been in the breeding box for 2 days now, and I read you're only supposed to keep them in for 24 hours. Oops?

Anyway, when is she going to have the darn fry? Is there anything I can do to help/speed this along? I've looked for black spots near her vent, but she's a sunburst platy, so even the male has it. Help, please. Lol.

- Shaed

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