Assorted Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus), Tank-Bred

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Add a splash of color to your aquarium with some lively, hardy, and vibrant Assorted Platies!

The Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a classic community fish that makes a great addition to any aquarium. There are nearly endless color (and other) variants of this fish, so why not grab a little of everything? This is a very peaceful, undemanding fish that will thrive in most aquariums, especially the planted aquarium.

Platies are compatible with most other peaceful aquarium species. It is an omnivore, so it will potentially prey on smaller dwarf shrimp and their fry, but it is otherwise safe to keep with peaceful invertebrates as well. This fish is not a picky eater and it will accept a variety of high-quality dry foods, but these should be supplemented with a variety of frozen foods as well. It will mostly occupy the middle and upper regions of the aquarium, and it does have the ability to jump out of the water, especially while in the early stages of acclimating to a new aquarium. As a result, a secure lid is highly recommended to ensure that this fish does not jump out of the tank.

Plants are not absolutely necessary for Platies, but they will certainly be appreciated. All stem plants and mosses are safe to keep with this fish. Platies are an excellent fish for beginners as well as experts!

What We Like About These Platys:

Hardy and adaptable
Mix of colorations
Small size, suitable for smaller tanks
Peaceful disposition
Perfect for the planted aquarium

Recommended Tank Parameters:

Temperature: 64° - 77° F (17.7° - 25° C)
pH: 7.0 - 8.2, though a maximum of 7.5 is ideal
KH: 10 - 25
Minimum tank size: 10 gallons

Fish Care Guidelines:

Diet: High quality flake foods and frozen foods such as bloodworms
Social behavior: Shoaling, peaceful with most species.
Origin: Tank-bred, but indigenous to Central and South America
Average adult size: 2 - 2.8 inches (5 - 7.1 cm). Females are larger than males.
Average purchase size: 1 - 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm)

Looking for other livebearers? Aquatic Arts has a wide variety of freshwater guppies, endlers, swordtails, & other platyfish.

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

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Assorted Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus), Tank-Bred

Add a splash of color to your aquarium with some lively, hardy, and vibrant Assorted Platies!

What We Like About These Platys:

Recommended Tank Parameters:

Fish Care Guidelines: