Re: Platy breeding question

Paul, I asked the same temperature/sex question over in the misc group.... I
was wondering if you have any articles pertaining to this idea that
temperature fluctuations determine or indicate the sex of guppies, platies,
or any livebearer...

Thanks.

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"Paul Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg G wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:55:46 -0600, "Keith E. Loyd"
> > I have 7 sunset platies in my 75G planted tank, and I started with a
> > M/F pair.  They were the first inhabitants of the tank two years ago.
> > The female died during childbirth after the third brood.  Each brood
> > had two survivors.  I made no effort to segregate the young from the
> > tank population, so I don't know how many may have been eaten.  They
> > are born "on the run", and will seek shelter among the plants
> > immediately.
> >
> > All but one of the young turned out to be male.  I surely pity the
> > lone female when it reaches "puberty."  The young males chase the
> > oldest male around constantly trying to 'mate' with him - they are
> > obviously quite confused.  ;-)
>
> Is this an environmental thing? As far as we can tell all of our platy
> fry are female. Might it be temperature-related?
>
> -Paul