Help: platy has something caught on it

coffeebean · June 14th, 2009

one of my platys has something caught on it. it looks like a thread, going in its mouth but also wrapped back and caught in its gill. its really affecting it. im thinking i should catch it and try to cut it at the gill and pull it out of its mouth.

coffeebean · June 14th, 2009

ABCDemily · June 14th, 2009

It looks like one of the roots from the Hygro I see in there. He might've been swimming through and it got caught? I hope she gets better soon

coffeebean · June 14th, 2009

ok. i took her out, cut the thread...thatwas really hard, it was very tight against her body.
i gently pulled on it out of her mouth. i got it out!!

thing is, now that she is back in i see a very small piece still sticking out of her gill. think i should leave it?

coffeebean · June 14th, 2009

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Originally Posted by ABCDemily

It looks like one of the roots from the Hygro I see in there. He might've been swimming through and it got caught? I hope she gets better soon

no its definitely thread. white cotton thread. i have no idea how it got in there. i did recently use some thread to tie on some java fern but its black.

xxnascarxx · June 14th, 2009

Never seen that before... I hope she gets better real soon!

ABCDemily · June 14th, 2009

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Originally Posted by coffeebean

no its definitely thread. white cotton thread. i have no idea how it got in there. i did recently use some thread to tie on some java fern but its black.

Well that is very odd. Glad to know she'll be doing better.

coffeebean · June 14th, 2009

this is the bowl movement the poor girl had after. looks like it was holding things up.

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