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Old February 18th, 2009  
Fish Lore Newbie
 
My platy is acting strange

My mikey mouse platy has been swimming up and down in the back of the tank and wenever my guppy gets near it the platy starts following it.

Tank 20 gallon
theres a mickey mouse platy
fancy red guppy and a gold
crescent platy.
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Old February 18th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Hi and welcome

sorry to hear that your fish is not well

Your platty is probably suffering from the ammonia in your tank, you really need to read tis guide http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm and start the process by doing a 25-50% water change to the tank and add prime or stresscoat+ to the water as well as your normal water conditioner.

What are you using to test your water by the way? If you are using test strip they are not very accurate and you would be better servered with teh API master test kit that most folks here use as they are far more accurate.
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Old February 21st, 2009  
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My Ammonia is slightly high. Its 0.75. Also i do 2 25% water changes weekly and one 50% water change monthly. Last, I use the API master kit.
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Old February 21st, 2009  
Fish Mentor
 
Weird that after a month your tank is not cycled... have you changed the filter media recently?

With the ammonia that high you want to do at least 25-50% water changes daily.
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Old February 22nd, 2009  
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Well Thanks for the help!
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