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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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new to the forum i have a 29 gallon planted tank with 6 platies and 5 gold tetras , over three days i have lost 5 of the platies andy i think #6 is starting to go any thoughts ? the tetras are doing great , also its a planted tank do platies prone to sickness from excel plant fert. all the test i have done given me safe numbers just dont want to lose any more fish
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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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WELCOME! Sorry about your fish.

Have you noticed anything on the platies i.e. sores, white spots, fuzzy white growths?

Platies are resistant to most diseases...
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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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no i havent, when i purchased them they looked great , well from what i could tell, maybe i just got the runts or is this something that i should look into .
thanks for the help in advance
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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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Are they new to the tank? They could have been sick or weakened when you got them and the stress brought the illness out.
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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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I'm not sure then, how long have you had them?
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Old September 22nd, 2008  
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yes they were hew to the tank ,maybe a week or so old to my tank
prevoiusly had exodon and they ended up killing each other so was hoping for a more peaceful specie but this wont stop me form not buying platies just buying from those 2 LFS
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