looney

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

Iron waffle

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...

looney

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

Lucy

Are they new to the tank? They could have been sick or weakened when you got them and the stress brought the illness out.

Iron waffle

I'm not sure then, how long have you had them?

looney

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