tomde1

My male platy has been acting rather shy recently. He's been hiding out in a kind of mini cave under a sunken ship decoration for almost the entire day. All my other fish seem normal, but i checked the water parameters anyway an they were NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 20. (the tank is fully cycled)
He is in a 33 Gal with 6 sterbai corys, 5 Zebra danios, 2 male guppys and another platy.
When i fed them this morning he came out to eat but soon went back in his cave.

Do you think that something is up, or could it just be his personality?

(i havent noticed any strange behaviour from the other fish, and he looked healthy enough when he eat this morning)

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Shawnie

hmmm could he be being bullied? all my platies are always out and never heard of a shy one..maybe others have? goodluck !

tomde1

that might be a possibilty, but i havnt noticied anything of yet.
ill watch him over the next few days and see what happens.

TheGirlAnachronism

Hi there, I'm looking for this same answer lol.
I have a female platy the same colour as yours with black fins and tail.
She isn't hiding (nowhere to hide) but stays on the bottom of the tank and seems very lethargic and dosen't play with the other platy's. I've never seen any infighting of any kind in my tank
She's eating fine and there dosen't seem to be any visible signs of disease or attack. I've been thinking that either she is suffering morning sickiness (lol) or she's just a loner.
Here are two photos, not real good quality lol
Oh yeah, I have 5 platys 2xMale 3xFemales

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