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attached are two examples, these are both fry of differing ages. this happened rather suddenly to all of them, they all look like theyre going to explode. I observe the fish every day while eating dinner so it wasn't really a progression, they all suddenly just ballooned. My stress will be for...

Hello, My platy tank (4 adult platys, various platy fry) has been acting a bit weird for over a month. The fish have all been swimming at a very, very slight slant this whole time but have been acting normal other than that, their appetites were very good and they've been very active. I've been...

Thank you so much for the detailed reply, please excuse the late response. Some sort of illness has crept up on the whole tank and now I suddenly have 13-15 (theres more babies than I thought) sick platys and have been very busy. I am currently considering setting up my empty 10 gallon tank...

new platy keeper here....I've only kept rams before and haven't dealt with group fishies before... I realized a few weeks ago I had made a blunder -- while I originally thought I had all females and one male (5:1 ratio), it turns out it was 4 males 2 females instead. And now: - 1 male (scotty)...

I have an empty 10 gal, I think I could set it up

yup, thats it

They're as voracious as usual. During the water change they were curious about the tube I used as a vacuum, which is normal for them. During feeding time, the bottom sitter swam up a few inches and swam around a bit, and then returned to the exact spot where he was sitting.

as we speak I have water cooling to room temperature to do a regular water change and I'm going to add a gallon of distilled water because my tap water still has some nitrates in it (tested it once)..... the ammonia is abnormal, normally its basically 0. My nitrates or ammonia generally dont...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 20gal tank How long has the tank been running? 3 years, has had current inhabitants since may Does it have a filter? yes Does it have a heater? yes but its not on, the platys like the room temperature we have (75C) What is the water temperature? 75C...

My tank is cycled, it's established/has been around for 2.5 years or so. I checked the parameters before I put the platys in (0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrite 10ppm nitrate) and a few hours afterwards it was at around 0.25ppm ammonia so I did a partial water change. In the following days I've been...

hello! as the (delighted) new owner of 6 platys, I do have some questions that weren't necessarily answered after a decent google search and a peek at the platy FAQ. Hopefully they're not too weird questions. 1. platys occasionally swimming up to the surface? They keep doing this!!! its pretty...

Ignore any anatomical inaccuracy, I was working off a bunch of terrible photos. I made this nearly a year ago in September when both my GBRs unexpectedly passed at age 2ish (and they were in separate tanks too...). It's silly but I was very sad...After a hiatus from fishkeeping (other than the...

That's good to know, I hope they'll be fine. I did a ~12% water change because I just did a small one this morning and I don't want to wreck the balance in the tank. Well, they're eating voraciously (picking at algae) before and after I gave them some dinner so maybe they're just hungry...will...

Hello. I just introduced some (6) platys into the tank today and they are all periodically swimming to the surface to get a few gasps of air and I am concerned. Otherwise they are acting normally, exploring and nibbling at the algae. The tank is fully cycled, has been for over a year. Here are...

Sorry for the late reply, I forgot to! That does make sense, when the first picture was taken Florence had a friend who he(?) ended up bullying so we moved her. As for feeding, there are some otos in the tank but I'm sure they can subsist off the unfortunate amount of algae in the tank. I'll...