What to do!!
When I checked the tanks this morning was surprised to see a large red mark on the side of the adult female platy. She seems ok in herself, just injured. I suspect she'd been attacked by one/some of the 5 month old platy fry as their older sibling started a fight with adult male over her and had to be separated at a similar age. ? due to sexual maturity
Anyway I managed to separate the 4 older fry mentioned above and PetsAtHome took them off my hands as I had nowhere to put them other than the 30L which would have been too crowded with them in there.
I've done a 30% water change - is there anything else I should be doing? I have some aquarium salt handy but have never used it before. Would it be a good idea to salt the platy tank? If so how much? Or should I just keep the water fresh and see how it goes?
Thanks in advance!
When I checked the tanks this morning was surprised to see a large red mark on the side of the adult female platy. She seems ok in herself, just injured. I suspect she'd been attacked by one/some of the 5 month old platy fry as their older sibling started a fight with adult male over her and had to be separated at a similar age. ? due to sexual maturity
Anyway I managed to separate the 4 older fry mentioned above and PetsAtHome took them off my hands as I had nowhere to put them other than the 30L which would have been too crowded with them in there.
I've done a 30% water change - is there anything else I should be doing? I have some aquarium salt handy but have never used it before. Would it be a good idea to salt the platy tank? If so how much? Or should I just keep the water fresh and see how it goes?
Thanks in advance!
