PrairieSunflower
Fish Gatherer
Right.... ever since I've had platies (since September) I've had problems. I am weary. One after the other the same thing happens. The pattern is the same. They seem fine then one day they become a bit more reclusive, hide behind something/on something. Basically despite seeming normal otherwise, they pretty much waste away and die (when I leave it to play out in full). With the last one to start with those symptoms I decided to euthanize it early in hopes of saving my other 4 platies.... but... here we are a couple of months later and I have two blue coral platies doing the very same thing.
If I leave it to play out they end up susceptible to picking up diseases... some time back I had a huge really hard to cure ich outbreak and my platy was the source. When the platy was gone the ich cured easily.
And I am there again.... do I euthanize my two platies to save my tank from diseases that will affect the weakened fish?
In the past I have attempted to treat my platies with (on separate occasions not all at once), salt, general tonic, anti-internal bacteria meds and even temperature. Nothing had any effect whatsoever.
I'm at a complete loss.
Oh, and I should add, this is my 20 gallon tank (listed in my signature), ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate is 10 (all tested today). Temperature is 26c.
If I leave it to play out they end up susceptible to picking up diseases... some time back I had a huge really hard to cure ich outbreak and my platy was the source. When the platy was gone the ich cured easily.
And I am there again.... do I euthanize my two platies to save my tank from diseases that will affect the weakened fish?
In the past I have attempted to treat my platies with (on separate occasions not all at once), salt, general tonic, anti-internal bacteria meds and even temperature. Nothing had any effect whatsoever.
I'm at a complete loss.
Oh, and I should add, this is my 20 gallon tank (listed in my signature), ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate is 10 (all tested today). Temperature is 26c.