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I don’t know what they are as I have taken my water to the fish shop to get it tested. I used api stress coat. I have two filters that create bubbles and a ripple on the surface. One fish has been laying on the bottom for a few days, he’s not got anything on his body. He swam up when I changed...

Hi, I’m still quite new to the hobby and I’ve been having a few problems since I upgraded my tank I think about 6 weeks or more ago. I moved things across and this tank is bigger. I just did a water change and my platy is going crazy. Flicking, clamped fins, swimming erratically. I don’t know...

Hello? Anyone got any ideas that can help?

Hi everyone, I wrote messages last week re my platys/platies and got some helpful advice but, the situation has not resolved and I don’t know what to do. I have a 60 litre tank with 6 platys in there. Lots of hiding places and no bullying situation as I moved two other bullies to their own tank...

Hi Colin, oh ok, thanks

Hi everyone, I wrote messages last week re my platys/platies and got some helpful advice but, the situation has not resolved and I don’t know what to do. I have a 60 litre tank with 6 platys in there. Lots of hiding places and no bullying situation as I moved two other bullies to their own tank...

Hi Colin, Thanks for your advice, to update I’ve done 5 days of changing 75% water and gravel vac. The water and gravel is now much cleaner. It was dirty when I started, the salt seems to helping as they’re more lively, swimming around. But, there’s still a lot of flashing/flicking. One is...

Thanks Colin, I mentioned I got two new fish in my previous post. I’m going to do another big water change later and gravel vac. I was worried that my black/red/orange platy had velvet but, I’m not sure. He’s still flicking a lot.

Thanks Colin,

The grey one I bought a week ago today has died ? he was clamping and hiding from the start. So sad

Thank you ☺️ I won’t try the salt bath then. I thought it had helped with the big water change and gravel vac but, a couple of them are still flicking today. Would you do another big water change today? Or is that too much if I only did it yesterday, it still seemed like the water left behind...