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Well it seems like she's having a really hard time with the birth then, cuz it's been 2 days and nothing has happened except that her fin's are falling apart :(

hmmm...It doesn't seem to me like a gill infection though. If it was going into labour, how long does the process last? I'm am wondering this because she has been like this for two days now.

It's only been one night, but I take a look at her again and she looks really stressed out. Parts of her tail fin has been rotting away. She is still sitting at the bottom of the tank though. It looks as if she has these tiny convulsions every few minutes?? They kind of look like muscle...

Okay, I moved the fish over to a smaller 1 gallon aquarium that I have just in case since I didn't know what was wrong with it. Below are two pictures that I took just now. I tried feeding it again and it just wouldn't eat. If I walk too close to the tank it swims away from me, whereas usually...

One of my platys is not eating when being fed and is hiding out and resting at the bottom of the tank most of the time. Could it be that it's sick? What are some of the symptoms of platy that are about to give birth? Maybe it's about to give birth? I really want to know what's wrong with it. Any...

Yes she is a new fish...I got her about two weeks ago I must have done something to stress her while changing the water then.

Oh I see. I guess I shouldn't have changed my water today then! :sad: Thanks for the reply.

One of my platys started giving birth to premature fry today after I did a water change. I put her in a breeding trap incase some of the babies end up being alive. I think the stress from the water change caused her to give birth prematurely. I am wondering, since she started giving birth, will...