Female Platy Hiding

[the_lock_man]

How do you do the "usual" introduction? Sorry if it's a silly question, but if you are constantly getting problems with newly-introduced fish, it points to an issue with your method of introduction.

 

[Lavinder]

How do you do the "usual" introduction? Sorry if it's a silly question, but if you are constantly getting problems with newly-introduced fish, it points to an issue with your method of introduction.

I float them in the bag in my tank for about 15 minutes with the lights off , then I will start to add about half a cupful of my tank water gradually over about 15-20 mins. Then I net them out of the bag and put them in to my tank and leave the light off for about an hour.

 

[the_lock_man]

How do you do the "usual" introduction? Sorry if it's a silly question, but if you are constantly getting problems with newly-introduced fish, it points to an issue with your method of introduction.

I float them in the bag in my tank for about 15 minutes with the lights off , then I will start to add about half a cupful of my tank water gradually over about 15-20 mins. Then I net them out of the bag and put them in to my tank and leave the light off for about an hour.

It doesn't sound like it should cause problems, unless there's a marked difference between your and the shop's water chemistry (which given there's a 30 minute journey, there might well be a significant difference). I always add about twice that amount of water, over a period of about 1½ hours. Maybe worth a try next time?

 

[Lavinder]

Yeah, may try longer next time

 

[Man of fish]

Wait going up to your water stats there was 0ppm of nitrAtes and 40ppm of nitrItes???

 

[the_lock_man]

Wait going up to your water stats there was 0ppm of nitrAtes and 40ppm of nitrItes???

You may want to re-read it a little more carefully.

 

[soybean]

Do you use a drop test kit or strips?

 

[Man of fish]

I did it it still says "nitates 0 ppm nitrites 40ppm"

Water parameters are ph 7.4, amm 00ppm, nitates 00ppm, nitrites 40ppm and temperature is about 25c.

Here you go

 

[the_lock_man]

ph :7.4 amm: 0ppm Nitrites: 0ppm Nitrates: 40 ppm. Tank size is 37l, temp is 24c and I have 2 golden apple snails, 4 neon tetras and two platys. With a PF1 internal power filter.

I disagree.

Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrites: 0ppm
Nitrates: 40ppm

Just seen, my quote is from post #1, your is from further down in the thread. I suspect a typo in the later post, as post #1 is what you'd expect.

 

[Man of fish]

Look at the second post where she stated her water stats. May have been a typo I just wanted to make sure it was.

 

[the_lock_man]

Look at the second post where she stated her water stats. May have been a typo I just wanted to make sure it was.

 

[Lavinder]

Yup, a typo - I was on my phone at the time. I've also decided to remove my carbon foam pad and I'm going to get just a normal pad for it.

 

[Lavinder]

Here are some pictures - just to see if anything stand outs.

The platy looks dead but he swims quite a bit but then runs out of puff.

 

[soybean]

That red platy has no hope, sorry. If you don't want to euthanise it yourself at least take it out of the tank, put it in a jug with a few inches of water and let nature take its course.

Carbon will remove medications so depending on how new the carbon pad was, all the medication may not have worked.

My advice? Stop adding meds for diseases the fish may not even have (did I read you were adding white spot stuff? I don't see any white spots). Do some massive water changes, like 90%, to remove all the meds from the water.

The neons mouth is a bit blurred but looks a bit fungusy, or maybe deformed? It's hard to tell.

I think all of these problems are caused by water issues, and therefore the best aid will be fresh water, as it so often is.

 

[Lavinder]

Yeah you were right the poor little devil didn't make it. I've done a 60% water change. My female still looks healthy - will she be ok on her own or should I introduce another female sooner?