Help! Whats Wrong With My Fish?! 2

[FishyFriend101]

Hi 
My fish are slowly dying. It started with a platy then another, next a danio then another and now I'm worried its affecting one of my dwarf gouramis.
The symptoms are:
-slightly swollen belly 
-hiding in the shadows
-staying near the ground 
-not very active (slowly getting better)
-almost never eating
 
 
 
 
The first platy was first affected when we put in our first live plant (trying to slowly transition to live plants). I don't know the specific type of plant, but I can tell you it is a tall plant with long thin light green leaves and a white stripe on the leaves 
 
Here is an image of what the plant kind of looks like
http/www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAY/5DZS/G5ZJQSUT/FAY5DZSG5ZJQSUT.LARGE.jpg

 

[FishyFriend101]

any ideas for help

 

[techen]

Post the water stats here please?

 

[FishyFriend101]

0 amonia &nitrite
7.6 ph
1-3 nitrate( srry my test kit is not THAT accurate)
 

 

[techen]

What test kit do you have? Strange you get a nitrate reading so low.

 

[FishyFriend101]

API freshwater master test kit

the lowest reading is 0 then 5

 

[techen]

I think your getting mixed up. 
 
Nitrate should start at zero then go all the way up to 160.

 

[FishyFriend101]

it does go up to 160 it
just start at 0 then 5 10 20 40 80 160

 

[Paradise3]

That plant is non-aquatic. It's a Dracaena.

 

[FishyFriend101]

that picture isnt a picture of the plant its a picture of what the plant kinda looks like to give people a better idea

 

[Paradise3]

that picture isnt a picture of the plant its a picture of what the plant kinda looks like to give people a better idea

 
Yeah, I was going by your description, I never looked at the pic. Does it look like this by any chance?
http/www.hartsnursery.com.au/plants/images/dracaena/white_jewel.jpg

 

[FishyFriend101]

no sorry

 

[cpwebsite]

Do you know if there was a chance one of the fish you introduced had a disease that is being transferred? 

 

[Paradise3]

no sorry

 
That's a mature plant and after looking at the picture you posted it's exactly the same plant

 
Actually, after looking again I think it's a Spiderplant. AKA - http/o5.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/spider-plant.jpg

 

[cpwebsite]

If the spider plant is in your water that could be causing the problem because spider plants tend to be terrestrial plants. The miss-confusion about them being aquatic is found in the fact that they send runners and those runners, assuming they are small enough can take root in submerged water, and adapt to living submerged. However if this wasn't the case for your plants, then your plants could be rotting in your water which could be introducing bad things and maybe causing your levels to spike, which can be what's killing the fish.