Ill Platy

[miss mighty]

my female platy has a problem, on one side of her around her gill her scales look dry like exzema theres a little bit fungus on her gill and looks like rot around it the infected site is one sided from her fin on her side (the wing ones?) Ive tested my water all is fine but ph is 9, ive added ph down, her fins arent clamped her gills look red (but all the platies have red gills and have done since I bought them) she is on the bottom of the tank sometimes but is feeding and swimming with other fish most of the time, no other ifsh are affected as yet. What do you think is wrong with her?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Hi and welcome to the forum !
Other than ph, what exactly did you test your water for and what was the results? Changing ph is not advised, livebearers easily adapt to most ph's, while altering the ph with chemicals will cause it to fluctuate and that will cause alot of stress unfortunatly for the fish involved.
If you can give us more info though on your situation, that would help alot- how many gallons is your tank, how long has it been set up, and what types and how many fish do you have in it? Do you use dechlorinator?
Does the desease look at all like this;

http/www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm

 

[WILDER]

Red gills can be from poor water quality or parasites like gill flukes, read this if you have fungus on the gill area to see what you think.
Columnaris (a.k.a. Mouth Fungus)



Symptoms:

An infected fish will have off-white to gray cotton-like patches on the head, fins, gills, body and particularly the mouth. In time, these areas will develop into open sores. Gill swelling may occur, gill filaments may stick together and excessive mucus may develop in the gill area. Rapid breathing can be seen. Fins may deteriorate to the point of leaving the fin rays bare. Muscles may be inflamed and capillaries may rupture. Fish, particularly livebearers, may exhibit "shimmying". Infection may be acute (killing an infected fish within hours), or chronic (lingering for several days before eventually killing the fish). As with most diseases, not all symptoms need be present.



Cause:

The bacterium Flexibacter columnaris.



Treatment:

Ensure that your water conditions (e.g., Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, Nitrate levels, and water temp.) are within their proper ranges. If not, perform a water change and/or treat the water accordingly. Recommended medications include: Furanace, Fungus Eliminator, Fungus Cure, Furacyn, Furan-2, Triple Sulfa, E.M. Tablets, Tetracycline, or Potassium Permanganate. Medicated foods are also recommended. Columnaris can be highly infectious and may quickly kill all aquarium inhabitants; therefore, early treatment is essential. All fish, including those not yet showing visible symptoms, as well as the aquarium they inhabit should be treated.


Not the writer of this information

 

[miss mighty]

the fish died about 2 hrs after I noticed something was wrong, it didnt look like the picture above, it was just a tiny bit white stuff, I had done a water change and an upheaval on the tank 2 days before the platy died, Ive never seen a fish with the symptoms before, it looked like it had exzema or something all dry just on one side though its fin was noticibly smaller than the other one as well. When I found it dead the pl*co was next to it would the pl*co have killed it. Anyway all the other fish are looking fine. The orange platties have red gills, they dont gasp or breathe rappidly, they are the most lively fish in the tank and they feed well.

 

[WILDER]

Sorry for your loss, R.I.P. check water quality first, as if that's ok, you could have gill flukes.
http/www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/flukes.htm

 

[seanc]

I hope it isnt gill flukes.. very deadly. Have seen quality tanks decimated within hours. Sorry for your loss.

 

[CroNiC]

the fish died about 2 hrs after I noticed something was wrong, it didnt look like the picture above, it was just a tiny bit white stuff, I had done a water change and an upheaval on the tank 2 days before the platy died, Ive never seen a fish with the symptoms before, it looked like it had exzema or something all dry just on one side though its fin was noticibly smaller than the other one as well. When I found it dead the pl*co was next to it would the pl*co have killed it. Anyway all the other fish are looking fine. The orange platties have red gills, they dont gasp or breathe rappidly, they are the most lively fish in the tank and they feed well.

No the pleco wouldnt have killed it. It is a bottom dweller and might have just been near it.
Or it might have wanted to eat it depending on the species. Or maybe just curoius as pleco's are some-what scavengers.