LionessN3cubs
Fish Crazy
I logged on to post about my blue platy problem and see someone already has a thread about a yellow platy with the same issue. White strands coming from her underbelly. I see someone said its probably internal parasites or something
What I dont know for sure is where she'd have gotten it from. I've had her in the tank for roughly 6 weeks or so and no one else in the tank is sick. I DID lose a mollie awhile back but when I found him he was stuck under the sponge filter so I think that is how he died.
Thing is, I THINK she gave birth because in my tank I have 2 orange platys, and 3 orange babies that obviously came from them...but I also found 2 babies that look more like the blue platy who is female..no orange in them at all. I mention this because every since those 2 babies showed up..the blue platy has gone way down hill...she's very skinny and ill looking..like she's wasting away..and she also has very fine hair like strands coming from her underbelly. I doubt she's going to make it through the night to be honest...literally just wasted away to nothing in the last 2 days or so and now she's laying almost on her side on the bottom of the tank.
so all that said...what EXACTLY do I need to do? My water parameters are all fine ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 40 (due for a change tomorrow). I have a bunch of other fish in this tank that I dont want to lose. I feed them regular tropical flake food and occasionally sun dried baby shrimp.
What I dont know for sure is where she'd have gotten it from. I've had her in the tank for roughly 6 weeks or so and no one else in the tank is sick. I DID lose a mollie awhile back but when I found him he was stuck under the sponge filter so I think that is how he died.
Thing is, I THINK she gave birth because in my tank I have 2 orange platys, and 3 orange babies that obviously came from them...but I also found 2 babies that look more like the blue platy who is female..no orange in them at all. I mention this because every since those 2 babies showed up..the blue platy has gone way down hill...she's very skinny and ill looking..like she's wasting away..and she also has very fine hair like strands coming from her underbelly. I doubt she's going to make it through the night to be honest...literally just wasted away to nothing in the last 2 days or so and now she's laying almost on her side on the bottom of the tank.
so all that said...what EXACTLY do I need to do? My water parameters are all fine ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 40 (due for a change tomorrow). I have a bunch of other fish in this tank that I dont want to lose. I feed them regular tropical flake food and occasionally sun dried baby shrimp.
