Platie Help!.

karen4kevin · Jan 4, 2006

Platie had poop with a bubble in it

it was floating in the tank was like a dark col, Any idear whts going on

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Karen.

IovaykInD · Jan 4, 2006

Could be extra gas just trapped inside. Maybe it was eating food and went for it, while gulping some air along with it. Just happened to be inside the poop. Should be fine. Is the platy healthy looking?

TF Keeper UK · Jan 4, 2006

From I gather from reading other threads, you have nothing to worry about, but don't quote me! If the the poop is clear, I think i'm right in saying it's a sign of infection. Though I may be corrected on that score.
My platies usually have pink poop. Black poop is a sign that they've consumed fry I haven't spotted! Hope that helps!

frazoo · Jan 4, 2006

i have a question for you-
Why do you spend so much time looking at your platys poo?
seriously, you have posted like 4 times about your fished crap

IovaykInD · Jan 4, 2006

liveisme said:
i have a question for you-
Why do you spend so much time looking at your platys poo?
seriously, you have posted like 4 times about your fished crap

It's important to look at your fishs' poo. Many problems can go wrong such as constipation or infections. As TF Keeper Uk said, you can see if a fish has problems by looking at its' crap.

karen4kevin · Jan 5, 2006

liveisme said:
i have a question for you-
Why do you spend so much time looking at your platys poo?
seriously, you have posted like 4 times about your fished crap

Erm can you add up i have only posted TWICE.

ccl · Jan 5, 2006

Jan 1st 2nd 3rd & 4th ...... 9 posts on platties, 3 of them on poop!

dwarfgourami · Jan 5, 2006

Obviously you have observed something unusual or unexpected in your platy's poo, good idea to keep an eye on it.

Is this a female platy we're talking about. In that case I think it's quite likely that she has aborted/devoured her fry; I had similar symptoms from a similar cause (though in my case I think she had a bacterial infection causing the whole incident). The poo was enormously thick, absolutely gross and she was in so much difficulty passing it and being harrassed by her tank mates at the same time that I never thought she would survive. I transferred her to the hospital tank to die in peace. Two months later she is in fine fettle but has not had another pregnancy.