Platies

[geezer]

I'm thinking about buying two assorted platys. A sunburst and some other one.

Is there anything in paticular I should know about these fish? I heard they are very active

My tank at the moment is

Temp: 80 (currently treating one for ick, it's normally about 77)
Hardness: 16
PH: 7.8
Amonia: trace
Nitrite: trace
nitrate: 40

Contains: 3 sailfin mollies, 4 black widow tetras, 1 clown loach

The tank was donated to me as he was killing all the fish off

 

[donna123]

hi, platys are great fish, one of my favorites,
they are placid, if you stick to 2 females thats fine but if you would like a male you really should have 2-3 females per male, as the females will be harrased a lot for mating.
what size is your donated tank? how longs it been running, ammonia should be 0 , nitrite also 0.
clowns love to be in groups of 3 or more but need lots of growing room.
all the best with your new platy should you go ahead and get some,they are wonderfull fish.
hth donna .

 

[sweetp544]

You said you were treating a fish for ich??? You should probably wait till the ich is gone before you add any new fish.

 

[geezer]

Tank is 55 gallons! I'll probably get a couple of females just to be on the safe side! I'm gonna save a bit till I get get another clown loach too!

@ livebearer - i'll hold off till it's cleared up! cheers

Thanks both!

 

[drango91]

thye should be fine being the hardy fish that they are, but my fish likes to scare the crap out of me and goto sleep and look dead i had to poke him with a fishnet to be sure he was alive(i was being careful!!!), and he jolted to the cave, to my relief