sweetmoon
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Hey everyone, really hoping for some advice as dont want to lose my fish! I noticed the platies are staying around the bottom of the tank rather than swimming about, they tend to be near the heater. I had one die a couple days ago and I'm very worried more will follow.
I've had one molly which had obvious swim bladder symptoms so I'm worried the platy does too and that's why it's just floating around at the bottom but would multiple fish get it? I feed once a day with Tetra pro algae crips and bug bites.
Request for Help
Tank size: 60L
tank age: around 1 year, fish are that age too
pH: around 7.2-7.6
ammonia: <0.02
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 5ppm
kH:
gH:
tank temp: 25.5oc
Test kit- freshwater api kit and Seachem alter my series
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): platy staying around bottom of heater, moving tail about but not really swimming, will occasionally dart across tank and will come to surface for food but way less swimming than usual. Other fish are moving about normally
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% weekly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Seachem Prime and Stability, Tetra balance, api aquarium salt. Seachem tidal filter with Seachem matrix and purigen
Tank inhabitants: 2 mollies, 5 black widow tetra, 5 sunset platties
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): none
Exposure to chemicals: none
Thank you so much
I've had one molly which had obvious swim bladder symptoms so I'm worried the platy does too and that's why it's just floating around at the bottom but would multiple fish get it? I feed once a day with Tetra pro algae crips and bug bites.
Request for Help
Tank size: 60L
tank age: around 1 year, fish are that age too
pH: around 7.2-7.6
ammonia: <0.02
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 5ppm
kH:
gH:
tank temp: 25.5oc
Test kit- freshwater api kit and Seachem alter my series
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): platy staying around bottom of heater, moving tail about but not really swimming, will occasionally dart across tank and will come to surface for food but way less swimming than usual. Other fish are moving about normally
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% weekly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Seachem Prime and Stability, Tetra balance, api aquarium salt. Seachem tidal filter with Seachem matrix and purigen
Tank inhabitants: 2 mollies, 5 black widow tetra, 5 sunset platties
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): none
Exposure to chemicals: none
Thank you so much
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