Hi All,
I have a couple of sick looking plattys in my tank.
My stats are as follows:
64L tank.
3 live plants.
NH4: 0.1.
NO3: 10.
NO2: 0.
Temp 78 Deg.
Feeding fish once every 2 days.
Feeding plants at point of each water change with JBL Ferropol per directions.
25% water changes every 7-10 days using RO water from reliable LFS.
2 Harlequins.
3 neon tetras.
2 mollys.
2 plattys.
1 Otocinclus.
1 Flying Fox.
3 guppys.
My plattys only ever seem to last for about 3-4 weeks before they die. The two I currently have , have been fine up until yesterday when I noticed that the tail on 1 of them, instead of being spread in the usual fan shape, was actually elongated almost to a point and today it has spent a lot of time resting at the bottom of the tank. Today the second platty also keeps resting on the bottom of the tank and when doing this is also showing similar signs with its tail. There are no signs of any aggression in the tank and no signs of damage to any of the fish. I've completed a water change today but there's no sign of any improvement.
Can anyone shed any light on what's happening?
Thanks,
Fred.
I have a couple of sick looking plattys in my tank.
My stats are as follows:
64L tank.
3 live plants.
NH4: 0.1.
NO3: 10.
NO2: 0.
Temp 78 Deg.
Feeding fish once every 2 days.
Feeding plants at point of each water change with JBL Ferropol per directions.
25% water changes every 7-10 days using RO water from reliable LFS.
2 Harlequins.
3 neon tetras.
2 mollys.
2 plattys.
1 Otocinclus.
1 Flying Fox.
3 guppys.
My plattys only ever seem to last for about 3-4 weeks before they die. The two I currently have , have been fine up until yesterday when I noticed that the tail on 1 of them, instead of being spread in the usual fan shape, was actually elongated almost to a point and today it has spent a lot of time resting at the bottom of the tank. Today the second platty also keeps resting on the bottom of the tank and when doing this is also showing similar signs with its tail. There are no signs of any aggression in the tank and no signs of damage to any of the fish. I've completed a water change today but there's no sign of any improvement.
Can anyone shed any light on what's happening?
Thanks,
Fred.