Platy Actin Wierd

[fishasker]

my platy is acting wierd today like its at the top left corner of the tank and its tail is down and its top fin also i dont know what is wrong with her help

 

[Cazgar]

What are your water stats?

 

[fishasker]

like good kind of cold tempureture

 

[Cazgar]

We need more info to be able to help.
What size tank, what other fish do you have.
Did you cycle your filter etc?

 

[fishasker]

my size tank is 20 gallon tank i have guppys,platys,and a glo fish all together will that help

 

[Cazgar]

Was your filter cycled?
Do you know your water stats?
How often do you do water changes?

 

[fishasker]

it was cycled on the 7 of janurary and then the filter cycle almost killed 3 of my glo fish but 1 survived so that was the only time it was cycled (not the first time i cycled it lots of other times) something wrong with my platy it looks like its down in the dumps

 

[the_lock_man]

It sounds to me like ammonia poisoning. Cycling is the process of growing 2 colonies of bacteria in the filter, to process the ammonia produced by the fish, via nitrite, to nitrate. This takes weeks. Many local fish shops advise people to run the filter for a day or two, and call this cycling.

Given that you haven't given us any water statistics, I must assume that the filter is not cycled, and therefore, it is not processing the ammonia. I reckon that's what killed the glofish(R), and what is making the platy look poorly.

There is a link in my signature area to an article which details the best way forward for someone in your situation - it details how to grow those bacteria, without killing any more fish.

 

[fishasker]

the glo fish didnt die like by that it was that the filter sucked 3 of them in and then they died exept for 1 that survived i felt bad for them 2

 

[the_lock_man]

the glo fish didnt die like by that it was that the filter sucked 3 of them in and then they died exept for 1 that survived i felt bad for them 2

It is incredibly rare for a perfectly healthy fish to be unable to escape a filter, much less so for 3 perfectly healthy fish. Do you have a water test kit? If so, can you please post readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.

 

[Rummynose]

Do you have a heater in your tank? These are tropical fish and don't like cold water. The temperature should be between 76-80 Fahrenheit, you need to have a thermometer on/in your tank.

Do an immediate water change of at least 50%, you could even make another 50% water change right after that. It will bring your ammonia down, your fish will love you for it!

If you don't have a test kit, the one with the test tubes and drops, please buy one! While your tank is truly cycling you need to know how high the levels of ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte are. Then you know when to do another water change. Since you have fish in the tank (they are the ammonia source) you are doing what is called a fish-in cycle, and you have to prepare yourself to do a lot of water changes for your fish.

Do you have dechlorinator? You need to add that to the water before adding it to the tank so you don't kill the good bacteria!

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum fishasker.

You have received some good advice but let me add to it. Do not add any fish to your tank and start doing very large daily water changes for at least the next month. The first one should be so large the fish have trouble finding water to swim in until you start the refill.

Water changes are always done using a dechlorinator and temperature matching the new water to the tank water. You can judge the water temperature well enough with your hand for that match.

Once you have done that first big water change you can spend time reading about fish-in cycling which is what you are doing.