Sick Platy

[mhancock]

I have a platy with a big belly, it is behaving very oddly - swimming upside down or laying on it's side breathing heavily. She looks sick rather than pregnant. It looks like a white pipe is coming out by the anal fin.

I currently have her in an isolation/birthing tank.

Trying to get a pic to put up but cannot transfer from phone.....

Can anyone help - or it is too late for her?

 

[mhancock]

Here's a pic:

 

[FishFanatic04]

Are you sure it's not her breeder tube showing?

 

[mhancock]

It may be, to be honest I don't know.

She is still wriggling around and most of the time is upside down.

 

[superguppygirl]

Any other fish bloated like this? Cause if there are sounds like an internal worm, Nemotodes seriously suck, any white stringy poop?

 

[mhancock]

It is the only one like it, no white poop that I have noticed.

I have put her in a tub by herself so she has warmer water than the main tank and some peace.

 

[FishFanatic04]

swimming upside down worries me. Maybe post something over in the livebearer section, or get a message to OldMan47. He is always so helpful.

 

[superguppygirl]

There are alot of things that can cause this, possibly swim bladder disease or constipation but not a 100%, more minds are needed

 

[mhancock]

Overnight she has discharged a whole load of gunk, is now back to normal shape and swimming calmly. I am so pleased I put her by herself, she is now back with the others.

Some of the gunk was a similar colour to her, so I wonder if it was a miscarriage, and the bloating and upside down caused by gases released by decomposition?

 

[FishFanatic04]

Good news!