Clownfishfan
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Hey leebca I am having a problem with my freshwater tank. My mm platy just keeps getting thinner , it started back in September after I went out of town for a week (put a feeder block in the tank) I noticed the platy's stomach looked pinched. I figured it just didn't eat much so it would get better after eating again. Well in mid January I was finally like wait a minute it's been over 4 months and it's not gotten better. My guess was internal parasites, I treated it separately in a 1 gal betta tank inside the main tank (20 gal) I used jungle parasite clear treated for 4 days (25% water change on day 2 an then redose) she appeared better then put her back into the main tank. Well about a week later she was obviously worse than before (extremely thin,just skin and bones) so I put her back in the 1 gal tank and have dosed about 5-6 times and no change. Over the course of being treated I fed cyclops,mysis,my mush (cyclops,mysis,table shrimp,zoecon,freeze dried tubifex,garlic, and a little bit of Marine flakes (very little)), a mush I made special for the platy(zoecon,cyclops,mysis,lettuce,java moss leaf,garlic clove,broccoli leaf,and a little zucchini),and egg yolk. Its still possible that it's still parasites since I was not as religious with redosing her tank. She was bought last march and had 3 broods but after July mysteriously stopped , also one odd question here one of her babies grew to nearly 5 inches long!any idea on what the deal with that is?
Her only symptoms are weight loss and she has seemed to have slowed down since the first treatment. But no spots,streaks,fin loss,discoloration,scale loss, or slime coat slewing. 2 other fish I noticed looked thin after I put her in the main tank a female swordtail(bought in August or July) And a male hi fin platy(bought at same time as swordtail) they are both the tuxedo black morph and because of that it took me this long to notice it. After discovering that I put 2 tabs of the parasite clear in the tank (but platy stayed in qt. The swordtail is completely back to normal and may possibly be pregnant! But the hi fin platy died (2days before it become listless and stayed in the top corner of the tank ).
Tank mates are:
Creamsickle Molly (bought 3weeks ago,had 3babies)
Small angelfish (bought last week)
Male hi fin platy (same as angel)
Grey mm platy (had a lot of babies,bought same time as Molly)
Black tuxedo swordtail(July or August)
Guppy pair (same time as swordtail)
Tiger stripe platy (same as Molly)
And all the babies in a 2 1/2 gal also inside the main tank.
The molly had a small ich breakout 3 days ago and I added 20 tablespoons of rock salt and all 3 spots are gone. My main concern is to make sure the platy doesn't have anything dangerous like fish tb.
Her only symptoms are weight loss and she has seemed to have slowed down since the first treatment. But no spots,streaks,fin loss,discoloration,scale loss, or slime coat slewing. 2 other fish I noticed looked thin after I put her in the main tank a female swordtail(bought in August or July) And a male hi fin platy(bought at same time as swordtail) they are both the tuxedo black morph and because of that it took me this long to notice it. After discovering that I put 2 tabs of the parasite clear in the tank (but platy stayed in qt. The swordtail is completely back to normal and may possibly be pregnant! But the hi fin platy died (2days before it become listless and stayed in the top corner of the tank ).
Tank mates are:
Creamsickle Molly (bought 3weeks ago,had 3babies)
Small angelfish (bought last week)
Male hi fin platy (same as angel)
Grey mm platy (had a lot of babies,bought same time as Molly)
Black tuxedo swordtail(July or August)
Guppy pair (same time as swordtail)
Tiger stripe platy (same as Molly)
And all the babies in a 2 1/2 gal also inside the main tank.
The molly had a small ich breakout 3 days ago and I added 20 tablespoons of rock salt and all 3 spots are gone. My main concern is to make sure the platy doesn't have anything dangerous like fish tb.
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