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  1. Livebearers
    Hey all I have had a few platys and a couple of danios for a few months now, and they all seem to be thriving except for one. I'm not sure if it's male or female, but it's not been growing at all and lately it barely moves or eats. Hes just been floating on the bottom. Today I came home and he...
  2. Livebearers
    Hello, I have 3 platy fish in my 20 gallon tank and I recently noticed that 2 of the 3 are pregnant. I of course don't plan to keep all of the fry, I'm giving them to lovely homes, but I can't help but be curious as to what the genetics could Possibly be. Im aware that the genetics cant be...
  3. Livebearers
    I got my female platy about 2 weeks ago and I have no idea if she shared a tank with any males. Her belly looks pretty big. Thanks
  4. Livebearers
    Hi! I know this might sound stupid, but is this fish a molly? She never hangs out with our other mollies, our males never breed with her, and she does look slightly more pointy and diamond-shaped than our female mollies (who’re more round)! We’re thinking she might be a platy, a sailfin or a...
  5. Freshwater and Tropical Fish
    I’m a beginner trying to set up a small tank for my son. I have had a panda platy in a three gallon tank for a month now and all was going well. He was happy and energetic. 3 days ago the platy stopped eating and barely swims around at all. A full test of the water showed everything within...
  6. Freshwater and Tropical Fish
    She poops on white but mostly on brown
  7. Livebearers
    One of my female platys has been inactive and breathing heavily all day. I moved her into a smaller tank that only has a few snails. All of my other fish are fine. She can swim but she is mostly staying at the bottom of the tank. I cleaned the main tank a few days ago, and I tested my water...
  8. Livebearers
    Hello everyone. A total beginner here. My platy is really lethargic and not eating. Let me give some background to this problem. Early days: I bought a new aquarium in March and added 5 guppies and 3 algae eating fish and 2 bottom dwellers. I have a 120 litre (31.7 US gallon) aquarium and...
  9. Beginner Freshwater Aquarium
    Good morning! I have a 29 gallon tank with 3 platys; I used Tetra Safe Start. I've had my fish for 6 days, and my ammonia is steady at .5; I've done 2 partial water changes (neither of which actually changed the ammonia reading). nitrites are 0ppm, nitrates are 10ppm. I'm not sure how I have...
  10. Beginner Freshwater Aquarium
    Hi all! I have a new hobby because I made a bet with my husband that he couldn't win me a goldfish at the fair! Well he did! After having the goldfish in a 1.5 gallon tank for a bit and treating him just in case he had something we have now upgraded to a 10 gallon and added 2 platies and 2 fancy...
  11. Fish Breeding
    Hello, So about 8 weeks ago I got three Mickey Mouse Platys, three Bumblebee Platys, and Three assorted Mollies; All female. In the last month, I lost two Mickey Mouse, one Bumblebee and one Molly. On Monday while cleaning my tank I found a baby fry, dark orange, thinking the mama had to be my...
  12. Livebearers
    So i had started my fish in cycle on the 27th of july, and i had used that safestart stuff to give everything a boost before i put the fish in right (they are all fine) and the ammonia is fine and slowly lowering itself. but what confuses me is that, i read somewhere else that when ammonia...
  13. Livebearers
    Hello! I have a 30 gallon tank filled with almost 15 little fishes, including Angel Fish. IM new to this. I bought some platy fish and I have them for over 3 months now. Today Ive noticed that one of my female platy has like a white pimple under her belly. RIght infront of her anal fin. its...
  14. Livebearers
    Hi all! Brand new to the site! I found a lot of good info here, so I thought I'd join and get involved in asking/discussing. My platy had a baby (just one that I'm aware of) a week days ago. It's hanging in there and the other fish are leaving it alone. (I'm not intentionally breeding, so I...
  15. Freshwater and Tropical Fish
    Hey guys, first post!!! I am pretty new to mothering fish haha. I have a tank of 1 frog, 1 shark like fish (forgot what hes called) 1 platy, 1 catfish and 4 guppies! My platy has been fatter for around 4 months possibly? At first, I showed man from fish shop and he said she was pregnant! so I...
  16. Livebearers
    So I added a new male swordtail into my 10 gallon tank, only previously habited by my male platy and Oto. The days after I added him, both my platy and the swordtail kept having horrible fights, I can't exactly separate them so I just hoped for the fights to stop. It has calmed down relatively...
  17. Beginner Freshwater Aquarium
    I have a 13 gallon and a 60 gallon Freshwater Tropical. The 13 gallon has 6 CPDs, and 16+ platy fry. I had accidentally purchased a female platy, and once I saw she was about due, I put her in my 13 gallon with the danios. She gave birth and then I returned her to the store; once the platy...
  18. Livebearers
    So one of my platies gave birth last night to 7 fry in a breeding trap and this morning I moved them into the fry tank with the last batch, who are 4 weeks old. The weird thing is that they are nearly identical in size, and some of them are bigger!! I read that platy fry come out about 1/2 cm...
  19. Livebearers
    Hi there, I am having some issues with my office aquarium. Hopefully someone can help. I have a wee 5-gallon with a pair of platies and a dwarf African frog. The tank is fully cycled, with a few java ferns, and a nice full-spectrum lamp. I do 50% water changes once a week (left out for 24...
  20. Beginner Freshwater Aquarium
    Hey there~! Okay so I have an Established 60 US Gallon tank. It's been running for 6 months now round about. It is planted. The plants had gone loopy! This was my first "BIG" tank so I was confused as to why they were growing, some were dying and yet they were sprouting! in other areas of the...
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