Fat Platy - Pregnant - Fat - Swimbladder - Ill>>> HELP!

[HollieDahhrlinn]

Hey,
I bought a platy from my LPS after returning a male paradise fish,
I have another 2 platy's but this one is alot longer and alot older than i one's i added previous to her. She is deffo female.
She is quite round and i wondered if i bought a pregnant female?
She is constantly lying down on the bottom of the tank & only moves when the other fish chase her, is she pregnant, or does she have some sort of illness??
She isnt coming up for food either? None of my fish have come for food this morning??
Please Help Me! x

[dkpate]

How much/often do you feed them? And everyone on here is going to want to know your tank parameters, (i.e ammonia, nitrite and nitrate).

[WhiteDevil]

I had a variatus that was really fat, it was SWD.

[Blueiz]

Is this the 4 g tank that you have posted about before? What are your water parameters? I would be really concerned that none of them are eating. The new fish could have brought in a disease, or you could be having an ammonia or nitrite spike.

[HollieDahhrlinn]

Hey,
My other fish are eating,
They are eating just fine!
Its just this one particular fish, she is just bobbing on the bottom of the tank and only comes up to the top of the tank every now and again and plays with the other fish.
But - she isnt getting fatter i dont believe but its early days.

Whitedevil - what is SWD.
It is a 4gallon with 3 platys, 1 female paradise and a sucking loach.
My other fish are fine

Thanks x

[Blueiz]

Originally Posted by HollieDahhrlinn

Hey,
I bought a platy from my LPS after returning a male paradise fish,
I have another 2 platy's but this one is alot longer and alot older than i one's i added previous to her. She is deffo female.
She is quite round and i wondered if i bought a pregnant female?
She is constantly lying down on the bottom of the tank & only moves when the other fish chase her, is she pregnant, or does she have some sort of illness??
She isnt coming up for food either? None of my fish have come for food this morning??
Please Help Me! x

Originally Posted by HollieDahhrlinn

Hey,
My other fish are eating,
They are eating just fine!
Its just this one particular fish, she is just bobbing on the bottom of the tank and only comes up to the top of the tank every now and again and plays with the other fish.
But - she isnt getting fatter i dont believe but its early days.

Whitedevil - what is SWD.
It is a 4gallon with 3 platys, 1 female paradise and a sucking loach.
My other fish are fine

Thanks x

Your post is confusing, so now the other fish are eating fine?

SWD is swim bladder disease.

What are your water parameters?

[HollieDahhrlinn]

Yes,
The rest are now eating fine ecxept this one fish??
Sometimes she will eat and sometimes she wont?
She was fat like this when they gave me her, i didnt get to pick her - i just asked for a female.
This is an image of her - she is swimming normally so i was doubtful if it was SWD??
Here take a look

[dkpate]

She might have a tumor too?

[Lynae]

You should google "gravid spot" on platies...
It appears that she is pregnant, if that is indeed a gravid spot on her. (eyes of the live babies that she is carrying)

[dkpate]

Oooh, I think Lynae hit it on the nose! I googled pregnant platy pics, and it looks JUST like your fish!

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/42...600x600Q85.jpg