Mentally challenged fish.

[Emi929]

So, I have a sunset platy and I've had her for 2 yrs. The first few months I noticed she would slam into the glass and have seizures. I took her to a freshwater aquatic animal vet to see what was wrong. He kept her for 2 months in immaculate conditions for observation. Long story short, he came to the conclusion that she was epileptic, and somehow brain damaged. She gets 1 drop of an anti-convulsant, and has been doing well. She has been jumping out of the water lately though. Tank params are: Amm: 0, Ni: 0, Na: 5. Temp: 75, pH: 7.5 as always, but she is like splashing out of the water. She has her own 5g and has always been there, with a snail, and some ghost shrimp. Do you think I should take her back to the vet? :-/

 

[Emi929]

Bumping this

 

[nereksnad]

greetings emi;

does your aquarium have plants [live ones, ofcourse] that she can interact with? back when i used an remarkably small aquarium [~28 gallons(?) 50 litres.], the platies i had liked to seek shelter under the filter, due to the plants growing around it in the corner, making it dark like a cave, i suspect. 5 gallons is unbelievably tiny, i'm stunned by this.

sincerely;
nrk.

 

[Emi929]

Sorry!! I forgot the 1! It's a 15gal not 5!! That would be bad. Yes there is lots of dwarf hair grass, a fairly good amount of java moss, a bubble wall, an air stone that opens like a clam with bubbles, and a small piece of mopani wood. She always plays with the bubbles from the clam, but could it be that she needs a play mate? I remember the vet said that the anti-convulsants are harmless to non-epileptic fish, but the water needs to be REALLY oxygenated for her. Will that harm her if I put another platy in? Will the platy not like the oxygenated water?

 

[George9]

That's so nice you kept the mentally challenged fish. Most people would just flush it because it's too much work. Nice job!