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This is the worst looking one, her stomach is discolored and back is bent

Do these platies look parasite ridden? I have attached pictures of multiple platies. There is planara in my tank, are they killing my platies?

Oh okay I understand thank you :)

Just out of curiousity, why do you put ice cubes in your tank?

I don't have much of an idea about the deaths of the fish other than: is there enough surface tension break? And also does she use any plant food in the tank? I experienced a bunch of deaths when I started using plant food for mine I believed because the heavy metals were too much for my fish...

I have plants but I've just now dived into the science of keeping them, so I have no idea about o2. I have a bubbler in the tank that we bought to break the surface tension and get more air in there. Our lights are typically on for about 12 hours on 12 hours off, sometimes a little more...

They have actually been little pigs! I bought frozen baby brine shrimp, and they ate it like crazy. They've also eaten pellets and peas. :) they're doing pretty great. :)

I don't have an all platy tank, I have them in with guppies, a gourami, and some bottom feeders. No matter how clean my water is, no matter my how good my parameters I can't keep my platies happy. They are always clamping. I have them in 7.2 ph and the highest their nitrate is ever at is 10...

Okay. Thank you

Is it normal for her to be breathing heavy and like just generally freaking out after she is stripped? This is the first time I have done this so I'm just making sure now she's gonna be okay.

I did strip her, which is why I just started a different thread to get answers on why she's freaking out.

I have stripped my cichlid of her fry now and they all look alright. They're not eating the flakes or pellets that we put in the container, so do I have to buy baby brine shrimp? they are pretty much free swimming. My female on the other hand is breathing extremely heavy. Is this normal? She...

I don't think so, it didn't look like it and I feel like I would notice. She looks normal.

What should I do?

this is a better picture of her throat.