Female platy sick

[alj004]

My female platy Cas has been acting very off recently, hanging around the filter not swimming around as per usual. She looks very bloated, but does not have the pine-coneing dropsy signs. She's been acting this way for about two to three weeks now. She hasn't been pooping as far as I can tell, but when she does it's white and stringy. I'm thinking internal parasites. She did just give birth to about 4-5 fry recently.

The water conditions are good; no ammonia, nitrites 0, nitrates <20. the other fish appear normal, except for a fish I recently had to euthanize for having a bunch of diseases at once (pop eye, fin rot, velvet). other than acting odd and being bloated, she appears to be fine. Anyone know what's going on? she's such a pretty fish.

 

[Delapool]

Perhaps recovering? Is she getting hassled by the males at all?

Nothing like that in the other fish?

 

[alj004]

She was getting hassled a little bit, so I moved her to a different tank for now. she's still eating fine, but not pooping as far as I've seen.

 

[alj004]

also, one other platy had similar stringy feces so I'm treating them both with API general parasite cure for now.

 

[anteatergoanna]

Try feeding her some crused peas, nuke them in micro for 30 sec and remove skins...this is good for constipation....good luck!