missmonday
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello,
Just today I went to my lfs and purchased 3 mickey mouse platys and 1 sunset/honey gourami. I tried to look for the healthiest specimens I could find, so I thought everything was fine. I acclimated the fish, then let them sit in a methylene blue bath for 20 minutes before adding them to the tank.
Everything was fine until about 15 minutes after adding them, I noticed one of the platies had white-ish stringy poo! :c I know that's a sign of internal parasites, but how do I go about treating it? It won't spread to the other fish will it??
I can go ahead and order some prazipro today, will that be a good bet? I haven't fed any of the new arrivals yet as I only feed my fish once in the morning. The only other fish in the tank are 9 gold cloud minnows. None of the platies look thin.
It seems as though only the platy with the orange dorsal fin is sick.
Just today I went to my lfs and purchased 3 mickey mouse platys and 1 sunset/honey gourami. I tried to look for the healthiest specimens I could find, so I thought everything was fine. I acclimated the fish, then let them sit in a methylene blue bath for 20 minutes before adding them to the tank.
Everything was fine until about 15 minutes after adding them, I noticed one of the platies had white-ish stringy poo! :c I know that's a sign of internal parasites, but how do I go about treating it? It won't spread to the other fish will it??
I can go ahead and order some prazipro today, will that be a good bet? I haven't fed any of the new arrivals yet as I only feed my fish once in the morning. The only other fish in the tank are 9 gold cloud minnows. None of the platies look thin.
It seems as though only the platy with the orange dorsal fin is sick.