I've had aquariums and platys for quite some time, and Ive never seen anything like it. Ill try to give a quick background history.
I have a 36 gallon. Beggining of this year, we had our first big tank emergency. We had a case of ick, and something else and we lost majority of our platys to it. Over the course of a couple months we were left with just one platy. We had the tank under control and everything has been great since. The one platy does nothing but hide in our big tall cave. 24/7. She will not under any circumstances come out when the light is on. She comes out when its feeding time. And she doesnt eat with the rest of them. When she sees the food fall, she will dart out and catch bites here and there. SOMETIMES she comes out and makes her rounds and eat then she darts back in the cave. When she sees me or anyone in the room, she wont come out. BUT... when the light is off in the evening and night, she will come out, and sleep in the open with everyone else.
She has had a few sets of babies also (I guess she was holding for months because we havent had males in there in a very long time) And we have the babies in there with her allgrown up.
Its just so weird. Shes still HUGE and fat like she always was. Shes healthy, eats, etc. She just LIVES in that cave.
Any ideas?
I have a 36 gallon. Beggining of this year, we had our first big tank emergency. We had a case of ick, and something else and we lost majority of our platys to it. Over the course of a couple months we were left with just one platy. We had the tank under control and everything has been great since. The one platy does nothing but hide in our big tall cave. 24/7. She will not under any circumstances come out when the light is on. She comes out when its feeding time. And she doesnt eat with the rest of them. When she sees the food fall, she will dart out and catch bites here and there. SOMETIMES she comes out and makes her rounds and eat then she darts back in the cave. When she sees me or anyone in the room, she wont come out. BUT... when the light is off in the evening and night, she will come out, and sleep in the open with everyone else.
She has had a few sets of babies also (I guess she was holding for months because we havent had males in there in a very long time) And we have the babies in there with her allgrown up.
Its just so weird. Shes still HUGE and fat like she always was. Shes healthy, eats, etc. She just LIVES in that cave.
Any ideas?