Hey!
I have just started my first aquarium aboit a month ago. It contains guppies (3 male 6 female), 2 dwarf gourami, 3 cory catfish, a spotted pleco and my 8 platys (3 male 5 females).
2 of the male platys are larger then the others and the one im worried about is one of them. He seems to have gotton very thin though he is still eating (Im alternating bloodworms and flakes). He seems to isolate hself to the bottom of the tank below my filter box and just sit there. He seems very skittish when approached by another fish. All of his fins seem to have clanped down also.
He is the only fish with this behaviour and i am worried about him.
I currently dont have the facility to isolate him but am looking to change this in the next few days.
I have read online about wasting disease/TB but although this has similair symptoms... I dont think it is that as hes still eating and will on rare occasion have a few minutes back to his active self. The skinnyness however is the thing im concerned the most on.
Is it worth general treating my tank with a bacterial med? Just incase? Or is something wlse going on here?
Is he being bullied by the other large male?
Any advise on this is much appreciated.
I have just started my first aquarium aboit a month ago. It contains guppies (3 male 6 female), 2 dwarf gourami, 3 cory catfish, a spotted pleco and my 8 platys (3 male 5 females).
2 of the male platys are larger then the others and the one im worried about is one of them. He seems to have gotton very thin though he is still eating (Im alternating bloodworms and flakes). He seems to isolate hself to the bottom of the tank below my filter box and just sit there. He seems very skittish when approached by another fish. All of his fins seem to have clanped down also.
He is the only fish with this behaviour and i am worried about him.
I currently dont have the facility to isolate him but am looking to change this in the next few days.
I have read online about wasting disease/TB but although this has similair symptoms... I dont think it is that as hes still eating and will on rare occasion have a few minutes back to his active self. The skinnyness however is the thing im concerned the most on.
Is it worth general treating my tank with a bacterial med? Just incase? Or is something wlse going on here?
Is he being bullied by the other large male?
Any advise on this is much appreciated.