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I've had some problems for a while with my female red-wag platy. She hasn't looked healthy for a few weeks: she's lost a lot of weight and her fins have been routinely clamped. I thought I was going to lose her after she didn't surface for food for two days, but then she stated doing so again...

I did a water change last night in my 10 gallon tank. I also cleaned out the intake valve and inner tube of my Top Fin Power 10 HOB filter and replaced the carbon filter. (I didn't remove or rinse the bioplate.) I added a sponge around the intake tube for the first time, since I felt like my...

I have a gold platy that I got two months ago when she was fairly small. She had a black fan-shaped anal fin, so I figured she was a female. (See the "before" photo!) She's gotten bigger over the last few months, and last night I noticed the black fin is gone and it's been replaced with a...

After cycling my 10 gallon tank, I got two gold-and-black platies last weekend. They seem to be doing well, and the tank's water readings still look good (no ammonia or nitrites, nitrates at 20). My question is what I should do next. I read the ratio for platies should be 1 male to 2 female...