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Long story short, my 1 platy in 5 gallon tank has been sick. She is now to the point where she is just hanging at the bottom or top of the tank and not eating at all. I now think it is Hexamita because she was healthy a while ago but had clear stringy poop and now has gotten to this point. I...

I posted earlier to no response but I am assuming that my mickey mouse platy in 5 gallon tank has ich. She has 3 little whitish spots on her tail and is not eating and just sitting at the surface and bottom with fins clamped. She is not scratching on ornaments though but I still think it is ich...

I have a mickey mouse platy in a 5 gallon tank. She's been doing very well and the tank is cycled and everything. However, the past couple of days she has been spitting out most of her food when I feed her in the morning and has been sort of lazy for lack of a better description..meaning she has...

I currently have a 5 gallon tank with 1 mickey mouse platy in it. My question is can I add 1 more? I ask because I have been given conflicting answers. When I initially bought the tank the pet store told me I could fit 2 in my 5 gallon. And I've read in places that I can fit 2 and other places...

Hey everybody. I have a 5 gallon tank with a mickey mouse platy in it and was just wondering some tips to help keep the tank in my target temperature zone of 78-82 degrees with the summer approaching. Unfortunately I do not have central air, only a window conditioner in my bedroom where the...

I have a mickey mouse platy and I have a question about her behavior. I have 2 ornaments in the tank as well as a thermometer and heater. At times I see my platy kind of biting at these things, it looks as though she is kissing them. She goes up to them and lunges at them and bounces off. Can...

I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I got a 5 gallon tank with 1 mickey mouse platy in it about 13 weeks ago and it has not completed cycling. Ammonia levels rose about the 2nd week or so and they are still up on week 13 and I haven't had a nitrite spike yet. I've been doing small daily...