Hi there
I posted for help yesterday with my sick platy but didn't receive any advice - I've now lost one of my platys but want to make sure I'm doing the right thing to prevent this happening again.
Stats are:
30L BioOrb tank
5 months old, cycled
3 platys (was 4)
2 Yamato shrimp
PH 7.5/8
Nitrates 0.0
Ammonia 0.0
I do partial water changes every week and everything has been fine. I went away for 3 days and noticed one of my fish was very sick (hence my last post). I don't know the cause of death or now how to prevent this happening again. The platy was the alpha and was the biggest in the tank - he was about 2/3 months old from the pet store. I apologise for the graphic images of the dead fish - but I want to know a) what could have been the cause and b) how to prevent it happening again...
Any hell would be appreciated - the fish if you can see almost looks like he's lost one of his eyes some of his fins have rotted and he looks like he has a small black like hole into his stomach? Does anyone know why he died?
Please help!!
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I posted for help yesterday with my sick platy but didn't receive any advice - I've now lost one of my platys but want to make sure I'm doing the right thing to prevent this happening again.
Stats are:
30L BioOrb tank
5 months old, cycled
3 platys (was 4)
2 Yamato shrimp
PH 7.5/8
Nitrates 0.0
Ammonia 0.0
I do partial water changes every week and everything has been fine. I went away for 3 days and noticed one of my fish was very sick (hence my last post). I don't know the cause of death or now how to prevent this happening again. The platy was the alpha and was the biggest in the tank - he was about 2/3 months old from the pet store. I apologise for the graphic images of the dead fish - but I want to know a) what could have been the cause and b) how to prevent it happening again...
Any hell would be appreciated - the fish if you can see almost looks like he's lost one of his eyes some of his fins have rotted and he looks like he has a small black like hole into his stomach? Does anyone know why he died?
Please help!!
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