aaron11 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 HI ya everyone me again hehe I got 2 salt and peper colour platys from the bird barn and 2 white ones with black spots, the white ones look ok but their gills look a bit red The salt and peper ones (i think) they have blue in them, they look very thin, one was preggers when I got it, but not its sort of flat lookin if it had its babies( i cant see any but in my communtiy tank most get eaten) do they go flat lookign? One looks like its a bung shape maybe I got a bung one !!! ha They are swimming around and all the rest of the fish look ok I will do another water test as the one yesterday was light green i think IVE GOT AMMONIA AGAIN !!! When i can afford it im gonna get a 1200 ltr an hour aqua one filter hopefully this will help !!!! This tank has been a night mare, adodge has seen it and said it dont look like there is too many fish in there I have 15 neons about 14 platys, 2 swords and 4 cat fish !!! tank has been set up for 8 monthss anyway I just wanna know about the fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 ok had another look the platy is a funny shape like the top of it so it must be a dud hahaha doing an ammonia test now ! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Checked the Ammonia there is none the reading was 0 so yay !!!! I keep an eye on the fish see if they are ok the ones i saw on line did have red parts around the gills maybe its their colour spots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 okkkkkk fish are ok must be how they look !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 White or pale fish will always have red show up more than others as they are so pale it shows through, especially in places like the gills. It is quite common to get a "dud" from a lfs. These days they seem to supply quantity rather than quality. I often see fish being sold that I felt ought to have been culled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 White or pale fish will always have red show up more than others as they are so pale it shows through, especially in places like the gills. It is quite common to get a "dud" from a lfs. These days they seem to supply quantity rather than quality. I often see fish being sold that I felt ought to have been culled. Agreed with that when my jullies are younger and paler the gills look very red and I have had people ask if they are ok, its just the colour.. Unfortunately alot of fish in shops do need to be culled, there are also alot of "respected" breeders who seem to be passing around alot of deformed fish too Did you quarantine these new fish before adding them to your new tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 ryan no I didnt bad move? they are all ok I feel like taking the deformed one back but I know what they will do with it I dont have another tank to quarantee fish the ones i sold them they just bunged into their tank Said the might get eaten, i said well why dont you take the plays out then grrr They all seem to be ok. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hey there I had the same problem with one of my guppies, they got red gills, but i did a water change and they seem to be fine now. I think I saw all your baby guppy at the bird barn a few days ago and they look happy:) had any new guppy fry pop out lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hey alanco hahahahaha I asked the lady if some one had brought more in thinkin it was you All those babies aint mine i only took 20 but mine were bigger AND YES THERE IS MORE about 30 or 40 maybeeeeeeee Oh i got a new tank alanco i will pm u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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