breakaway Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi, I've got 3 x adult platys (2 x F, 1 x M) in my 200L established tank, and one one of them has just started acting very strange for the past 3 days. She will sit on the bottom of the tank, very near the gravel, and 'gasp'. All the other fish are fine. Also, I've had a neon randomly kick the bucket yesterday. Water has been tested, and Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia are all normal, pH is 7.2. She still comes up for food (bloodworms) during feeding time, but the amount she eats has reduced drastically. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hard to tell with respiratory difficulty. Possibly some sort of gill disease? Check out the following link to narrow down the symptoms. http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseas ... rders.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Tank temp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Temp is all good, 26 during night 27 during day (verified by three different thermometers). I see some red behind the gill plate - doesn't look good unfortunately I would like to seperate her but I don't have another tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 You could float her in an icecream container (filled with water from your tank), on the top of the tank. The only thing is you will need to change the water twice a day and whatever you do don't put the water from the icecream container back in your tank. You could try adding salt (tonic or rock) at the rate of 1gram a litre and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I just found another dead neon this morning It appeared to be half eaten as well. There are no visible marks on these fish, yet they seem to be dropping like flies! My source at the LFS seems to think that neons are just not as hardy as they used to be, due to mass inbreeding in places like singapore etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Neons aren't the hardiest fish. :roll: Do you have good aeration? You might want to increase surface agitation while you investigate the problem. Might be good to do a water change also, just to keep the water quality up. Any other symptoms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 No other symptoms. I always have the filter outlet a little above water level for some aeration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Well in the absence of toxicity or lack of oxygen, it could just be poor stock but it might also be that the stock brought in a parasite (e.g. gill flukes) or bacterial infection. Might not hurt to deworm if you have any praziquantel, just to eliminate that as a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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