Sick Platy?

Greetings all...

We have a 1 month-old Eclipse 12 that started out with a snail, an algae-eater, 2 dalmatian mollies, & 2 mickey mouse platys. We've lost a mollie and the algae-eater without any real warning or symptoms. Water readings are within range, and I do a 10% water change weekly. I use Cycle to help keep the bacteria up. But I've noticed that our platys' gills are bright red, and now there seems to be a red slash right by the pectoral fins. Other than the pH being a little high (7.9), everything else seems fine water-wise. I've included a pic... Am I just being paranoid? LOVE this site, and thanks in advance for any and all info!

Cheers,
Yuta

Looking at the pic i wouldnt worry, i just checked on my platys that are exactly the same color 100% and they have also got reddish gills like yours...

Your platy looks very healthy to me

ps, welcome to the forum

Thanks! I'm keeping an eye on this one in particular since she strikes me as being a little pregnant. We bought everything from PetSmart, and were told we had all females. Little did we know that females can hold sperm for months! The 2nd day we had 5-6 fry. We can't find them anymore, and I saw one of the mollys eat a few at first, so there's that. Of course, upon further review, I noticed that we actually have 1 male & 1 female platy. We're deciding what to do (switch the male for a female, or vice versa), but we kind of want to have some fry first. We'll see.

Thanks again!

5teady said:

Looking at the pic i wouldnt worry, i just checked on my platys that are exactly the same color 100% and they have also got reddish gills like yours...

Your platy looks very healthy to me

ps, welcome to the forum

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platys like most livebearers, hold sperm packets for up to six months and drop fry every 4-6 weeks, fry do get eaten if the tank has no hiding places so its best to have a well planted tank.

Good luck

Yep i agree she is looking good and healthy and nothing to to worry about.

pH of 7.9 is fine for most fish, as long as it's stable is the important thing.