FishLover97
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Good morning,
About a week and a half ago I noticed my female platy had started clamping her fins a bit. I waited a few days and she was still doing it so I added some salt to the water. Salt was in for about 3 days and a test of the water showed that the ammonia was maybe a little high (somewhere between 0 and 0.5 but test strips can be so hard to read) so I proceeded to do some water changes and ammonia has been good since. I just got a new tank so I’m sure it was the filter trying to grow enough beneficial bacteria to keep up (she isn’t having new tank syndrome because when she first started clamping she was still in the same tank she had been in for 4 months) I also noticed she seemed a lot less active, she was hiding which she never usually does, she’s usually a fun friendly fish and when she wasn’t hiding, she was trying to eat the silicone-looking stuff in the corners of the tank (weird but probably unrelated to my problem). So I isolated her to see if it was another fish bothering her. She is in with a male platy and she had had a female friend because that’s how you’re supposed to keep them but the other female died probably over a month ago which I didn’t think would affect anything because the male never paid attention to the other female but I thought maybe he’s just stressing her out because she’s the only female. Frustratingly enough, when in the tank by herself, she was clamping the first couple days, but these last couple days I hadn’t seen her clamping at all and she looked fairly active, but this morning she was clamping just for a bit again until I went over to her. Which isn’t really enough to conclude if it was the other fish or not since she’s kind of still doing it but it is significantly less in the solo tank. She also has had a slight decrease in appetite, like she definitely still eats but with less enthusiasm but I’m not sure if that’s just because now there’s no competition for food by herself. Checked the water this morning and everything looks good, KH is on the low side but pH has been holding steady around 7-7.2 but when she was first showing symptoms KH was fine. I know her symptoms are very general which is why I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do for her. Should I move her back to the other tank and see if it starts up again?
My main tank is a 10 gallon and has her, the male platy, two neon tetras, two minnows and one pearl danio (I know those are all the wrong numbers for schooling fish. Sorry)
Thanks in advance for your help
About a week and a half ago I noticed my female platy had started clamping her fins a bit. I waited a few days and she was still doing it so I added some salt to the water. Salt was in for about 3 days and a test of the water showed that the ammonia was maybe a little high (somewhere between 0 and 0.5 but test strips can be so hard to read) so I proceeded to do some water changes and ammonia has been good since. I just got a new tank so I’m sure it was the filter trying to grow enough beneficial bacteria to keep up (she isn’t having new tank syndrome because when she first started clamping she was still in the same tank she had been in for 4 months) I also noticed she seemed a lot less active, she was hiding which she never usually does, she’s usually a fun friendly fish and when she wasn’t hiding, she was trying to eat the silicone-looking stuff in the corners of the tank (weird but probably unrelated to my problem). So I isolated her to see if it was another fish bothering her. She is in with a male platy and she had had a female friend because that’s how you’re supposed to keep them but the other female died probably over a month ago which I didn’t think would affect anything because the male never paid attention to the other female but I thought maybe he’s just stressing her out because she’s the only female. Frustratingly enough, when in the tank by herself, she was clamping the first couple days, but these last couple days I hadn’t seen her clamping at all and she looked fairly active, but this morning she was clamping just for a bit again until I went over to her. Which isn’t really enough to conclude if it was the other fish or not since she’s kind of still doing it but it is significantly less in the solo tank. She also has had a slight decrease in appetite, like she definitely still eats but with less enthusiasm but I’m not sure if that’s just because now there’s no competition for food by herself. Checked the water this morning and everything looks good, KH is on the low side but pH has been holding steady around 7-7.2 but when she was first showing symptoms KH was fine. I know her symptoms are very general which is why I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do for her. Should I move her back to the other tank and see if it starts up again?
My main tank is a 10 gallon and has her, the male platy, two neon tetras, two minnows and one pearl danio (I know those are all the wrong numbers for schooling fish. Sorry)
Thanks in advance for your help