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I agree with Colin- my Platy developed a black spot on his tail as well as he grew and got bigger. I doubt there is anything wrong with them, especially if their behavior has stayed the same.

How old is your fish? How long have you had it?

I could be wrong, but I see an increased number of whiteness around his gills. Could be Ich or fungus? @Colin_T can help you much farther.

My platy gave birth close to a month ago and I have been raising them. I wish I could upgrade to a 29g now but I just don't have the space right now. I want to keep one of the girls, my friend might take three, and then I would re-home the rest (I have 9 now). Can I sell them somewhere? Or do I...

Every time I see sad fish I want to take them home, but you just can't. I understand what you wanted to do but looking at her, she seems to have an internal disease that is making her waste away. She will likely spread TB (looks like someone already told you this) to your entire tank. Remove her...

White, 16, female, Mid-West U.S I started last year and would call myself an intermediate fish keeper because of the wonderful information given to me on this forum! I currently have three running tanks (11g, 6g, 3.5g), I use TopFin filters. The 11g has four mollies, two platies, four snails...

He didn't make it :( I think he might've been old or something because my other fish are doing great!

He is making me really sad- will he make it? He can't stop sitting on his back and he tries to turn around but he can't. Geez I am so sad right now..

i’m using microbe lift artemis fungal treatment

Do i continue using the fungal treatment?

okay thank you! if he doesn’t improve (i’ll post pics in a week), i’ll use epsom salt instead.

Okay awesome. He has been swimming a little better, he is trying really hard though

he’s in a 3.1g quarantine tank right now- i don’t have an alternative. he has the salt now, should i change the water today?

i was going to use epsom salt but i was told to be safe because some epsom salt doesn’t have good ingredients so i took the safe route and did aquarium salt. if you read above, you can see the picture of him. the pictures don’t do it justice because he was sitting on the bottom of my main tank...

yes. it’s more of an internal darkening. not super dark but it’ll be noticeable. let me see if i can find pictures

i put in Prime conditioner, some biological booster, fungus treatment and some aquarium salt...

she could be a little stressed or just not ready. sometimes they show signs but it won’t happen. that happened to me my second round of fry from my platy- she just didn’t feel ready. watch for a dark spot on her stomach move to the bottom of her tail... this usually means the babies have moved...

he moves around sometimes- but he kept moving in circles, the picture is one of him mid turning. he can swim a little but he can’t stay up for long and yes he’s breathing. i can see him trying to stay up and alive.

what’s happening to him?

Okay- i’ll get him a larger QT tank since i’m using the one i keep them in when i clean. my water isn’t hard enough- it’s around me 150ppm and i was told 250ppm is best.

perfect! should i treat him in the other tank with all my other fish? will it hurt them if they aren’t sick? what can i do to fix the hardness of the water?

okay- wow you are helping so much! now i know about the filter cartridges! what should i get at the store? i’m going today

Okay I read through them, do I treat for both pop-eye AND fungus? All my other fish are doing great and I tested my water awhile ago, the nitrites were pretty high and I was thinking it was because I changed my filter cartridge? I have a TopFin filter and it comes with the biological thing (the...

okay i grabbed some pictures !

My molly fish has a small amount of white fuzzy stuff under his eyes. I moved him into a hospital tank and was going to go to the pet store to grab some anti-fungal treatment. Is that what this is? The camera won't pick up anything. But this is similar to what it is... Not as swollen and...

yes! should be anytime !!!

That makes sense. I will try my best to find something to work- thank you.

I understand. I just felt like you were being really rude. But I could be wrong. I want the best for Aurora and I will do what I can for her. I will never be perfect, it took months for my main tank to be fixed and ready. I will try my best.

Um- I have had plenty of healthy fish (especially bettas) who have "thrived" without a filter. I take care of my fish and if I have to clean her everyday I will. But I am a minor, I don't have a job and I am not going to make my mom spend money on stuff that I know is not required, especially...