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Oh and pets at home used these bottles of whatever they are NOT TEST STRIPS!

I know what basics to do my dad have kept fish since he was little well you was all wrong it's velvet disease they gold spots now not green I lost my Molly last night followed by my yellow platy all breathing heavy

I'm not re homing my Molly as it was picked by partners mum I will re home the fry when they have grown a little more I was going to ask for numbers but she didn't give me chance to ask she said they are fine apart from nitrate which is only cause by the fry food and can be sorted by a live...

Been pet shop they said nitrate was a bit high been advised to get a live plant it is probably high due to feeding fry 3 times a day and with food being sat on the bottom on tank for few hours while they eat it, now you know my results of water could you say why my adult platy has got green...

It is literally falling apart at the 3 week mark so I have to replace it every 4 week they are designed to last 4 week, here is a better picture of the green spots http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag378/sarc922004/Mobile%20Uploads/6A833E80-F26A-496F-9062-FDAA34C3AFE3_zpsrheqxth9.jpg

The black spots are his pigmentation. Cycled tank as instructed by supplier and allowed bacteria bloom to settle before adding fish. I clean the filter media every 2 weeks and replace every 4 week as supplier advises. I will have to purchase some test strips and let you know what they say (not...

I will have to sign up to one of them, my stupid iPhone decided to delete the picture I took so will have to wait till tomorrow now as fish live at partners house. I don't know the parameters but should be ok pet shop told me they should be fine until you get fish dying then that's a sign they...

I am using apple, it is a 40 litre tank with heater in use I have 4 platys 1 Molly and 18 fry in a tank divider they have been in this arrangement for a few week and have been ok I do weekly water changes because of the fry , the tank was cycled before having the fish and I have had the tank...

If anything they look skin level or maybe a tiny dint in skin he is breathing rapidly other than that he looks and acts ok, the other platys also breathing rapidly and fins are clamped on nearly all of my platys, I could email you a picture if that helps

Hi my platy has several green spots on his body and i don't know what it is can anyone help, thank you in advance. Can't upload pic my phone is too high resolution for this site, he is red with black spots but has around 5 green spots 1mm diameter each.

I put a pea in the fry section and although I didn't see him eat any I've not seen him lying on the bottom I've tried looking for him in tank but cannot find him he is very distinctive compared to my others but I foun one similar to him he was the only one that that a jet black back all others...

Hey it not let me upload a photo it says it's too big but my dad mentioned it could be something to do with air in his bladder like the incorrect level

He is doing ok at the moment, he looks dead on the bottom of the gravel but his back fin is flapping, he then starts swimming on his side instead of up right he is small maybe 1cm long and 3mm depth have noticed he starts to swim up right but then swims on his side again like us sleeping on our...

Thank you I now have a tank separater and they have weekly water changes and look ok found a young one and he can't swim properly called him tornado :)

Thank you so much for all yor help much appreciated

I have only one tank and I feed them a generous amount daily and they have food left over in the trap I just puzzled by the fact my Molly's are ok and they are beig treated the same I will do the water change 25% a week incase they can't cope with the change daily thank you for your help if you...

Hi I'm having the same problem, I found around 20 molly fry and 2 platy fry in my 40litre tank, I didn't know my fish were pregnant. The Molly's have survived but the platy fry not growing and dying. One of the 2 platy frys died a week after, I found another one in tank put him in breeder net...