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An update if anyone was wondering, turns out Toffee the platy was stressed so I guess I must have a bully in the tank I’ve placed her in with the fry and within a few hours her fins opened up and she’s been scoffing bloodworm like there’s no tomorrow. I feel bad cause it’s only about 16ltrs...

She has a fan shaped anal fin normally and I’m pretty sure she’s been pregnant as she was quite large a few months back and then 2 fry appeared or at least 2 fry survived but seeing as I have 3 other females it’s hard to say who’s popping out all the fry as I currently have 14 more fry in...

Thanks guys I’ll give the salt a go and get the water checked at my local aquatic shop just to be on the safe side. Just to answer a few questions to Wilder She hasn’t changed colour that I’ve noticed. She can dart about when need be and it’s not as though she’s struggling to get off the...

Hi Colin_T Thank you for your response. I cleaned the filter on the 23 July. Its a fluval U4 filter. I have porous ceramic filter media, sponge and carbon cartridges inside. I rinsed all the parts in some old tank water and put the filter back in the tank and all has appeared fine since. I...

Hi thanks for your reply. I’ve been using the test strips 5 in 1 that just change colour and they always come back that the water is fine but I have just noticed it doesn’t test for ammonia although I thought weekly 20-25% water changes would sort that out? The tank has been set up almost 4...

Hi, Please can anyone shed some light as to why my platy has been in hiding and not eating, her fins are also closed and if she comes out of hiding she stays close to the gravel just floating, this is the 3rd day I’ve noticed this behaviour. I’ve got another 5 female platy fish in the 60l tank...