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No replies? Thanks everyone! Water stats are spot on 7.2pH, ammonia = 0ppm, nitrites = 0ppm, nitrates = 5ppm. The betta looks to be recovering - it has a hole in its blue scales, but the swelling has gone down and the thick white strand which turned brown has dropped off. He's swimming around...

Both my Betta and one of my platys have a white protrusion from a swollen area. The betta is worse, he has a big swelling on his side, the scales have pine-coned, and there is a single thick white strand (looks like a flap of fish flesh) sticking out which has started to turn brown over the last...

One of my Platys did this for a while, it's back end was sinkings, and it was trying to float, then for a 1 miinute burst of activity, it was swimming at full speed into the tank sides etc a few times an hour. It was then stopping to rest, I think it exhausted itself and then promptly died...

The Betta loves peas, and the other fish aren't fussed about it, except the largest 2 Platys, who seemed to take a few bits out of curiosity. The betta has the biggest mouth in the tank, so if I cut them just small enough for him then the others can't touch the pea anyway. He has been trying...

I was cleaning the tank last night (50 % water change and algae scrub on the walls) and the Betta was hanging around my hands while they were in the tank, so I put the 2 litre jug in to see if he'd go in without too much bother. He swam in with hardly any coaxing. So I sat him in his jug by the...

That might work if the betta doesn't go after the main cube before you put in his portion, and if some of the other fish don't see that there are 2 parts to the cube on offer, and go after his piece. He used to happily eat flake before he got a taste of bloodworm. i'll defrost his bit so that...

My Betta has lost a lot of weight in the last few weeks. I started out by just feeding the tank inhabitants on Aquarian Tropical flake, then introduced bloodworm as a treat once a week. The betta won't touch the flakes now. All the fish in the tank go for the bloodworm, so the Betta gets very...

The neons had developed bent spines over just a day or 2, and the dead ones were very dull in colour, especially the red bit - not so much the upper blue bit. Fins were all intact, no signs of being attacked whilst alive. Didn't appear to have developed a poor swimming technique over days due to...

I have an immature blue coral. It was all blue/silver, but recently the tail is filling out with the rusty red clouration like yours seems to have.

The 3rd Platy bought at the same time as the 2 dead ones looked a bit lethargic yesterday evening, and I thought that i'd be seeing it floating when I got up this morning. When I got up, it was resting, wedged in one of the bushier plants, but the gill movement was normal, then it then went for...

All the neons have been gone for 4 weeks. Had a second Platy (Sunset type) die exactly the same way last night also. which was number 2 of the 3 we bought from the same LFS as the first Platy that died. We have one more from that LFS, bought at the same time. The one remaining Platy from that...

I think we can definitely rule out temp fluctuations (my rena smart heater is very stable, and the thermometer values never fluctuate). No signs of injury No flicking or rubbing Fish poo was normal Had some Neons with bent spines a while ago (suspected NTD) Fish was one of the slimmer platys I...

The bloodworms were the frozen stuff - supposedly parasite free (irradiated?). From what I can find out, a lack of stability when all the fins are functioning correctly would seem to be a swim bladder problem, but as i'm no expert - that's why im asking the question. Don't think it was the...

It's a 140L tank (physical fill of 100L of water). The tank is 4 months old and has been stable in water parameters for over 2 months. Other inhabitants are 8 other Platys of various colours, 1 very placid but curious Betta (was in a community tank without problems when I got him), 4 Cory...

Forgot to say - the dead fish is just over a week old (a week in my tank, not literally a 1 week old fry), and is full size expected for a Platy female.

One of our Platys died yesterday, after developing difficulty swimming over the space of around 4 hours. I have 8 other Platys, and they're all fine. The Platy in question is a translucent lemon colour with black stripes on the outer edges of the tail (not sure what variety it is). It firstly...

I have some immature silver (semi see-through) Platys that have a holographic slight blue tinge about them in certain light. Lately these 2 have started to develop orage coloured tiger stripes where the abdomen meets the tail. The orange colouring is very faint at the moment. The 2 silver...

My Betta was ok with Cardinals - it was the glass bloodfin tetras that killed them off! They basically chewed the tails off, disabling them, then all the other fish were eating them once they'd died. The bloodfins were killing 1 a day - evil fish. They didn't harm the neons surprisingly though...

Think I know the culprit. One of my 6 glass bloodfin tetras regularly leaves the group at the top of the tank and heads low where the platys, corys and cardinals are. That bloodfin was nudging one of the cardinals a lot last night. I had 2 further cardinal losses yesterday - one was dead but...

The dead fish are gone - if I see another one i'll photograph it. The cardinals have the clear part of their tail fin gone, but no sign of fungus or infection. The red "V" at the start of the tail fin is still there. There is no other damage to the cardinals, they just go one at a time on a...

Looks like everything you do is right in your cleaning. I asked about the air on and off because I didn't know whether it was hardly ever on - to be on most of the time like yours should be fine. Some meds knock down oxygen solubility in the water, and having a high tank temp also reduces water...

I upped the flowrate on my pump a little to improve water circulation - hopefully this will help with the algae. Bought 2 more female platys last night - so I now have 2 males and 4 females. I got 2 Silver / blue holographic looking ones - they looked great at the LFS, one has clear fins and...

I wish that our lass hadn't gone out and replaced all our dead NTD neons with cardinals - they just seem so much more fragile than the neons ever were. 1 a day is dying now. Each day, one seems to have its tail fin gone and it's dead or dying when i get in from work, with no signs of infection...

How often do you siphon the waste debris from the bottom of your tank? What water changes do you generally do (% and frequency)? If siphoned on a regular basis, your sand shouldn't change colour and stink. Sand is inert, only things stuck to it can cause the changes to appearance and smell...

Have 2 male and 2 female platy, will be getting another 2 females this week.

Mine are very active during the day - they're far more active if they need to look hard for their food (i.e. not overfed), and play around with each other a lot. There is one that is a little less sociable than the others, but I just recently discovered that he only has one eye. He's always...

The dead fish are just the neons. They all seemed to strt dying off after getting a little fluffy, which was attributed to Columnaris, and some displayed symptoms of NTD like bent spine etc. There were a few that appeared normal, but their gills were going like the clappers, and they got bullied...

Ammonia = 0ppm Nitrites = 0ppm Nitrates are always less than 5ppm. pH = 7.4 Water temp = 24C All above stats are solidly stable, never fluctuate. I generally clean out every 5 days, 20 - 30% water change, although sometimes I feel i'm doing too much cleaning - too much cleaning can sometimes...

I'll try, she's quite camera shy. She used to be very inquisitive, but now she darts away under cover when the tank is watched. She's very barrelled around the belly, and what i'd consider to be squared off (but i'm only going by pics on other posts). She could be a little stressed, we have...

I have a heavily pregnant Platy that I thought was ready to drop the fry over a week ago. She's been pregnant for at least 5 weeks and is now twice the size of the males I have in the tank. She's pooing normally, has a healthy appetite, but seems quite shy lately unless she's prowling for food...

15litre biorb is a nice size for a betta on it's own. Without much room, even the most placid betta will not be pleased to share a 15litre tank with a platy or 2. I have a 140 litre tank with a betta and 4 platys, and they get on fine, but there are plenty of places for the betta to keep out of...

I now go to Gosforth Pets and Aquatics. They have lots of clean and uncluttered tanks, all the fish are in good condition and active/happy. It's family run and they care about everything they sell. You'll quite often see the wifey with one of the chameleons out and crawling up her arm. Prices...

I'll go for the cardinals next, they're a bit dearer, but the general concensus is that they're bred better. From feedback on other threads it seems that it's hard to get good neons, and it's easier to get good cardinals. Bought my neons from Peter Barratts and Pets at home before I discovered...

Only have 2 neons left now. The last one that disappeared turned up. In saying that, the head and the tail were left, attached to the spine. It had been dug up - there was a big crater around what was left of it in the gravel. My best diggers seem to be the corys, and i've heard they're partial...

My Platy looks identical to that in your photos, except for a red colouration spot on the tail. She's a quite a bit bigger than yours in the first photo, and still hasn't dropped. Can see the white donut on her behind, and the girth of her poop is bigger (is that any indicator or just...

I thought your original pronounciation was right "stir-bye", thats what the LFS at mine called it.

Forby - North Shields? Me too! I know about Gosforth Pets and Aquatics as I pass it to go home from work. Never been to Betta Aquaria though. Most shops are still too expensive to get the non live stuff from though. For anything such as large bottles of meds, liquid test kits and 200g tubs of...

Im no expert on tanks, but as physics goes: I would assume that the suitability of location would be linked to your heaters ability to heat the tank more rapidly than the surroundings cool it down. If the location gets hot in the summer, that could also be a major pain. You might therefore need...

Been dosing with Myxazin and Pimafix, but the neons look no better . They seem ok'ish, but every one in a while one of the neons will tilt 1/2 on it's side and then recover. Slight grey fluffiness around the top fin. Only have 3 of the neons left now - 1 disappeared overnight yesterday and again...

Agree with Nitro and Rossy on Gosforth Pets and Aquatics. The fish have loads of room in their tanks, all look healthy and lively. The fish are generally only 50-60% of the price you would get them for at Peter Barratts at Gosforth Park, Dobbies at Ponteland, or Pets at home in the Metrocentre...