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Thank you both, I appreciate your help! He was acting strange before I put him in my tank but I did consider the water... also as the other new fish was fine from the moment he was in the tank I'm not sure thats the problem. I've got some of those pH strips so I'll test again now I'll remember...

Haha is that what it is, he hates me ;o) it'd be funny if I returned him to the pet shop and he starts swimming happily again. Weird thing is I have a plant, and an arch for him to hide under but he doesn't seem to want to hide, and when I look over the tank he doesn't swim away, he just starts...

Thanks... hopefully he will but even now he's still not eating. It'd just be nice to understand what is wrong with him/why he's so scared but i suppose i'll never know :o)

Thank you for your reply, it's ok, I feel like I'm looking after a sick fish so I am prepared for the worst, I know it's rare for fish to bounce back when sick so can't see this one perking up. I just feel guilty as he looks so unhappy. 

Hi,   I've had platys for about 2 years now, and they've had several babies, all seem happy and healthy. On Monday I bought 2 new platys, one adapted well straightaway and is getting on fine. The other seemed to be very nervous from the moment he was in the plastic bag at the pet store which i...

Thank you both.  There aren't any other symptoms, she's just not eating or swimming and the better description from The_lock_man of her scales standing on end. Sounds like it is dropsy then, the_lock_man you mentioned their bodies swell up and I think this may have happened, I was looking at her...

Hello,   One of my platys has lost her appetite & isn't swimming much, she's been like this almost 3 days now. I haven't done anything different with the tank and she is one of my babies so she has been used to the tank etc since she was born, she's about 7 months now. When I was looking at her...

Awww do you have your guppy fry now? Seems my platy has given birth but so far only found 2 babies, both in the breeding net. Thanks for the advice about regular water changes speeding up their growth, i did wonder when you said my 3 month old should be almost adult size because he's still tiny...

Thank you :) Thank you Allan. It is exciting watching the babies grow, i'm just so clueless i worry about them so much :)

Hello, I have a 3 month old platy who is still in the breeding net separated from the others. Another platy is pregnant and i have just noticed a baby which i have removed from the main tank and is currently in a tupperware box as I think he is too small to go in the breeding net with the 3...