Did you increase the temperature?
Yes just slightly. Was consistently at 74.5, now is at 75.5 do I need to bump it up more?
No...let's just hope that it's as simple a problem as too low a temp.
I don't think it is, she's worse this morning. Trying to upload videos, will post when I can
I know that I'm not a keeper of cold water fish, but what strikes me most is just how exposed your fish is.
You're right, that does kinda look like what shes doing. Thing is, why is she doing it now? Shes been in this tank for just over a year, and the platies have been in for at least two months. If she is panicking, what can I do to help her? I have an empty (except for a nerite) cycled 10g tank with some fake plants that I can move her into, would that help?
You've made it clear that the fish isn't panicking and that, apart from its choice to adopt that corner as its favoured spot, there's no real indication of ill health.
I’ve had to leave for school, but a video I took this morning showed me trying to nudge her with the net and her just kind of drifting away. She also was laying behind the pirate barrel instead of in the corner, and she didn’t eat this morning. I’m stumped.
Seeing how your fish moved, I'm now fairly certain that it has a swim bladder problem.
There is a lot on the internet for you to read and learn about dropsy/swim bladder disease and you need to read and learn it, so hopefully no more fish die.
Thank you! After reading that, it looks like I might have better results by moving her to the smaller tank so I don't have to fast my other three as well. Do you recommend starting with the fasting first or the peas first?
