Green Spots On Platy

[Sarah92]

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.

 

[betta fish]

Difficult to say without a pic, it may possibly be pigment, are they raised or do they look like colour spots? how is he in himself? 

 

[Sarah92]

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

 

[Mamashack]

It might help to have a few more details about your set-up like tank size with dimensions if you can, total number of fish and types, whether the tank was cycled before adding fish.
Photos are a big help in these cases so you could resize your pictures using Windows Paint unless you are using Apple in which case I can't help you.

 

[Sarah92]

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 since December 2013. I can't think of any other way of adding pics apart from email or I can try putting them on my PC and adding them that way but think pic will still be too big.

 

[Ninjouzata]

You can upload the pics to a photo sharing website such as photobucket and link them here. What are your water parameters? (pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate)

 

[Sarah92]

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 not right.

 

[star4]

Black spots on the skin can be an indication of ammonia poisoning, this with heavy breathing could be a cause, check your water conditions. There is also a disease (parasitic) called black spot disease, some info here may help you diagnose the problem.
 
http/www.fish-disease.net/diseases/black_spot.php

 

[Mamashack]

Your pet shop has badly misled you in saying that. The idea behind checking the water parameters is to prevent the fish from dying or becoming diseased like yours may have. Once they're dead it's too late! Of course once you've lost fish you are likely to go back there to buy more or to get treatments if they become diseased so it's not surprising they don't tell the whole truth. Don't take what they say on faith - do your own research. I don't think you'll find a single source that says waiting til fish die is the way to go.
The platys really need a 15G minimum tank and some would even say 20G minimum. Mine are in a 15G

 

[attibones]

Mollies, too, need a larger tank, around thirty gallons.

Exactly how did you cycle your tank? Could you please post test results? We need ammonia and nitrite mostly, but pH and nitrate are also very helpful. Have you replaced any media in your filter recently? Have you added anything strange to the tank?

Also, it would be best to release the fry back into the tank so they may be eaten. If all 18 of those fish are allowed to live, you will have. Huge population of fish in a very tiny tank.

 

[Sarah92]

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 got a lot of money as out of work, so sometimes I can't just go buy all these things) they are active always have been. My fry are in the tank divider and are mostly too big to be eaten now and I don't believe in purposely feeding fry to adult fish. I do plan on selling the fry but keeping 3 of them, I have had to put a separate platy in with the fry as she was being bullied by all other fish and she actually adores them. The only thing I put in the tank is tap safe and filter booster.

Here is my tank http/i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag378/sarc922004/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4c9294df.jpg

 

[PrairieSunflower]

By replacing the media every 4 weeks you are throwing away the bacteria you are cultivating and starting a new cycle every time.  You need to keep the media until it is literally falling apart before replacing it.  You can clean it ever so often by gently squeezing the debris out in a container full of old tank water.

 

[Sarah92]

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

 

[Sarah92]

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 spots on him

Mollies, too, need a larger tank, around thirty gallons.
Exactly how did you cycle your tank? Could you please post test results? We need ammonia and nitrite mostly, but pH and nitrate are also very helpful. Have you replaced any media in your filter recently? Have you added anything strange to the tank?
Also, it would be best to release the fry back into the tank so they may be eaten. If all 18 of those fish are allowed to live, you will have. Huge population of fish in a very tiny tank.

 

[fish48]

It’s a pigmentation  start to worry if your platy gets white spots