Hello, I'm Veronica I'm 45 yrs. I am married with 6 kids, 5 from marriage, 1 biological. I am very new to this hobby. I am getting frustrated and came here. I need help and hopefully you guys can help me figure out what's wrong. I know it's has to be something I'm doing. But anyways hello again!
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Hello and welcome! Could you give us a few details about your problem? I'm sure that we can sort everything out. 
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Hi there Veronica,
Please feel welcome to TFF...
Like already mentioned a couple of time, please explain what you're dealing with. You can start a new topic about it in the right section "Tropical Discussion" or "Tropical Fish Emergencies", depending on your problem, of course.
Please feel welcome to TFF...
Like already mentioned a couple of time, please explain what you're dealing with. You can start a new topic about it in the right section "Tropical Discussion" or "Tropical Fish Emergencies", depending on your problem, of course.
Well all of my tanks are cycled- 36 gal for 2yrs, 55gal 4months, 20 gal 4months as well. The parameters don't change much. 0amm, 0nit, and the nitrates vary depending on how often I do w/c but usually 40 and under. The 36 has a lot of plants but not what you call heavily planted. The other tanks have plants (crypts or Java fern). But I have pothos on all tanks(2 on each). Well 1st I noticed my platys with big belly. So I fed sweet peas(frozen, cooked, then shelled) then I noticed a platy with cotton stuff on it so I added salt 1st (1tbsp/5gal). Then I added parasite meds. That fish died. But like I said others had the big belly. But no sluggish fish. Then I treated with pimafix. And that's where I am with the 36gal.
Hmm the bigger platy could have been pregnant maybe?? Or it was bloated. You did the right thing with doing the peas!
Most of the time when a fish has a "cotton" like substance ok it, it's fungus or excess slime coat which can be cause by some form of irritation in the water. If it was fungal, the salt should have worked well.
It's usually not a good idea to add medications unless you know EXACTLY what is happening.
Some medications can be harsh and will wind up killing the fish.
Others with more experience then myself will chime in. I just gave my knowledge on the situation. Others will be able to go more in depth.
I hope your fish get better!
If the platy ate normally and was fat and looked gravid (pregnant) but didn't produce any babies in a couple of months, it was probably full of intestinal worms.
If the fish bloated up (got fat) overnight and stopped eating, it had an internal bacterial infection.
Both of these problems will usually cause the fish to do a stringy white poop in addition to the above symptoms.
The following link has information about fish with stringy white poop and how to treat intestinal worms in fish.
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If the fish bloated up (got fat) overnight and stopped eating, it had an internal bacterial infection.
Both of these problems will usually cause the fish to do a stringy white poop in addition to the above symptoms.
The following link has information about fish with stringy white poop and how to treat intestinal worms in fish.
What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.
Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...
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Yeah well I wanted them to be better. Beautiful like when I bought them. I felt like I needed to keep them from dying. Oh and their not preg. I will try my best to provide pics to show what I'm seeing. But it's so hard they are fast.
Thanks. So I thought about the preg idea more when I was told platys can hold fry. So I bought something for fry to hide its in the last 2 picsIf the platy ate normally and was fat and looked gravid (pregnant) but didn't produce any babies in a couple of months, it was probably full of intestinal worms.
If the fish bloated up (got fat) overnight and stopped eating, it had an internal bacterial infection.
Both of these problems will usually cause the fish to do a stringy white poop in addition to the above symptoms.
The following link has information about fish with stringy white poop and how to treat intestinal worms in fish.
What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.
Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...
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Update on tank. Soooo....after I placed the carpeting grass my platys started going down in size. I'm not seeing and fry but they look normal. And if preg they are are not looking as if they will pop! So all is good now in the 36 gal.
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