Platy fish

[Kerneels]

This morning I saw my male sunset platy has sadly passed away but I don’t understand why, he was very energetic last night and it didn’t seem like something was wrong, he has a tiny white area on his body I don’t know if that is it, can someone please tell me what happens

 

[AilyNC]

Here's the forum help/emergency template. Members need more info to help you.

Tank size:
tank age:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:


Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

 

[Kerneels]

Tank size: 60 liters
tank age: a month
pH: I don’t have a testing kit
ammonia: I don’t have a testing kit
nitrite: I don’t have a testing kit
nitrate: I don’t have a testing kit
kH: I don’t have a testing kit
gH: I don’t have a testing kit
tank temp: 77 F


Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): my platy didn’t swim around a lot, he was a sunset platy and he didn’t lose color, I found him next to the skull, both him and my female part stay in one place most of the time, they don’t really move around a lot

Volume and Frequency of water changes: I did an 80 % water change about two weeks ago and then at the beginning of this week I added 4 liters of water

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: I put water conditioner in, stress guard, oxygen drops and also general aid at the beginning of the week because one of my fishes looked sick

Tank inhabitants: I have 3 fake plants and a tiny ship and a tiny skull

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): nope nothing

Exposure to chemicals: I named them above, other than that I don’t think I put anything in

Digital photo (include if possible):

 

[Kerneels]

Here's the forum help/emergency template. Members need more info to help you.

Tank size:
tank age:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:


Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

Thank you

 

[AilyNC]

I think getting an API Master Test Kit asap is needed.

Can you tell us did you cycle the tank? How did you set up.ot at beginning and how long wait before adding fish?

 

[Kerneels]

I know I will do my best to get one

I don’t think I did it properly. I poorer the water in and added the decorations and then I added the water conditioner drops, I let it rest a day then I let the pump run for about 2 hours before adding the fish

 

[AilyNC]

Without test results it's hard to say but it's important to read about cycling the tank.

Cycling Your New Fresh Water Tank: Read This First!

Cycling Your First Fresh Water Tank What is Cycling and Why is it Important? Fish waste, and especially fish breathing, plus uneaten food and other organic matter breaking down in a tank all produce Ammonia. This can quickly become toxic to fish if it is allowed to build up to any measurable...

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It's possible you could have an issue with ammonia. I would do daily big water changes until your test kit arrives. This will be best chance of helping tank stabilise and save fish.

Rescuing A Fish In Cycle Gone Wild - Part I

RESCUING A FISH IN CYCLE GONE WILD Part I If you are reading this it means you have tried to cycle your tank using fish and have run into problems and don’t know what to do. Before we begin to discuss the potential solutions, we would like to make it clear that we do not recommend to...

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[Kerneels]

Without test results it's hard to say but it's important to read about cycling the tank.

Cycling Your New Fresh Water Tank: Read This First!

Cycling Your First Fresh Water Tank What is Cycling and Why is it Important? Fish waste, and especially fish breathing, plus uneaten food and other organic matter breaking down in a tank all produce Ammonia. This can quickly become toxic to fish if it is allowed to build up to any measurable...

www.fishforums.net

It's possible you could have an issue with ammonia. I would do daily big water changes until your test kit arrives. This will be best chance of helping tank stabilise and save fish.

Rescuing A Fish In Cycle Gone Wild - Part I

RESCUING A FISH IN CYCLE GONE WILD Part I If you are reading this it means you have tried to cycle your tank using fish and have run into problems and don’t know what to do. Before we begin to discuss the potential solutions, we would like to make it clear that we do not recommend to...

www.fishforums.net

How big water changes?

 

[AilyNC]

How big water changes?

When my fish started dying I did 75% water changes daily and got the test kit. I kept up 75% daily changes until my ammonia and Nitrite were 0. It took me 12 days to get the tank stable. Now I only need weekly water changes & don't get any readings above zero for Nitrite and Ammonia. No more fish deaths & actually I know have about 12 platy fry growing strong.

 

[AilyNC]

@AdoraBelle Dearheart has a link for a great video on Nitrogen cycle. It's important to understand what's going on in the tank

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

@AdoraBelle Dearheart has a link for a great video on Nitrogen cycle. It's important to understand what's going on in the tank

Here ya go!