Platy

[Nemo99]

We had two platies. One startes biting the other. The other is dead. We are afraid to put more fish in our tank. Any advice.

 

[Nemo99]

Can any anyone help me please

 

[BIGMAC]

Maybe you were just unlucky with the platies i have 2 male platies in my tank and they get along fine .How big is your tank?

 

[Nemo99]

my tank is 10 gollons

 

[Madi's Platy]

I LOVE Platies, they usually are very peaceful!!! I would try again, make sure you have 2 females to every male or just females though. Don't give up, that fish may have been sick to begin with too. Good luck!!

 

[Nemo99]

thanks for that advice

I don't understand why one fish started biting the other. They were both females, I think.

 

[tmlhaus]

With having just 2, the one may have just been letting the other one know it was their territory. I would definitely try again but get more than just 1, that way it will know that is has to share the community. maybe have 4 or 5 in a 10 gallon.

 

[Nemo99]

Thank you all for your advice

 

[MadCow]

I agree Platies are supposed to be peaceful fish. But as we all know that like people, they each have their own personalities. And we are bound to get a bad apple every now and then. I wouldn't get too discouraged and would replace the lost fish with a couple more and keep tabs on how they all get along. I have also heard as mentioned before that 2 females to 1 male or all females is recommended. That spreads the attention around a bit as those frisky boys will chase those girls. I personally have 2 females and 1 male and they get along swimmingly. Be advised mixing males and females is a good way to start a Platy family though.