FishFriend0
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I have not been able to identify a problem causing my platys’ fins and heads to rot.
The first incident was a just after Christmas when I arrived home from a holiday to find it with a rotted tail. It died the next day.
The second incident was a couple of months later with a platy that was gasping by the filter output for many days before it developed a small white spot on it’s tail. This spot grew over a matter of weeks and eventually consumed almost all of the tail. It would sit at the bottom and not move so I euthanised it. While this was happening it was suggested on another thread that it could be columbaria bacteria. I did a full course of waterlife myxazin but it did nothing.
A couple of weeks later, another platy was developing a white spot on it’s head. It grew and the platy spent most of it’s time sat on the bottom. I was told to move the fish to a quarantine tank, which I did. This is a small 20 litre quarantine tank which I started at 2 tbsp of salt before a few days later increasing is to 4. This didn’t make any difference and the platy continued to develop a large crater on its head. Near the end of it’s life in the quarantine tank, it gave birth. Most of these babies are still alive right now after about 3 or 4 weeks since they were born. The platy with the rotting head also began to develop a small white spot on it’s tail, the same as the first platy. I never let this get too bad though and decided to euthanise it as it looked quite distressed.
Now a few weeks after that, in my main tank there is another platy developing a white spot on it’s tail and gasping at the surface, just like the first platy.
I am very confused as to what this could be. I will attach pictures in order of these occurrences. I have tried using salt a few times in my main tank as well but it never gave the fish any improvements. Thank you for reading this and I would love to know what you think this could be.
The first incident was a just after Christmas when I arrived home from a holiday to find it with a rotted tail. It died the next day.
The second incident was a couple of months later with a platy that was gasping by the filter output for many days before it developed a small white spot on it’s tail. This spot grew over a matter of weeks and eventually consumed almost all of the tail. It would sit at the bottom and not move so I euthanised it. While this was happening it was suggested on another thread that it could be columbaria bacteria. I did a full course of waterlife myxazin but it did nothing.
A couple of weeks later, another platy was developing a white spot on it’s head. It grew and the platy spent most of it’s time sat on the bottom. I was told to move the fish to a quarantine tank, which I did. This is a small 20 litre quarantine tank which I started at 2 tbsp of salt before a few days later increasing is to 4. This didn’t make any difference and the platy continued to develop a large crater on its head. Near the end of it’s life in the quarantine tank, it gave birth. Most of these babies are still alive right now after about 3 or 4 weeks since they were born. The platy with the rotting head also began to develop a small white spot on it’s tail, the same as the first platy. I never let this get too bad though and decided to euthanise it as it looked quite distressed.
Now a few weeks after that, in my main tank there is another platy developing a white spot on it’s tail and gasping at the surface, just like the first platy.
I am very confused as to what this could be. I will attach pictures in order of these occurrences. I have tried using salt a few times in my main tank as well but it never gave the fish any improvements. Thank you for reading this and I would love to know what you think this could be.
