Artee
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I have a 10 gallon tank, with 1 halfmoon betta, 3 molly, 1 mickey mouse platy and one red platy(I don't know which species she is, her eyes are red though)
I've had this tank for around 4months now. I cannot buy ammonia or nitrate or nitrite testing kits as of now so cannot check them either. But I do weekly water changes of 50%
Since last 2 days my red platy has been lying at the bottom of the tank, she doesn't come up during the feeding time either. She doesn't seem to have any white spots or wounds. She just lays in a corner, her pectoral fin moves all the time and she has rapid breathing.
When exposed to phone light she tries to run away but it's like she has gone blind cause she keeps hitting things while trying to run away. It's not like flashing cause she doesn't do it all the time but only when exposed to flash light.. she doesn't swim up either. Just stays at the bottom. But when the aquarium light is on she curls up further into the corner. She does move though. If some other fish goes near her, she would glide away but won't swim up.
Can anyone tell me what her ailment is? And how I could treat her?
P.S. I'm attaching a picture of the platy. See if that helps.
P.P.S. I had kept the lightning cycles to 8hours lightning. But I had reduced the lightning to two hours per day to descrease the algal growth. She has been showing this behavior ever since then.
I've had this tank for around 4months now. I cannot buy ammonia or nitrate or nitrite testing kits as of now so cannot check them either. But I do weekly water changes of 50%
Since last 2 days my red platy has been lying at the bottom of the tank, she doesn't come up during the feeding time either. She doesn't seem to have any white spots or wounds. She just lays in a corner, her pectoral fin moves all the time and she has rapid breathing.
When exposed to phone light she tries to run away but it's like she has gone blind cause she keeps hitting things while trying to run away. It's not like flashing cause she doesn't do it all the time but only when exposed to flash light.. she doesn't swim up either. Just stays at the bottom. But when the aquarium light is on she curls up further into the corner. She does move though. If some other fish goes near her, she would glide away but won't swim up.
Can anyone tell me what her ailment is? And how I could treat her?
P.S. I'm attaching a picture of the platy. See if that helps.
P.P.S. I had kept the lightning cycles to 8hours lightning. But I had reduced the lightning to two hours per day to descrease the algal growth. She has been showing this behavior ever since then.