MeganA
New Member
Just a quick question I think my fish are stressed I upgraded to a 30 gallon from a 10 gallon. I moved my 2 Red Wag platys over to my new 30 from the 10 and they seem very stressed they don't act the same they as they did when they were in the other tank. They hide all time I hardly ever see them and they don't come out to eat even (well rarely). I added some other new fish to the tank as well and all the others seem to be doing just fine with the exception of the 3rd platy I got. The new platy hides alone and the older 2 platys hide in a different area and always stay together. Is this typical behavior for platys? My 10 gallon was overstocked so maybe that why I saw them more? They are very skiddish if I come near the tank. In the old tank they would be the first at the top and ready to eat...My older female Platy did give birth yesterday so I thought that was why she was hiding and the male was just hanging with her for some lunch but she had the babies yesterday and all was well and as soon as I released her from the breeder box she went right back to hiding again. I also noticed earlier when I was able to get a glance at the male that he may have lost a couple scales and his top fin looks like it may have been nibbled on a bit but other than that they both look healthy other than the behavior change. My question is does anyone think this may just be stressed fish? If so how can I calm them?