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Sorry to hear that, you’ve mentioned in the hospital section of this site that you found the originally sick platy, the princess right? But is the male got sick? If so, then you probably right that its dropsy. Anyway, don't lose hope, you might get it right next time... best of luck!

Heidi,

Found it. Yes, I remember the whole leeches deal. That was it, right?

Ingo

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Heidi,

Thanks for your support and your encouragement to get a 125. Halequins and Glow-Lights are currently contenders on my stocking plan, but I am sure that my own baby Platys will be in the mix as well.

You lost me a little when you talked about your 125 issues, I guess I will have to do some searching on this site to find out.

And - one thing is for sure: I will have so many questions regarding the whole 125 project that you will wish I never started it

Ingo

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Well Little Fish...Get ready for the 125...I know I really love mine well did *shrug* still do, though I hate what I'm fixing to have to do...but all in all I wouldn't go back and no get it, it's fun and when you get a nice large school of Neons or something of the sort it is awesomeeven when you have a betta, guppy, neon, glo-lights, and Harlequins that think they are all one big school that belong together it is wonderful...

Enjoy, and I'm sure some platy fry will survive, heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Sorry to hear about your tank troubles, Little Fish! I hope your 125 goes better! On the platy front, it's been my experience that some platy males are just, for lack of a better word, "jerks." I had one that was just horrible and behaved much like you described. I have one now that is much nicer; he definitely prefers one of the females over the others, but he just swims beside her constantly and doesn't bother the other females.

I just lost my georgous baby male platy who was bright bright red all over, he just started looking depressed, and the next day I find him dead. He was only 4 months old. (I raised him, my first fish I ever raised):#(:#(:#(:#(:#(:#(:#(

Before i gave my male platy to my friend my female used to chase my male all day, it was funny!

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

Heidi and ronnfive,

Thank you so much for your support. This situation is certainly causing some stress on my end (maybe I will get Dropsy too )

But as you said, you cry a little and then you get back up. I will leave town tomorrow for a while and can only hope that at least my beloved platy fry will survive until I return. I will have access to the forum though, and I will make use of it, even if it is only by helping to maintain our #1 Rank

And when I come back I will start on my 125G - Yessssssss
Which means I will have many more questions to ask here...

Thanks again,

Ingo

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:#(oh Little Fish:#( I'm so sorry to hear about your loss:#(

I had a similar loss back in December where I easily lost 80% of my Guppy tank...and when you lose like this it is always sudden...

There is nothing that you could have done differently, it just happens, and when it does all you can do it cry for a bit, then get back up and stock it again...learning is a huge part of this hobby, don't give up...we've all been there, even the best have been known to lose their stock...hml

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has a similar experience. About 8 weeks ago,
I got 3 adult sunset platys, 2 females ( “The Queen” and “The Princess” )
and one male ( “The King” ). The first 4 weeks were fine, but after that
The King started to chase The Queen all the time. He pretty much ignored
The Princess and only paid attention to her if he couldn’t see The Queen at
all (hiding below some dwarf sag leaves etc.). Within the last 2 weeks,
The Queen is now hiding for about 90% of the day and The King is chasing
The Princess. It became so bad that all 3 are low on the ground in the plants,
2 hiding and the male trying to get to them. ]:|

Last weekend, I separated the male and put him into one of these little breeder
cases within the tank. Interestingly, The Princess came out and stood by him
for most of the day, but The Queen stayed hidden. At night, I said to myself
“this is not working” and released him. And guess what? The Queen and The
Princess were all over him and seemed so happy that he is back.

Well, this was 2 days ago and now everything is back to the hide and seek game.

The natural solution to this would be to add more females, but my capacity
is maxed out (6 Zebra Danios, 1 Neon Tetra, 3 Platys with 9 fry in a 29G planted.)
I am hoping that nobody gets too exhausted until the fry is bigger and The King
could chase after them for a while (no – he is not the father).

Any ideas, suggestions, support?

Thanks,

Ingo

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The Queen and The Princess are dead, see topic in Hospital section "Tank Population is Dying"

Ingo

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Ladies and Gents,

Thank you so much for your support and advice, but I begin to
believe that I have a much bigger problem. It seems to me now
that The Queen is actually dying :#(

This morning, she was not in hiding and sat on the bottom just
below the intake for the filter. The King was right by her side
and she almost didn’t care. She is for sure not going to have babies
very soon, she is as skinny as she was on the day after she had her
last batch (yes, the 9 fry that I have are hers).

I am very sad

Does anyone know if Platys get NTD? I think that is what is going
on in my tank.

Thanks again,

Ingo

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From what you have stated above, I can say that maybe the queen is almost about to drop another batch, because that is what exactly she is doing when she almost drop a batch. Is the queen dropped the first batch? I looked at it this way, if she dropped the first batch and the fry is 3 ½ weeks old, then she’ll about to drop another batch about half a week, because they always drop a batch every month, providing good food and less stress. You might take out the male again until she drops the second batch. Good luck!

Ronn

i have to agree with the rest...get a female..ur not maxed out yet..and since ur planning to get a 125g....heck... why not.

i got 3m/1f...was suppose to be 2/2 but my other female sex changed (suppression was lifted and decided to become a male again).

little_fish, go and get just 1 more female platy, sometimes having just the one extra girl in the tank will help reduce the stress on the others. Your King is just a bit too frisky it seems for Queen and Princess, they need another friend to help tame the boy down...also try adding some taller or floating plants so they can hide when he is too much for them to handle You know how us girls are, sometimes we just need a time out and have to have a place for us to go and gossip, about the King of the tank

heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Calla,

The fry is the first (and so far only) that I ever had and there is no way that
I sell them , except if too many of them turn out to be males. But from
what I can tell now (which might not be accurate given that they are only
3 1/2 weeks old) most of them are females. As a matter of fact I haven’t
recognized even one male.

So for the time being, I have to treat all of my fishies as permanent tank
mates (although, I am planning on a 125G).

As for the “flirting” part, yes, he is clearly flirting with The Queen, but
I don’t think she is really into him. Sometimes he behaves in the same
way with The Princess, but other times he is chasing her away, I guess
he hasn’t made up his mind yet.

Yeah, the neon tetra is a left-over from a small school of 6. I lost 5 within
a 4 week span and I am not quiet sure why, they had ich and one later showed
signs of NTD, but I cannot nail it down and I will have to wait it out. But
that is another story in itself (that I haven’t told here, I am too confused
about what is going on there and I cannot put it in words :%) ).

Thank you so much for your input,

Ingo

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My platies were definately similar.

Appy would follow greengirl all over the tank and only ever went with other females after greengirl died

I'd say that you might be best served getting another male and female.

I don't think you are necessarily maxed out bioload-wise, especially if you are going to sell the fry at a later stage, you just have chosen fish that utilise the same space of the water column.

why a single neon? is he a leftover? ask around your area, find someone with a school of them and donate him.

there are a few possibilities with the behaviour.

either he is flirting and 'romantically' stalking the both of them, or he is mating with one and telling the other to nick off.

look at his gonopodium when he is swimming near them, is it waggling around like a windsock? f so, he is mating. If he is flaring up and chasing at a right angle, he is probably driving the other away.

I know that you wouldn't think of a livebearer driving a female away, but after watching Appy and greengirl, I think they have the tendancy to pick a favourite.


For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett