Hi
I have a platy (I think...it came with a community tank we got from a friend) that laid eggs maybe 2 months ago. After that I thought we were going to loose her cause she couldn't control swimming...up and down with the flow of the tank...sort of helpless. Then she ate some and seemed stronger. The past 2-3 weeks she's been getting worse and worse.
Now she is head down in a hospital tank. I have her with a male swordtail guppy from another tank that has fin rot. Treating both with antibiotic. It is a 10 gal that has been cycled to be ready for guppy fry...no fry yet so it was available.
Questions:
Is the Platy a goner? she might just be old I'm not sure...
Was it dumb (go ahead be frank) to put the gup and sick platy together?
Any other ideas for saving the platy. The gup will be fine I think, he just has this great swordtail fin that is susceptable to disease.
Well thanks a bunch,
Lou
I have a platy (I think...it came with a community tank we got from a friend) that laid eggs maybe 2 months ago. After that I thought we were going to loose her cause she couldn't control swimming...up and down with the flow of the tank...sort of helpless. Then she ate some and seemed stronger. The past 2-3 weeks she's been getting worse and worse.
Now she is head down in a hospital tank. I have her with a male swordtail guppy from another tank that has fin rot. Treating both with antibiotic. It is a 10 gal that has been cycled to be ready for guppy fry...no fry yet so it was available.
Questions:
Is the Platy a goner? she might just be old I'm not sure...
Was it dumb (go ahead be frank) to put the gup and sick platy together?
Any other ideas for saving the platy. The gup will be fine I think, he just has this great swordtail fin that is susceptable to disease.
Well thanks a bunch,
Lou