I have a sunburst platy with clamped fins. She's been this way for about a week. I moved her to a hospital tank. Water is fine. No ammonia, no nitrites, nitrates 10-20ppm. All of the other fish in the community tank she came from seem fine. I thought it was some type of fungus and used anti fungal meds. A week later and she seems to be getting worse. No other visible signs of anything wrong. Any ideas?
platy with clamped fins
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drjlb said:
The fish could just be ill. Just keep an eye on it is all you can really do. Platys are cool but I found they are not really hardy fish. I have lost 3 in the past 3 weeks. They don't seem to last very long, maybe one or 2 years tops.
Tom
I have had platies live for a few years before, but generally (IME) when they get clamped fins I haven't been able to make them get past that and they generally die within the month. I have tried warmer water, daily water changes, melafix, and even salted water. Hopefully this won't be your experience. I can't urge you enough though to do lots of freshwater changes and provide lots of hiding spots as they can get very shy at this point.
