i have a tank of about 130litres (estimate) containing 9 danios(5 zebra, 4 leopard) 3 black mollies, 3 silver sharks, a male siamese fighter, 2 albino corys, a pleco, 2 blue rams, 2 boesemans rainbows, 1 tuxedo platy and now 2 red coral platys.
until yesterday i had 4, and the day before i had 6 coral red platys. sometime during the night on sunday 2 platies died, 1 under the filter, the other in a gap between rocks about a foot away. last night, 2 more died in exactly the same places! the platies which have died so far were bought about 6months ago so they aren't old, but were from a different fish shop to the two remaining platies. the fish havent really been acting strangely and have been successfully breeding. there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with them until i wake up to find them dead, the only thing i can think of is that the ulcer which killed a danio a week ago was more serious than i thought.
none of the other fish are acting strange or have any ulcers present. their diet is varied between flake and live food. the water parameters are all fine for this area- nitrate 10ppm, nitrite 0, gh >16, ammonia 0, ph 7.6.
i need to find out what is causing this, as i dont want to wake up every morning and find more dead fish. any help is much appreciated!!!
kim
until yesterday i had 4, and the day before i had 6 coral red platys. sometime during the night on sunday 2 platies died, 1 under the filter, the other in a gap between rocks about a foot away. last night, 2 more died in exactly the same places! the platies which have died so far were bought about 6months ago so they aren't old, but were from a different fish shop to the two remaining platies. the fish havent really been acting strangely and have been successfully breeding. there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with them until i wake up to find them dead, the only thing i can think of is that the ulcer which killed a danio a week ago was more serious than i thought.
none of the other fish are acting strange or have any ulcers present. their diet is varied between flake and live food. the water parameters are all fine for this area- nitrate 10ppm, nitrite 0, gh >16, ammonia 0, ph 7.6.
i need to find out what is causing this, as i dont want to wake up every morning and find more dead fish. any help is much appreciated!!!
kim