dieing platys
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But healthy tanks do not have parasites and you only want to treat for parasites when you have them. So why treat for ick when you dont have it?? Again this is all part of the Great Myth. These fish do not need salt but hard waterjwddboy said:
jwddboy said:
Where do you find your advice?? I never had any infections in my tanks cause my fish are not stressed and healthy. There is never a need for any tonics or anything like this.
(i was simply stating what salt would do in a tank. P.s. all tanks have ich in small doses, it is because of this that weak fish allow it into their body and the amount of ich in the tank increases)
where do i find my advice? I use years of keeping and breeding fish as my basis if thats what you are asking. There are obviously cases when fish do become stressed and unhealthy and those cases (I find) can be much less frequent. The tank i use it on is a hospital/quarantine tank and all fish moved into there are fully recovered within from a day or two to a few weeks. If you do not want to use them then that is absolutely fine but I find that saying all brands of it do not work is simply a bit of an oversight. It may however be the case that some brands are not effective at all. It may also be the case that you rather use other chemicals in larger doses than a few drops per water change. In any case I believe that for me, it works and I am happy to carry on using it.
where do i find my advice? I use years of keeping and breeding fish as my basis if thats what you are asking. There are obviously cases when fish do become stressed and unhealthy and those cases (I find) can be much less frequent. The tank i use it on is a hospital/quarantine tank and all fish moved into there are fully recovered within from a day or two to a few weeks. If you do not want to use them then that is absolutely fine but I find that saying all brands of it do not work is simply a bit of an oversight. It may however be the case that some brands are not effective at all. It may also be the case that you rather use other chemicals in larger doses than a few drops per water change. In any case I believe that for me, it works and I am happy to carry on using it.
It sounds like perhaps things are leveling out for you, which is good. I am just sorry that I couldn't offer you some more advice or even a solution to the problem that you were expierencing.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Platies are pretty hardy fish. Even with the water being slightly hard it shouldn't have caused them to "die off" so quickly imo. My guess would be that the stress of the filter being blocked and having more stagnant water (who know's what type of microorganisms sprouted) allowed a system where the platies immune systems may have been comprimised (by a specific microbe).
Someone mentioned Petco or Petsmart having platies with weak immune systems. This may be true. I bought several some months ago from Petsmart and had two die from similar description in the OP. Clamped fins and one began to fade in color and hover around in a cave. They both passed while the 3 others (including some from a no name lps) remained in better health (1 actually pretty robust).
Someone mentioned Petco or Petsmart having platies with weak immune systems. This may be true. I bought several some months ago from Petsmart and had two die from similar description in the OP. Clamped fins and one began to fade in color and hover around in a cave. They both passed while the 3 others (including some from a no name lps) remained in better health (1 actually pretty robust).
