Only female platies?

mishi8 said:
Depends on the fish, but even standard fish flakes are made with fish meal.
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Yea, I know that the flakes have some things in them, but I was able to convince her that no fish flakes were without fish meal :bday:
 
Don't worry, My fishes are all i've got :dive:

So... you're saying that the fish need to eat other animals to be able to be healthy, right?
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Yes. And no :)

SOME fish have to plain out eat other fish or animals. Puffers need snails. They have to have them or their teeth will overgrow. An oscar isn't going to be healthy as a vegetarian either, he needs meat.

Most fish are omnivores like people. They need veggies AND meat to stay healthy. Unless they are formulated for herbivore fish, flakes will contain meat products (fish meat products, not terrestrial meat products) to keep the fish healthy.

Carnivores should really have their diets varied with "fresh meat". Betta fish, for example.

Most fish, even some herbivores (veggans, like your mom) will eat bloodworms. They're like chocolate :)

Anyhow, the point with the bloodworms was to entice her to eat and platy fish like bloodworms. I think she'd be less apt to spit them out. Eating good :)

Roan
 
Well since it seems like she's eating a bit, I'll wait on the bloodworms a bit.

I did a 3-gallon water change (about 40%) today, and afterwards all the fish seemed a bit happier, swimming around more... even the platy swam around for a few minutes. I just checked the ammonia levels and they are somewhere around 0.75 ppm - I'm not great comparing the colored liquid with the cards unless its in the sunlight, so I'm not positive. But at least its less than before!
 
Update:

I did another 40% water change, the ammonia is much better - somewhere between 0.25 and 0.75! Nitrites as well as nitrates are at 0 ppm still.

The platy is up and about right now, swimming near the top!
 
A platy hanging around at the top of the water isn't necessarily a great sign either. A healthy platy should really be swimming all around the tank. It sounds like your platy is being affected by the ammonia levels, and you'll likely find that, once nitrites start showing up, symptoms may get worse. Keeping up with frequent water changes will help a lot, and hopefully your platy will pull through okay.
 
ok, danas.. you mentioned them sexing your hamster wrong, try this for size: they sold my family a male cat. this male cat gave us a shock when we took it in to get it fixed and the vet looked at us funny and said that our feline doesn't have the right parts.

now we know our kitty's true sex :D
 
CBTF said:
ok, danas.. you mentioned them sexing your hamster wrong, try this for size: they sold my family a male cat. this male cat gave us a shock when we took it in to get it fixed and the vet looked at us funny and said that our feline doesn't have the right parts.

now we know our kitty's true sex :D
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Ahaha wow... THAT is sad. I mean, hamsters are so small and mine was so young that it could be kinda easy to miss... But a cat????
 
Yea okay random question here... is there any way for me to change the caps in my username? i.e. DanaS90...... 'cause like I looked everywhere but can't seem to find anywhere to change it...
 
mishi8 said:
A platy hanging around at the top of the water isn't necessarily a great sign either. A healthy platy should really be swimming all around the tank. It sounds like your platy is being affected by the ammonia levels, and you'll likely find that, once nitrites start showing up, symptoms may get worse. Keeping up with frequent water changes will help a lot, and hopefully your platy will pull through okay.
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But at least she's moving, as opposed to basically resting on the bottom - which she's doing right now.
 
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