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Weird fish problem......(tropical not GF or KOI)
I have two half barrels, each with a types of platy. One has
sunburst, and the other has red wag.......I initially bought 12 of each type with 10 females and 2 males in each group. Within 48 hours all 4 male platys were dead..........water parameters are dead on and the water is perfect.......I exchange the bodies that do not move for 4 more that are alive and appear to be healthy........Same thing, 4 more dead males..........All the females are fine.............I yet again carry back 4 bodies and get 4 more, in exchange and also carry a water sample, just to make sure my set is not crazy, but it really was not a concern as all other fish are doing fine, its just the males kicking the bucket.......Water checks out fine by stores tests......so this time I add another male to each group so I now put in three males with each halaf barrel of 10 females (A suggestion made for fun by the LFS clerk that maybe 10 females were just to much for 2 males to handle, yea right....) anyway..........the 6 males all died within 48 hours.........So again I carry them back....none of the males in the stores tanks have ben dying or at least thats what they have told me, but they now again exchange dead ones for live ones......but this time I I elected to go with all females..........Been a week or more now and not a dead body...I even have a large population of fry in both half barrels.........So am I missing something here in regards to these male platys? I and no one else in the local Chain pet stores or LFS has a clue......and the LFS said they will replace them as long as my water is good........or until we can figure out whats going on.....I did not want to take any more chances with them, so I bought 2 platys from Petsmart, this past Sunday.......and yep they are both dead.................... ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! "The original frugal ponder" ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o |
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