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    platy acting strangely--don't know what's wrong

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    hiyo,

    I noticed one of my platies laying down on one of the anubias leaves this morning, I thought it was already dead so I went to pick it up but it started to swim once I touched it. it then it swam a teeny bit a way from the leaf then it circled back around to it and it went to lay back down on it. 

    I checked my parameters, they're all fine and the other platies and the honey gouramis are acting perfectly normal, so I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea what is wrong with this one particular platy. 

    when it swam away from the leave it was laying on, it did look like it kept gasping for air at the top of the water...but the other ones aren't doing that so I don't understand how it can be a lack of oxygen if they're not all acting the same way.

    I'm afraid I have no idea what could be wrong, any advice or suggestions...?

    are these good parameters?

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    well, according to cory's test strips, (which I just got and they're great) GH is 300, KH is 80, PH is 7.2, nitrates are 50, nitrite is 0, chlorine is 0, ammonia is 0.

    I don't know anything about GH and KH, are those good numbers to be at? (for the record I have 5 platies and 2 honey gouramis in a 10 gallon if that information is needed)

    Species only tank - dwarf neon rainbows. Yes? No?

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    where are you getting the fish from? perhaps you should try buying a new batch from a different store? could there be a possibility that the store you originally bought the fish that died from might not be on top of taking care of them..?

    I mean, if it's a cycled tank and your parameters are fine, then that doesn't make sense why you're having so many fish die. 

    (course I'm a fairly new fish owner myself so I probably don't know what I'm talking about, I started the aquarium hobby last summer during quarantine lol) 

    interested in getting a pea puffer-looking for more concrete info

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    1 hour ago, Kirsten said:

    I recommend malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorns for being able to reproduce asexually. Also ditto on the frozen bloodworms as an occasional treat, slicing off about a quarter of a cube and plopping it in frozen for him to hunt as it thaws and the worms drift down.

    how many snails do you feed your puffer every week? (or do you feed him snails everyday? if so, how many?) I also don't know how often you're supposed to feed them, once a day? twice a day? (thank you for the info!)

    interested in getting a pea puffer-looking for more concrete info

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    9 minutes ago, H.K.Luterman said:

    From what I've read, juvenile pea puffers shoal in groups, and then once mature, the males typically go off and stake out a territory alone. But like you said, there's conflicting information and you get a lot of personal opinions on the internet (and I'm certainly no pea puffer expert, I only have my experience with my one to go from). I've kept a solo male in a 5 gallon for 3 years now. I made a lot of nooks and crannies for him to explore, and he has live plants for cover. Mine is fed almost exclusively snails from my other tanks, though sometimes I'll catch mosquito larvae for him in the warmer months. I've never heard of bloodworms making a pea puffer sick, though I have heard of the regular sized ones being too big for them to eat; I did try giving mine a worm or two off a frozen block when he was younger, and I had to cut them up for him. 

    what is the difference between "shoaling" and "schooling"?

    interested in getting a pea puffer-looking for more concrete info

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    I've given some consideration of getting a 5 gallon for a single pea puffer. I just adore them and been wanting now for a while. I do have a 10 gallon community tank but I'm not risking putting one of those in with the honey gouramis and the platies.

    anyway, I now seem to be finding conflicting information online regarding good pea puffer care. what I was finding initially when I first looked into getting a pea puffer was that one in a 5 gallon would be fine, but now I'm noticing some sources of information state that they should be in groups of minimum of 3-5(?) I also initially read that they only eat frozen and live foods, especially snails and bloodworms. while the snails is very consistent and a given, I recently read that bloodworms can actually be rather unhealthy for them and make them sick?

    can anybody provide solid information as to the best possible type of care they should receive as far as diet and tank environment? 

    anything is much appreciated! thank you!

     

     

    are bettas not so easy for you too?

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    I’ve seen it said so many places they they’re the “easiest fish to take care of” and from my own experience when I started getting into the aquarium hobby, I’ve found them to be quite the opposite. as beautiful as they can be to look at, I don’t think I’m ever getting another betta fish again.

    it’s been my experience they’re too sensitive to water changes, too picky about their food and choice of tankmates is way too limited, definitely way too temperamental. 

    just curious if anyone else had a hard time trying to raise bettas too.

    after the last betta I had died, I’ve had PB dwarf gouramis, platys, white skirt tetras, neon tetras and honey gouramis and they’ve ALL been WAY easier to take care of!

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