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  1. Brian m

    Sick Platy

    Thanks for the reply @xXInkedPhoenixX, she is doing a little better this morning, definitely swimming more and is a little less tilted. I have really hard water where I live and even with a water softener we still get residue on everything. Ill try adding a little aquarium salt and see if that helps.
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    Sick Platy

    Went on vacation for two weeks. Had a friend check on the fish after week one and they were fine. Got home and the female platy is swimming funny but mostly sits on the bottom of the tank. She is also really skinny compared to when we left. I did a 30% water change before we left but did not check the water parameters then. I checked when we got home and the nitrates were really high (100 to 110ppm best guess. My test strips only have 80 and 160 the color was closer to the 80) Nitrite ammonia are 0, gh kh pH are a little high but normal for my water and they have been fine with those for the past 6 months. I have done 2 30% water changes in the past 3 days. (First on Sunday when we got home and the second just now, tuesday) and the nitrate is now down to ~40ppm. She is starting to come out more and swim around but is still tilting up and laying on the bottom to rest. Will she recover? It there more I should do? Or should I be planning a fishy funeral? Tank details: 10 gal with a small Tetra filter seen in photo and a sponge filter in the corner. 4 occupants, 2 adult platys, and a silver dollar Tetra, plus one surviving platy frey about 4 weeks old Last water parameters Temp: 26c. Nitrate 40ppm Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Gh 250 - 300 Kh - >300 I keep trying to get this down but nothing has been working Ph ~8.0
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