i have two Sunburst Platy. three weeks ago i noticed the bigger one fighting with the smaller. now the smaller one just sits on the bottom of the tank. it swims occationally, but not normal. it does not swim level, rather the head stays high and the tail low. and when it stops swimming it sinks. i've seperated the two fish. the bigger fish stays close by on the other side...essentially waiting. its pretty sad.
i'm thinking a fin or fins were damaged.
do you think this seperation will rest the fish enough to swim again?
2007-12-11 14:12:15 · 7 answers · asked by curly 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
get rid of the abuser. you are right, this is very sad.
2007-12-11 14:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The exact same thing happened with my Mollies. The big female molly was constantly abusing the small male molly. The small male molly was actually on the verge of dying as a result of the abuse. He was lying down on his head without moving at all. I took him out of the tank for a day and kept him in a small bowl. One day later, he fully recovered and was back swimming in the tank. I also added new fish to the tank as well. Adding new fish made the female molly stop focusing on the small molly. My suggestion is to get more platties and to keep the small platy by itself until it fully recovers.
2007-12-11 14:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by Joeyyowee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you what, my brother had a very similar situation, two platys in a community tank. One always harassed and abused the other. Finally, one day, the abusee was pretty beat up, his fins all mangled. My brother got mad and flushed the abuser.
Over the next few weeks, the abusee recovered. Oh, how nice..... sike.... the abusee became the abuser. He started harassing and attacking the other fish and killed one of his fish. My brother really blew a gasket then and flushed that platy too.
Some fish just weren't meant to live peacefully in a quiet community (tank).
2007-12-11 14:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey thats sad what happened but dont take measures like removing the bully completly.. Keep the injured guy in isolation till he recovers and then put him back.. Till that time arrage for a good hiding place for the small guy.. They are fish and yes they do fight sometimes.. Nothing you can do about it but you can certainly even the odds by giving the little guy ample space to hide when under attack.. It works..
2007-12-11 22:45:46 · answer #4 · answered by Voldemort 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only time will tell, but i would also put the injured fish in shallower water with a small flow of air thru a bubbler...add a very small amount of aquarium salt...this will help in the healing process. the shallow water helps the fish by lessening the pressure on the swim bladder and will help him regain his balance. make the surface of the water in the container you have the injured fish in about one inch above the fish's head. if the other fish hit this one in the head to hard, it may be "brain" damaged, and may not recover.
2007-12-11 14:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by Tammy M 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I in basic terms love fish, i like the scent of fish and each thing approximately them. Love them heat and moist the place i will experience them quiver as I start to consume. i ought to consume fish for hours and in no way tire of them.
2016-12-17 15:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this sounds more like a disease than an injury.
i would muster it up and have a little flushing funeral for the poor little guy and get the big one another.
sorry
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hope i helped.
2007-12-11 14:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by werdna963 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋