The return of a Platy

[Gill Passman]

Hi All,

Just had a suprise when looking in the Community Tank. A few weeks ago I had
a total disaster that wiped out most of my fish with the pump/filter failing
while I was on holiday.

After putting it right there was one Platy that was looking very unwell
still - bulging eye and very quiet but was still feeding so I was going to
move him and try and treat him. He then disappeared and I feared the worst.
Did a body hunt and couldn't find him so assumed he had been eaten :-( He
was the first home bred fish we ever had so it was all a bit sad.

Then just after I put the Clowns in I spotted him. He is swimming around,
gill movement normal. The only problem is that he looks as if he has lost
sight in the eye (clouded over) but other than that he is looking competely
healthy....

A happy ending :-)

Gill

[danny]

`its nice to hear that gill i hope he leads a good life from now on

[Rod Bacon]

I had a similar experience with my favourite platy in my 1st ever
tropical tank. It was a 350L corner tank, with backdrop filter, given
to me by a 'friend'.

The 'lil guy (the platy... not my 'friend') managed to find his way
into the filter, and live amongst bio balls and filter matting for
literally months. I was eventually forced to break down the tank and
smash out the backdrop filter with a big hammer, because the 'silicone'
that had been used to put the backdrop in was breaking down into a
slimy sludge.

When I had finished removing the bulk of the glass, i found the 'lil
red platy swimming in the remining inch of water. I rescued him, and
placed him in a bucket overnight (with the heater from the tank). The
next day, I setup the tank again from scratch, and put him into water
that had been in the tank for less than 20 minutes.

He survived the whole ordeal, until eventually meeting an untimely
demise at the hands (or mouth) of a rapidly expanding oscar (thanks to
the LFS guy who took advantage of a naive teenager in saying "small
oscars are OK in a community tank"... he neglected to mention how
quickly small oscars turn into fish disposal units).

[Gill Passman]

"Rod Bacon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> I had a similar experience with my favourite platy in my 1st ever
> tropical tank. It was a 350L corner tank, with backdrop filter, given
> to me by a 'friend'.
>
> The 'lil guy (the platy... not my 'friend') managed to find his way
> into the filter, and live amongst bio balls and filter matting for
> literally months. I was eventually forced to break down the tank and
> smash out the backdrop filter with a big hammer, because the 'silicone'
> that had been used to put the backdrop in was breaking down into a
> slimy sludge.
>
> When I had finished removing the bulk of the glass, i found the 'lil
> red platy swimming in the remining inch of water. I rescued him, and
> placed him in a bucket overnight (with the heater from the tank). The
> next day, I setup the tank again from scratch, and put him into water
> that had been in the tank for less than 20 minutes.
>
> He survived the whole ordeal, until eventually meeting an untimely
> demise at the hands (or mouth) of a rapidly expanding oscar (thanks to
> the LFS guy who took advantage of a naive teenager in saying "small
> oscars are OK in a community tank"... he neglected to mention how
> quickly small oscars turn into fish disposal units).
>
Sadly, he lost his fight today - he was my first fry to survive :-(

[coolchinchilla]

Gill Passman wrote:
> Sadly, he lost his fight today - he was my first fry to survive :-(
>

So sorry Gill.
coolchinchilla

[Gill Passman]

"coolchinchilla" > wrote in message
...
> Gill Passman wrote:
> > Sadly, he lost his fight today - he was my first fry to survive :-(
> >
>
> So sorry Gill.
> coolchinchilla

Just shows nature has it's own way of redressing the balance. Discovered two
Platy fry in the tank today - my first spotted (although I'm sure not first
born) since defeating the hair algae and then adding the Java Moss :-)

Gill

[2pods]

>> coolchinchilla
>
> Just shows nature has it's own way of redressing the balance. Discovered
> two
> Platy fry in the tank today - my first spotted (although I'm sure not
> first
> born) since defeating the hair algae and then adding the Java Moss :-)
>
> Gill

Three certainties, death, taxes, and Platy fry ;-)

I'm still finding them in tanks where I've taken the adults out ages ago.
You can't keep a good Platy down :-)

Peter