Sunset Platy seems hurt, please help

This weekend after a long time of having 2 Zebra Danios (I had 3 when I
upgraded to a 10gal tank a few months back, but one disappeared) and an
Algea Eater, I decided to decorate the tank more and bought a few new
aquatic plants and ended up getting 2 Sunset Platies. I asked for a
Male and a Female and it seems like they are (one is skinny-ish and the
other has a belly) and when introduced to my Danio everything seemed
fine. On a side note: Anyone know how to tell Zebra Danio sex? I am
kinda certian the 2 that remain are males but I wanna know.

Well I also got 3 small Cory Fish and they are happyly swimming around
the bottom, not really bothering or being bothered. Well this morning I
wake up to see what I assume is the male Sunset Platy at the far left
coner of the tank, just skimming the surface and kinda avoiding the
other one. I thought maybe he was nervous but I looked closer and saw
these red markings it didn't have before in the middle of its body
(they have orange at thier tails and it gradutes to a clear white at
their bodies with black spots inbetween). From what I have been seening
nothing is bothering it, all the others are off doing their things. I'm
really stumped, anyone can tell me any advise on what to do?

Btw my algae eater is a "chinese" algae eater, I've had him for close
to a year now. I read they can become a bit aggressive (I am seeing he
doesn't like it when others touch his algae waffer).

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aquatic plants and ended up getting 2 Sunset Platies. I asked for a
Male and a Female and it seems like they are (one is skinny-ish and the

Platies are easily sexable by looking at their anal fins. The females'
looks like a regular anal fin, while the males have an anal fin that has
evolved into a stick-like shape that is held close to the body... it
basically serves as a fish penis for transporting sperm directly into the
female.

fine. On a side note: Anyone know how to tell Zebra Danio sex? I am

It's tricky until they're adults, but the males are slim and smaller and
the females are larger and rounder (basically due to the all the extra
organs).

wake up to see what I assume is the male Sunset Platy at the far left
coner of the tank, just skimming the surface and kinda avoiding the
other one. I thought maybe he was nervous but I looked closer and saw
these red markings it didn't have before in the middle of its body

It sounds like it has been attacked, probably overnight. Males generally
harass the females without doing much damage, but they will often injure or
kill other males unless there are too many to single out. It could be your
Chinese algae eater too, as you know they can be aggressive, but their
aggression is usually blatantly obvious and shouldn't be limited to just
the one platy.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:28:10 -0600, dc wrote:


fine. On a side note: Anyone know how to tell Zebra Danio sex?

I've bred some zebras and found that the color difference method is
pretty reliable: One sex has silvery stripes and the other sex has
more gold colored stripes. I forget which is which, but it's a start.

-- Mister Gardener

Mr. Gardener wrote in
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I've bred some zebras and found that the color difference method is
pretty reliable: One sex has silvery stripes and the other sex has
more gold colored stripes. I forget which is which, but it's a start.

There are a lot of different colour morphs of danios though... I think we
have about four or five different kinds of zebras currently in stock.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:44:41 -0600, dc wrote:

Mr. Gardener wrote in
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I've bred some zebras and found that the color difference method is
pretty reliable: One sex has silvery stripes and the other sex has
more gold colored stripes. I forget which is which, but it's a start.

There are a lot of different colour morphs of danios though... I think we
have about four or five different kinds of zebras currently in stock.

I thought of that after I sent the message. I forgot that the old days
are gone, the days when Danios were zebra or giant and none had long
fins or strange colors.

-- Mister Gardener

Mr. Gardener wrote in
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I thought of that after I sent the message. I forgot that the old days
are gone, the days when Danios were zebra or giant and none had long
fins or strange colors.

I'm a fan of true colours myself.

Thank you for responding, very helpful. Yea I do have male and female
Platy, and both Danios have Silvery Stripes. Well I cannot really pin
point a suspect as to who attacked who (but my Algae Eater is being
watched to see if it is repeated, though I hope not). Well my Male
Platy is still alive, though pretty scratched up. Is there anything I
can do for him or just leave him alone and see how he turns out?

wrote:
Thank you for responding, very helpful. Yea I do have male and female
Platy, and both Danios have Silvery Stripes. Well I cannot really pin
point a suspect as to who attacked who (but my Algae Eater is being
watched to see if it is repeated, though I hope not). Well my Male
Platy is still alive, though pretty scratched up. Is there anything I
can do for him or just leave him alone and see how he turns out?

Catch him and dab some Neosporin on the wound with a Q-tip. Provide him
with very clean water by changing some water daily or at least every
couple of days.

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wrote:
Thank you for responding, very helpful. Yea I do have male and female
Platy, and both Danios have Silvery Stripes. Well I cannot really pin
point a suspect as to who attacked who (but my Algae Eater is being
watched to see if it is repeated, though I hope not). Well my Male
Platy is still alive, though pretty scratched up. Is there anything I
can do for him or just leave him alone and see how he turns out?

Catch him and dab some Neosporin on the wound with a Q-tip. Provide him
with very clean water by changing some water daily or at least every
couple of days.

Can't say I've ever seen that recommendation before; typically
mercurichrome is suggested as the thing to use with this method.


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