Posted by hongi on January 18, 2003 at 01:10:31:
In Reply to: Re: Platies poop large amounts? posted by PHSplendens on January 09, 2003 at 00:51:17:
::Is something wrong with my fish or do Platies excrete a tremendous amount of waste? I currently have 2 platies establishing my tank. At any given time either one always has a string haning out of it's anus, many times at least 1" long. I just saw one with a string of waste almost twice as long as the whole fish. Is this normal? Im am only feeding one small meal per day right now.
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:Do you have a lot of algae in the tank? Are your females giving birth and all of them eating the fry? What color is the poop? You may only be feeding them one small meal a day, but with poop like that they must be eating something.
:PHSplendens
The poop is brown, but sometimes its clearish. They arent pooping as often now. I dont have an algae. I think they were eating some leaves off of my plants. I used to see them nip the leaves when I first got them but they seem to have stopped. I feed them 3 small meals per day now. How long is their gestation period? They are very fat and suspect they may be pregnant. Ive had them about 3 weeks now.
