Platy Death :( and looking for new fish

[Slow Cheetah]

Just now my platy has died. It was looking fat and bloated even though no eating. I tried melafix but the treatment went only for 3 days because it died. I am just wondering now if it was a disease and if my other fish will be alright?


Also Over time my fish have been dwindling. I was wondering if i could add more fish and how much to a 34 litre tank that has in it

2xclown loachs
2xplatys
1xwhite cloud (strange but the white cloud always bullies the partners i buy him/her...)
1xfemale betta

and temp 27 degrees.

plz some suggestions!

[Lady Hobbs]

Makes you wonder sometimes why fish die when no visible stress seems to be going on or disease. I hadn't lost a fish for weeks then this morning woke to a dead neon and a dead golden gourami. Both in different tanks and both tanks clean with 0 water readings. Sometimes I think it just must be there time to go.

[TehTANK]

That happens. That is why I stopped buying and caring for those kind of fish. I get so attached to the fish I get and care for that when they die it really hurts my heart. If my oscar ever goes I don't know what I am going to do. He is part of the family if you ask me.

[Lady Hobbs]

I do need to update what I earlier posted about water conditions. I actually had ammonia readings of .25 altho I did a big water change 5 days ago. I believe it's because I had a filter running that just wasn't doing the job.

Another big water change today and a second filter added two days ago so we'll see how it goes.

[CJ1]

First off, how often do you do tank maintenance and what do you do during it? Are you sure you have enough good filtering for tank? Poor filtering alone can cause the problems you're having.

[Slow Cheetah]

Thx for the help of the platy death but no suggestions for new fish? i'm stumpted for what i should pick lol.

[kimmers318]

First, that is a small tank for clown loaches and you will need to upgrade them....how big are they now? It may be that you just had too big of a bioload for the amount of fish you had if your filter can't keep up causing the loss of your platy, although platies in my experience are quite hardy. I would recommend you leave the tank for a couple of weeks as is, get a test kit and start testing regularly to make sure your filter is keeping the water where you need it....0 ammonia.....0 nitrites....low nitrates. Adding fish to a small tank upsets the balance much more than adding them to a larger tank.