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Amomina:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:10
pH:7.6

36 gallon bowfront: 5 platies, 1 swordtail, 4 tetras, 1 dwarf gourami, and 2 peacock eels.

Fed fishflakes and earthworms. 65% water change every week, and 10% sand cleaning

The aquarium has been set for 9 months and was cycled using the fishless cycling method.

Okay, now, I have this female mickey mouse platy who a bent, upward, triangular shaped back. She often sits on the bottom of the tank, or in one corner at the top. She still eats, and swims normally when she does swim. She chases off the males when they try to fornicate with her, but then usually goes back to her corner.

This is how she looks:

(be very jealous of my drawing skills) She is never in a good enough spot for me to get a picture of her.

I have looked up fish tuberculosis, but she doesn't seem to have any of the symptoms beyond the out of shape back.

Thanks all in advance.

I do believe it's scoliosis

A bent spine can also indicate tuberculosis, which is contagious to humans. Maybe euthanasia is in order. Be very careful to wash your hands after being in that tank!

+1 to PP's comments..

in bread?
Guppies get like that when the genes are too close together.

J-P wrote:in bread?

No J-P.. Hes not in bread yet. Its still swims at a corner in the tank...

ok ok .. haha... tomatoes and mayo with that?

Well, I had prepared myself to euthanize her, and she died on her own. I really think it was scoliosis because she didn't have any signs of tuberculosis, other than bad spine. Ever since I first brought her home she's always seemed depressed and sulky, but she never had any visible signs of sickness. However, about a month ago her spine started going into a triangle. Either way, I am happy that she's no longer suffering because it was quite evident she wasn't doing well.

This concerns me slightly as I have a neon with a crooked spine, and I am always digging around in there for one reason or another. Sorry for your loss

I have read somewhere neon have a kind of disease that cause them to have crooked spine. Not too sure if that's contagious or trans-species..

That is neon tetra disease

do a quick search for:
Pleistophora hyphessobryconis
or
Pleistophora

it is contagious.

Thankyou jp will have a read

After a read through I don't believe it is this. Just old age perhaps? He just has a wonky spine, no other symptoms. I am however going to isolate him and keep an eye, I don't wish to euthanise unless I am certain.

Is his spine wavy, pointed up, or is it down-ish? I have found depending on the shape helps determine the disease, sometimes. My platy didn't always have it, she developed it about a month and a half ago-2months. None of the other fish seem to be affected by it, yet. I am curious as to how she got it though, or if she always had it and it just didn't show until later in her life.