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My aquarium fish look like they are starving?

My one aquarium of platies (also called moons) are dieing and I don't know what it is from. I get them and they are healthy looking with no normal signs of being sick or stressed. They have the rounded bellies (like platies have), but after a couple weeks their bellies get flat looking and when I see that, they die within a day or two. I have had fish and aquariums for years, but have never seen this. I have done several treatments of binox (broad spectrum for illness) and also had done several treatments for external and internal parasites. But they contiue to look like they are just waisting away. I feed them good quality flake food, vegetable base foods, frozen brine shrimp, frozen blood worms, and frozen tubafex worms. Also put in fresh veggies for them to eat. I give them a well varied seletion of foods. My ph and ammonia levels are fine,as is all the other levels for a good healthy aquarium. Anyone have any idea what is happening? How to stop it?

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1. sweet heart...i had same probl; the best deal about have. lot of them for long time...is to place the fishing tank...outside...in a clear clean an nice place...then conect all appliance...by the window. or so...you will remember me...having lots of fish...they hate in door
2. Well.. sounds like you're feeding them well. Ammonia and nitrite are both 0ppm? Nitrate's less than 40ppm? PH at around 7? What kind of water are you using? And do you always get your fish from the same place? I really don't know what's going on here... If I were you, at this point I'd head over to the message boards at Flippers and Fins and ask there. Not only do the people actually know what they're talking about, but there's also a doctor on board to help, too. Good luck with your fish. Iceni: That was one of my first thoughts, too, but TB usually doesn't kill that quickly. Takes months to years for a fish to start showing signs of end stage TB, not just a couple of weeks.
3. Your tank may be infected with TB, the occasional fish may be immune to it but one by one all your fish will start to look emaciated, then die. I would suggest the you empty your tank, clean it out and start over again. Once it has been introduced into your tank, you cannot get rid of it.