Live plants<\/a> can serve as natural filters, absorbing harmful chemicals and providing oxygen. They also offer excellent hiding spots, essential for the well-being and stress reduction of platies.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPopular plant choices for a platy tank include Anubias, Java Fern, and Hornwort. Each of these plants is hardy, low-maintenance, and safe for platy fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, ensure that live plants are not the only source of food for your platies. Balance their diet with a variety of foods to guarantee they receive all necessary nutrients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A balanced diet with protein and vegetables will improve platy growth, color, reproduction, immunity and decrease the risk of disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image.png",1170,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image-300x173.png",300,173,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image-768x443.png",768,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image-1024x591.png",1024,591,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image.png",1170,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Platy-Diet-Featured-Image.png",1170,675,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ryan Ferguson","author_link":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/author\/ryan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A balanced diet with protein and vegetables will improve platy growth, color, reproduction, immunity and decrease the risk of disease.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootedtank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}