Recent content by cacica

Thanks Again, I will have to get the water tested at the store. Will start giving them veggies too..

thanks that was a lot of good information. I actually hardly give them any dried bloodworms. I have a container that has been around for a long time. When there were fry in the tank I would occasionally disolve a small amount in water then mush it up to it looked like cloudy water with a few...

here's a pic (if it works)

sorry forgot to mention. I feed them omega one flakes and occasionally dried blood worms and they also pick at the shrimp pellets that I feed to the bottom feeders. What veggies do you feed and how do you prep them? thx

Correct, I have never checked for amonia but have had the tank going for years with no problems. the ph kit only tests up to 7.6 so I'll need a high ph test kit to know the exact level. That said I just saw a single fry swimming around the bottom plants (plastic) so maybe the water is OK. ...

mentioned the problem of the fish getting pregnant then dying to the guy at the Aquarium Services store. He said maybe the ph is off. Tank has been set up for years and I never checked any levels until now. I have a sailfin pleco, some panda cory cats, couple assorted tetras and 5 or 6 platys...

Hi I,m new to the forum. Have a community tank 20G and trying to get platys to breed. they seem to get fat but then die. Checked ph and it is above level that the tester will read. have gone through half a bottle of ph down (250ml bottle) over the last 2 weeks and still reads too high for test...