Recent content by shawnus

thanks grimlock, i did the transfer right before i went to bed and now they are not fighting anymore. good advice, thanks. shawnus

well i bumped up the salinity in the 10 gal tank and tried to transfer again. this time the female did not look stressed. but she and the female that was already in the 10 gal did start fighting hardcore! they locked lips like my kissing gouramis. they whacked each other with thier tails...

anyone? Please help!

Here's my situation: -a 29 gal regular tank -a 10 gal QT/breeding tank -the 29 gal has a higher salinity because i recently treated the tank for ich. -the 29 gal has one female guppy (along with a bunch of other fish). her partner died, so shes all alone. -the 10 gal has a pair of guppies I...

thanks everyone, im planning on getting a Q-tank just as soon as my bout with ich is over. thinking about all this, I had the idea to give the heat treatment to any new fish while they are in quarrantine. that way even if they do have a latent case of ich it will be "cooked off". is this...

ill stay the course, thank you. yes ive read her article as well as like 20 others and i think i have a good grasp on all the info. i justed needed some reassurance. :-) i seem to get conflicting data about ich always being present in a tank or if it must be introduced. from what ive read...

heres my specs- 29 gal, HOB and UGF, 3 kissing gouramis, 1 Swordtail, 2 fancy guppies, 2 neon tetras, 1 tiger barb, 1 pleco I recently had a lapse in judgement and introduced a fish from a chain pet store into my tank without quarantining it first. foolish me. of course, I got Ich. So i...