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I thought so too What else could it have been though? I did take this male away from the only adult female black molly; could he have died of a broken heart? lol

Yeah I was thinking nitrates too. Thanks! What sort of filters do the pros use? Canisters?

I wanted to run this by y'all anyway. Rocco, my beautiful black sailfin molly (male), was moved to my 10 gallon tank on the 24th of December 2015 along with a male guppy. There were also about 25 guppy fry and 5 black molly fry in this tank, which had already been cycled with some real plants...

Have you ever had something like that happen to you?

On Halloween of this year I did a radical 75% water change to try and lower the 2.0 ppm ammonia level in my tank. I had three female guppies, one male guppy, two guppy fry, and two black mollies in the tank at the time. The next morning I looked and couldn't find Goldeen, one of the f guppies...

They've been together about a month now and he's definitely got a gonopodium. I tested my source water for pH (about a 7.8), but nothing else. Guess I should do that.

Did a water change. Will test in about an hour to see where I'm at. I've got two "real" plants; will those help control the ammonia, or with the chemistry in any other helpful ways? I thought it was a female, but she's so bossy with other females. She tried pushing Rocco, my male black molly...

Oh and P.S. is that a female black molly? It was sold to me (of course) as a male.

I think. . . Tested the water yesterday: .25 ppm ammonia 7.8 ph 5.0 ppm nitrites 5.0 ppm nitrates temperature 78 F (heater keeps it pretty constant) That filter has been on there since October 15th, but the gravel and ornaments have been in there since September 7th 2015. My biggest question...

I just split the males and females up I put 1 f black molly and 2 f fancy guppies in the 10 gallon tank that I'm cycling, and left the 2 m black mollies and 1 m fancy guppy plus the 2 guppy fry in the 20 gal tank in order to reduce the bioload while I'm cycling. Thanks again for the help!

So really it's just overstocked in a sense? Would you recommend 50% water changes?

Set up 15 October 2015 with 2 guppies and 1 black molly. Added 2 guppy fry about the 20th, then another black molly and 2 more guppies on the 21st. Ammonia has persisted at above normal levels since 25 October (2.0 or 1.0 ppm). Been doing 25% water changes daily, and even did a 75% water change...

Thank you! She's very pretty I think. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

This is a female molly, right? I was sold "two females" but since I've learned a little more I think I've decided only one of them was f.

Also sold 2 "female" mollies and I'm pretty sure only 1 of them actually is a female. This looks like a female molly, right? [/URL][/IMG]