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Hi, I have recently added two mollies (one black and one sailfin) to my tank and notice that the Sailfin is quite aggressive. I have not been able to find any information about this - everything I have read says they are pretty good community fish. His aggression largely takes the form of...

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What is a cuckatoo? I tried to google it but can't find anything (aside from the bird of course)

I just added two mollies to my tank and they are attempting to mate with my platies. Is that normal? They can't inter-breed can they?

I had a fish recently die of what I am now pretty sure is dropsy (thanks all for the links). I am wondering if there is something I should be doing to make sure the rest of my fish don't get it? I have no idea how it arrived in the first place.. I have made no new additions in a very long...

Thanks everyone. It may have been dropsy, though it was hard to tell because it was just a small part of her that had ruffled scales. Unfortunately she did not make it. I am not sure how this would have come into my tank in the first place. Even though she is gone, should I be doing...

I have a platy who I am not sure is diseased or just stressed. Her fins and tail are continuously closed into her body. the best way to the describe it is that she looks cold. I have looked at a number of sites and can't find anything that approximates her problem. Other than her "skinny"...

Hi, Last week I posted about my apple snails coming under attack from my platies in the general chat index, so I am sorry about posting again on the same topic, but i thought this would be the more appropriate index. Not only has it not stopped, but two days ago I noticed that my big snails...

My Apple snails had a clutch hatch that I didn't catch and now I have a tank full of apple snails that need homes.

Actually yes, the swordtail I used to have was initially the only one that ever picked on my snails, but recently the platies started and with too much enthusiasm. Maybe there is something particularly tastey about these snails. I have many many snails, probably over 100 as my apple snails...

I cycled with two large shrimp (prawns) for my 20 G. I took one out after about 5 days though b/c I didn't want the ammonia to spike too high. It took exactly 20 days.

Has anyone ever had their apple snails eaten by their other fish? A few of my platies have always harassed my apple snails a little, but the snails would usually just curl up for a bit and then everything would be fine. But suddenly many of my platies have started really attacking (picking...

I don't know about the current but the platy fry have a way better chance of surviving in the 10G if you don't manage to catch her in time. I have never had to use a hatchery for my platies in a 20 G. I just make sure that there is at least one spot with dense plants (preferably near the...

Oh, sorry about the mis-information. It was actually the snail breeder that I bought the snails from that told me that. I told her that I didn't want a male and female because I didn't want them to breed. Oops. Well I guess that explains why you haven't caught your snails in the act and why...

Those are both good questions... I am not really sure but I will find out. I will recommomend the white cloud minnows though. Thanks!

I have a friend who has a small indoor pond. He has two goldfish and I think it might be too small to add anymore. Someone told him that guppies and endlers can live in unheated aquariums. Is this true? If so can they share with goldfish?

Thanks! I actually did retire her... she was just constantly churning them out and I fealt bad for her (it wasn't even my intention to breed her - I was supposed to have 2 females but the person who supplied the fish made a mistake). I didn't realise the fry needed a different temp. What...

Has anyone ever experienced chronic defects in their fry? I have some platies that seem to develop spinal defects as they age and I am unsure whether it is genetic or possibly due to something in my water. At first I thought it was just birth defects, but as subsequent batches developed...

Also there are no 'male' and 'female' breeding pairs... they have both male and female sex organs so any two should breed and lay eggs... both of mine have. I am surprised you haven't caught them in act though... its all mine seem to do. But I can't answer any of your other questions and hope...

Do you give a whole grape or cut it? Skin it? Green or red? I'd love to give my pleco a grape. Actually... reading all these posts I realise that I think my fish are really under privileged, poor guys. Anyone try carrots?

Aren't they more like semi-agressive? I notice that some of you seem to have other fish that would also be considered semi-agressive ie. the balas and gouramis. So within that context they would be kept in check. But you couldn't put them in with a bunch of wussies like platies and...

Yup. But I live in an area know for its very soft water. Although this seems to be the experience of quite a few members as they advised me to do this when I was having similar problems.

Did you leave it out for at least 24 hours as Voodoo mentioned? This makes a really big difference. My water comes out of the tap at 7 Ph but when left for 24 hours it drops significantly. Also make sure you tap the vile to allow the bubbles to gas out. This will give you an accurate reading.

Thanks all! I feel like I SHOULD be shipping these fish now. ;) Anyone want some really nice sunburst platies? ;) This is very helpful advice, thanks again.

Thanks! I am not sure that I will do it in the end.. they are just platies.. granted really really nice ones.. but still... then again I have so many since my tank is heavily planted and the fry are surviving at a very high rate (will sepearte the breeding pair as soon as I can get another set...