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I had this female platy since she was born. The passed couple of days she's had her fins clenched and she's hanging in the top corner. She looks a little bloated. When I fed the tank she has no interest in food. But she would swim around at the bottom, trying to avoid other fish. Eventually she...

Hi everyone. My plants aren't thriving like they should be and I'm looking into fertilizers but I heard they can harm snails. What's the best fertilizer option?

Well, my snail was missing for like a week, and today I found him outside behind my tank, I put him back into the tank and he hasn't budged. He's not hanging out of the shell or anything and doesn't smell bad. He's been in the tank for a couple hours now and still nothing. So I'm assuming he's...

Thank you for your help guys! I talked to my LFS and they said they'll take them when they're big enough. Where can I get transport bags?

A few months ago I started breeding platys. I have 2 20 gallon tanks and the males are in one, while the females are in another. I keep finding more fry because the females are still giving birth, I guess from storing sperm. Anyway, I have tons of fry. I probably have over 30. Anyway, as they...

I have an air pump with 2 hoses. One hose runs to one of my 20 gallon tanks and the other to my other 20 gallon tank. The one is working fine. The other one does not have a consistent flow of bubbles. It just keeps skipping and spitting out bubbles. It was working fine before I left for the...

I'm concerned about future power outages because it tends to happen every now and then with thunderstorms. I wanted to know if there is such thing as a back up generator for tanks? I'm not trying to invest in an 800$ generator. Just like a battery operated one if that exists. I have 2 20 gallons...

How do you know if they're going to stay female? This is so confusing lol

Do you know when the males start teeing to mate?

Separate the male and female guppies if you can. I started breeding platys and I invested in another tank so I can separate them. Live bearers store sperm, so your guppies could be pregnant for months even without the males. I'm not for buying another fish to eat the fry. I could never do that...

I've been getting batches of platy fry for the past couple of weeks and I've noticed they're all female. I did my research and found out that platy can change the sex from female to male, well it happens when the gonopodium develops. I can't find a definite answer on how long (on average) does...

Hello everyone, lately I've been having baby snails appear every day. I have to be picking out 3 to 4 a day. I'm under the assumption that they're pond snails because I recently added plants, but I have 2 zebra snails. I have netrite eggs literally all over the tank. I read they need brackish...

Lots of snow but no power outages yet! Thank goodness. Thanks for checking in!

I will look into that! Thanks you so much

What do you mean by inverter?

Hi, my city is going to get hit with a huge storm tomorrow and they're expecting power outages. What can I do to keep my tanks stable and functioning? I have 2 20 gallons with filters, heaters and air stones.

Really? 100% sure on this? I was going to hold off until monday

So do you think I should separate the males now? I think I'm going to do that Monday. I actually found another fry so now I have 6 total. The goal is to have 13 fish in each tank. I'm pretty sure 2 of my platys are pregnant still. I'm just scared it'll get overstocked.

Well I have been breeding platys, and I plan on breeding them until both of my 20 gallons tanks are stocked. Well the plan is, when I get enough platy fry, I plan on putting my male platys in my second tank to separate them. I heard female platys can still have babies even after the males are...

The platy is 1/2 of an inch

I've had this baby platy for a month now and I wanted to know if she is big enough to release into my main tank. I'm scared they will eat her. I have 6 adult platys and a cory catfish.

Nope, no snails. We thought the fish might very ate it? I don't know if they do that though

I'm not asking for advice on their living situation. My girlfriend has a 5.5 gallon as a desk tank, she has no room to upgrade. Thanks though. The filter has a tube, but it's really think. Idk how it'd be able to get in there. And she has a hood that covers the tank. There are only like 2 small...

Hi everyone. My girlfriend has a 5.5 gallon tank with 3 male guppies. There was a 4th one last week but he went missing. There's not much room to hide in a 5.5 and we literally took the tank apart to look for it. We haven't see it anywhere or even a body. Can anyone explain?