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Hello! I think it's been years since I was last here. Things are a little different. ;) I have a 28 gal bowfront. Fully cycled, has been for years. Over the years, I've had lots of livebearers, a few rosy barbs, and my share of bettas. I've currently got two platy - one male, one...

Reposting from another forum.... Basically, I have 4 agressive male platies that I do not want in my tank anymore. I went back to the store I bought them in the first place, and the tank is just awful - the fish don't look good at all... Right now the 4 boys in question (they don't get along...

Hi all, it's been forever, but my tanks have been good! A month ago, I got 5 new platies (in addition to the ones in my siggy). I *thought* I was getting one male and four females... but they were young, and over the month, I've watched three of them mature into males. So now my male-female...

A couple was thinking of using bettas as their centerpieces for their wedding. I went on and on and on - I think they just wanted me to shut up, so they're going back to their original candles on mirrors idea. LOL - being longwinded can be a good thing!

Hey everyone, long time no see! Lots of big changes in the past few months. First of all, my fish tanks have been running beautifully, so I haven't needed any help. (Reminds me, gotta change my sig - only 1 tank now). Secondly, I got engaged at the end of March! (Yay!), I bought a house in...

:( Two female guppies, the two that had just dropped fry in the past two weeks. I'd been keeping the tank lights off as much as possible all week, in an effort to battle the beard algae that seemed to be starting, so on Friday night, I missed checking on the tank before bedtime, as there were...

Well I got my otos to combat the brown stuff. Now I have fuzzy/short-hair-like bright green stuff - looks like really short grass. It's been a couple of days since I've noticed it now, and I haven't seen my otos going at it. Will they? Do I need a new addition to take care of this? I have...

I know we've been over the bettas-in-a-cup issue more times than anyone can count... Today I was at a LFS that I know to be quite bad - it's near my bf's work, so I occasionally check in to see if they've gotten any better. Well, they haven't. They had some really beautiful bettas - in...

I just spent the past hour watching Miss Benett, my big blue guppy, drop about 30 or so fry. It was the first time I'd ever seen it from start to finish - the hiding, hovering, the squeezing out, and the skinny mom after all was said and done. It was also the first time I'd ever seen her do...

Thought I'd stick this question here... I'm a little embarrassed to ask at the LFS - how do you feed frozen food? Do you thaw it out? They look like cubes, can you cut one in half and just throw it in? Do they sink/float? Are there more kinds than just frozen bloodworms? (that's all I've...

Hey everyone, Have been noticing in the past couple weeks that ever since I've added two more neon rosy barbs to the tank, all my platies (except the two wags - don't know why) have been hiding more often, and darting to safety when anyone walks by the tank. There are lots of hiding places...

I've been watching this last batch of fry for the past month now. Turns out, I can't tell which ones are going to grow up to be guppies, and which will be platies. They just look sooooo similar. One in particular, I thought must be the progeny of my blonde guppy - looked EXACTLY the same as...

My 5-month old female sunset platy looks like she needs a scrubbing. It looks like there is some dirt on some of her scales on her dorsal area in front of her dorsal fin. Picture a fish taking a tumble in mud, and a little mud is stuck behind some scales. It really doesn't show up in pics...

I've just added my 2 previously QT'd rosy barbs to my 28 gal tank. There has definitely been some fighting to establish pecking order. My original lone barb is much bigger than the two new ones, and not surprisingly is kicking some new rosy barb butt! The new guys are about the same size as...

Last night I tested my water. Ammonia - no problems. Nitrites - no problems. Nitrates - no problems. pH - dropped a full point!!! Okay, so it didn't really. I hadn't rinsed my test tube, and I guess the nitrite or nitrate test is a little acidic... I rinsed the test tube very well after...

Okay, I went to FIVE pet shops last night - a record for me, and in record time. I was checking to see who had the healthiest rosy barbs and lucked out in finding some beautiful ones at a decent price. As usual, I was looking to see what caught my eye for my empty 10 gallon (has been going on...

After discussion on a separate post, I seriously want a couple more rosy barbs. I feel mine may be lonely :( poor guy. Anyway, I assume he's a male because he is very bright in colour. Should I assume that neon rosy barbs are like my livebearers - that is, better to keep more females...

Is it spring yet? It sure feels like it whenever I look into my 28 gal. Every day I find new guppy and/or platy fry. They're not easy to spot at first, but man, just start gravel vaccuuming, and voila - they're frenzied! I made the mistake of putting one in a breeder trap last week. It was...

First the breakthrough - yesterday I saw that one of my three new otos finally found an algae wafer! Phew. He sat on it and pretty much guarded it against interested platies, guppies, and the barb. He finally decided to share and came back to scraps of it later. Tonight, I noticed one of the...

How do I know if my otos are eating? I've had 3 of them for just over a week now. It turns out that the brownish algae I have isn't terribly exciting for them, and they are sure taking their time with it. They seem to be busy making their way nibbling on everything, and I've dropped in some...

It's that magical time for my guppy Lola again - she's about to have fry any day now. I notice that when my guppies are just about ready to give birth, they hover at the surface of the back corner of the tank. This time, one of my platies has decided to join her. This platy never hangs out...

Okay, after months of having the 5.5 gallon up, running, cycled and empty, I impulse-bought a 10 gallon. I had a 10 gallon before for QT, but donated it away. Now, the 5.5 will be the QT, and the new 10 will house new fish friends. This widens the possibilities of what I can keep, although I...

I have officially given in to Multiple Tank Syndrome. I just went in to check out the 25% off EVERYTHING sale at Big Al's. I planned on only getting some otos... But there were amazing sales everytime I turned around! I bought myself the 3 otos I wanted, plus a new 10 gal tank, among other...

Okay, dummie question here! Please forgive my ignorance! :oops: What's the difference between shoaling and schooling? Are they the same thing? I've seen the term 'shoal' on here often, and it's also in my fish books... TIA!

Hi everyone, One of my platies has lost weight. She's still acting normal, so I don't know if she's sick. Here are some before/after pics, let me know if you think it's a significant weight loss. Maybe I'm wrong. (the first two pics are her this morning, the third is her almost two months...