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I was trying to delete one. The post didn't show up and I rewrote it because I messed up and now it is there twice sorry.

So do the babies know enough to swim away and hide to prevent from being the other fishes or even Mom's next snack? I had another platy who was pregnant and the people at the LFS said she aborted her pregnancy because of stress. I don't want this one to lose her's. I have 2 other red platy's and...

So do the babies know enough to swim and hide to prevent from being another fishes or Mom's next snack? I just want her to be as comfortable as possiable and I have 2 other red platy's and 3 mickey mouse platy's and the males still chase her even though 1 of the red ones and 2 of the mickey...

My female platy has gotten very "plump" over the past week or so that I had noticed. I spoke to people at the LFS and they suggested I put her in a breeder/birthing net util she delivers. I have had her in there since las night and she doesn't want to eat, she is looking for ways out, and the...

Thank you D. I am going to try that. I will turn the light on for a certain amount of time and then turn it off and keep trying that to see if it helps. I welcome all the input. If that doesn't work maybe I will try to find a low wattage bulb like a nite light type. Thanks. PS the glass catfish...

I am not sure what you mean. The six Tetra's we have are schooling tetra's. The LFS people said it was ok to have two different types of schooling one's as they will school together with each other and they do. all six are usually right around each other and they play with each other when the...

I'm sorry I should have mentioned the decor in the question. I have a cave, 4 live plants and,6 long and short decoration/plastic plants. I put the longer plants in the back and on the sides because from what I read they like to "hide" in these. The aquarium is I guess you could say "moderatly"...

Hi, This is probably the silliest question but here goes. I have 6 very small tetra's (I am not sure about exact type I think 3 are black finned and 3 are really small kinda reddish with black markings) and 2 glass cats. My question is why do they swim around happy and playful only when I turn...