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my platties are sooo small its too hard to see males from females but there is one in the tank that seems aggressive to the others mostly to the littlest one :( the runt hides around the plants alot....does anyone know how old the platys have to be before they get their color..mine are mostly...

ok thanks...i know if i over feed ill regret it...i think ill cut back to twice a day and not three..

7 very small mickey mouse platies and a pelco...after i feed them and they figure out they arent getting any more they seem to forage on the floor looking for food that may have fallen...i feel sorry for them but i dont want to overfeed either for fear of the mess

im alittle confused as to how much to feed. i put a pinch of food in and the bubbler and filter manage to stir it up good and my fish chase after it and after about 5 minutes they have finally finished chasing down all the particles and then they hang out at the top like they are waiting for...

i dont see where under the heater would be a problem...

i had my bubbler under my filter and had to move it because it made the bubbles go everywhere and it resembled 7up in my tank...

the same thing happened to me when the guy at the pet store told me to lower my ph and gave me stuff to put in it...it seemed to be a algae bloom of some sort and i drained and cleaned everything and so far it hasnt returned..it looked like fog all over everything....

it already has like a pvc pipe in the hole...so i should leave that connected...i think i know what u mean...the hardware people will know thanks for your response..

hey, the pet store said they would give me a tank but its been drilled..is there any way to plug that hole up??

i have high ph (8.4-8.2) is that going to be a problem with my mickey mouse platties??

numbers are good..everything is 0 except for niteates-80 adding ammonia probably wont post til monday

good morning..my numbers are ammonia-0...nitrites-0...nitrates-80...high ph-8.2(drop slightly)...i will wait for your response before i do anything today...yesterday i dosed ammonia to 4ppm...thanks

ok thanks...what if tomorrow, my ammonia and nitrites are 0...do i do a water change? im alittle confused with whats next?

one more question...when you do a large water change...what is the best way to match the water temp of the water you are putting back in???

hello...my numbers look good i think...ph-same..ammonia-0....nitrites-0...nitrates-80...today i have a busy day so right now im going to dose ammonia to 4ppm and see what happens tomorrow...i hope thats ok..

good morning...my numbers this morning are..ph-8.4...ammonia-0...nitrites-2.0...nitrates-80

ok thanks for the input...i really dont want babies and i had planned on getting all males...is that ok? and can i trust the pet store guy to lead me right after he told me nothing about setting it up and a fishless cycle, and when i asked him about adding ammonia he laughed and said you'd have...

hello my ammonia tester(api master kit) does not have a 2.5..it goes 2.0 to 4.0 and the colors are already close to the same (green) so when you advise 2.5 thats impossible for me to get that close...please advise

i have a fifteen gallon tank and was wondering if 6 Mickey Mouse platys and a couple algae eaters would be ok?? also can you give me an idea on what kind of algae eaters should i look at??

o my gosh it finally happened...my ammonia and nitrites are 0 after adding 2ppm yesterday...my nitrates are as high as they have ever been at over 80, but not quite 160, but close...so, a water change is in the cards today im assuming...then how long before i can get fish???

good morning!! so yesterday i added ammonia to 2pm at 1p and now i checked my numbers at 930a and they are ph-8.4...ammonia-0...nitrites-.25...nitrates-80...it seems im getting closer to fish uh?? YAY

hi-when i got home today i checked the numbers and were as i expected ammonia -0 nitrites-0..nitrates-40-80...i know you were talking about a water change but im too tired so i added ammonia to 2ppm and ill see about that change tomorrow...i hope thats ok

ok but just so you know that i have to go to work at 10a tomorrow and wont be home til noon sunday so when i test tomorrow and my nitrites are 0 i should add more ammonia right? but if i still have a high nitrite hold off on the ammonia? thanks, i was worried when they closed our thread..thought...

o its maybe been a week and acouple days

ok i found it...my numbers are...ammonia-0...nitrites-5.0...nitrates-over 80...ph-8.4...skip ammonia today right?