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I enjoy keeping platies, but don't want any babies. So I purchased only females. However, it concerns me what happens to their eggs without males? Would it be harmful for platies to carry unfertilized eggs in them? Can they purge unneeded eggs? Please give your opinion. Thank you

I am afraid I overfeed my platies, because I try to leave enough food for cories and rainbows. The latter get less food because the majority of it is gobbled up by platies. As a result - my platies got obese, their bellies look bloated after feeding, they constipate sometimes and got lazy...

Thanks, Greenmagi :D It is good to know someone with such a big experience, who knows Mardel medications. I would like to ask you about Maracide treatment for Ick, if you used it. It says treat on the day 1, 3 and 5. It is only one week. Can I treat for one more cycle?

Dear "Greenmagi", thanks again for your reply. My fish is doing fine on the "lethal dose 8O" of Ick medication. The fish is active, alert and eats with good appetite. I dose medication according the package direction. It was also a nice surprise to me that ick cleared so fast. But I...

Thank you experts for your replies. Now I will answer your questions: 1. I am treating my new platy in the 2.5G QT with little internal filter, but I don't cycle it for it doesn't make sense if the medication will kill the good bacteria anyway. Moreover, every time I change the water and wash...

Please share your expertise to solve this confusing problem. I just started treating one sick fish (newly purchased) in a hospital tank with Mardel Maracyn tablets + Maracide. (The fish has Ick and maybe fungus) The instruction says to add a dose daily for 5 days. However, my hospital tank is...

I just had to put down the gravely ill fish after nearly a month of unsuccessful attempt to treat her with many kinds of antibacterial and antiparasite medications. There was a mysterious growth on the gill, and it was getting bigger and bigger, eating away the flesh around :cry: I made the...

If you use feeder goldfish, 7 is definitely too many for cycling 30 gallons. There should be 1 or 2 maximum. No wonder the water is cloudy. The goldfish are very messy. You have to vacuum almost daily after them. The best fish for cycling, to my opinion is zebra danio. If you don't want to...

First, would you please tell what size is your tank, what size of fish and how many of them do you have in there? Do you test the water? You need to invest in the test kits for Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates and PH. The water might be cloudy from Ammonia buildup. Your tank is cycling now. To better...

Does anyone in DC, Maryland or closer Virginia areas have unwanted 5 gallon tank with hood and light for sale? I have filter for it and everything else. The tank and hood is all I need. I live in Silver Spring, MD. It is Greater Washington area. All replies are appreciated.

I don't know exactly about Melafix-Pro, but combination Melafix+Pimafix did not hurt my cories at all.

I would also treat with salt and high temp, but would my fish tolerate 86F? Also the maing consern for me are cories. They might be too stressed with salt.

Thank you for reply, Meredith. I am using malachite green. I don't know if I should also treat the main tank. It is planted 29G, cycled, with other platys, Dwarf Neon Rainbows and cories. My QT is 2.5 gallon, and has 2 fish now. The treatment should be done every other day. Can I make daily...

I am isolating two fish in a small hospital tank for treating ich. I know that there should be no carbon in the filter during medication use. However, to spare fish from cycle, I would like to use"Zeolite" or other ammonia removing media in the filter. Is it OK to do that? Will ammonia removing...

Doctor "Fruitbat", Thanks a lot! Your reply definitely helps, and it was so prompt! :D I am going to see if I can find the commercial media in PETCO or our LFS. Is commercial one contains the nutrients and vitamins our fish need to receive in flies? And does it last longer than 2 weeks without...

I think about starting a fruit fly culture. The DYI media recipe is listing instant potatoes mixed with fruit pectin, corn flour, sugar, yeast and cider vinegar diluted with water 50/50. What if to use some fruit juice instead of water for additional vitamins and minerals content? Did anyone...

Jersyman, even if you are doing fishless cycle, the 8 ppm of Ammonia is still too high for the bacteria to grow. Make it approximately 5 ppm. Then, depending what kind of ammonia do you use, check PH regularly. It may crash soon, which is also not good for bacteria. If PH drops too low...

The most beautiful cichlid to me is German Blue Ram. It is not african and requires softer water, but if I set up the 20G species tank, I would get 4-5 of them.

Thank everyone for reply. Severumama, you are right, the cycle is dangerous, but I cannot put my platies in the main tank, because I quarantine them. They will stay in QT for 2 weeks. To avoid the cycle, I will add "Bio-Spira" to the filter, as soon as the white powder will be washed off. Or...

Thank you, Fishy, for reply. My concern is whether or not this"powder" is going to harm the gills of my fish. What is your opinion about it?

I just got 4 new fish (platies), put them to the clean quarantine tank with brand new Aqua-Clear filter. The filter had bio-media - little white cylinders. I rinsed them several times and put in the filter. Almost instantly the tank water was milky cloudy from media particles. Panicked, I took...

Thank you! This link is so good!

Thanks for advise, Brian. I don't think my fish were poisoned, because I never refreeze thawed food (I always discard leftovers), and always keep the flakes refrigerated. As for parasites, can they survive in the form of cysts for a long time, hybernating in cold conditions? I know, the human...

Menagerie, Thank you very much for your reply. My 29G planted tank was cycled without fish 5 months ago. Since then, the only fish I have had there are 5 dwarf neon rainbows, 3 small cories and 1 SAE. The water parameters are: Ammonia and Nitrites are 0, Nitrates 10, PH 7.0. No new fish was...

After I started feeding my fish with Hickary frozen bloodworms, my fish, dwarf neon rainbows, developed some parasitic disease. (May be it was just coincidence?) One fry died from the swollen gill, another fish had 3 (!) wormlike objects sticking out of its rear. It doesn't have them now, but I...