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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...