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last platy died last night :( the thing that was odd was that on her side and belly, under her skin it was all red. I didn't see this until I found her body this morning

thanks they are probably just playing.

sunfish are pretty weird

the last male platy died, forgot to say in last post. they remaining female is the large grey one and she is looking better but lonely

ummm maybe getting an angel fish as a community fish wasn't such a good idea, he picks on the other angel fish relentlessly but I'm worried if I take him back he will be killed. I don't have another tank big enough for him and I don't know anyone with a big tropical aquarium equipped for keeping...

in my 95 litre tank among other fish I have 4 cardinal tetras and 3 neon tetras, they all school together and are happy. today I saw one neon chasing another one, the one chasing is slim and has a straight blue line and the one being chased was much rounder with a bent blue line (probably the...

thanks for replying so quickly, I do a 25% water change once a week so I don't think its nitrate poisoning. possibly swim bladder although they are swimming fine. I will try the peas anyway. I'm thinking it could be one of my angelfish, he picks on the other angelfish and any fish who get too...

hey I have a 95 litre tank with various fish in it, including 3 platies. a big grey mickey mouse female, a young ( maybe 6 months old but not fully grown) hi-fin female and a sunset mickey mouse male. anyway I look in the tank and see the young female at the bottom of the tank dead. this is even...

im not quite sure how to upload pictures, i'm a bit of a thickie when it comes to computers, but I have put some pictures in my album so please look through. As I said it a very dark green and covers both plastic and live plant leaves. I'm planning on adding 3 otos to my tank, I have been...

does anyone know if otos would eat this sort of algae

not sure how to upload a pic, bit of a thickie when it comes to computers.

the algae I have is quite a dark green covering some of my plant leaves, its isn't very hard to get off but the plant has quite delicate leaves and I don't want to rip them up.

you should have 2 females to 1 male generally. she looks ready to pop so only a day or so. I personally have tried both breeding nets and natural birth, it doesn't really make a difference except in a main tank you are more likely to loose the fry as breakfast, but in the net the female may get...

most of the fish from the current tank are being moved so it will only be the 2 gouramis, 3 platies, 6 neons and 3 cories in there. Ottos were my first choice as bristle nose plecos grow quite big. I don't have a massive algae problem in my tank but I just wanted something that would clean the...

I have a 95L with angels, gouramis, neons, platies, clown loaches, cories and a red tailed shark. I know a little squished in there but some fish are being moved to another tank. I need a smallish fish that doesn't need to be in huge groups that will clean the algae off my plants and ornaments.

I have two flying fox fish, planning to get more, I've had them for about 4 months and they are nice fish, not too active though. Anyway I got them at the same time and they were the same size, they were pretty much identical actually, as the started to grow they changed though. One is now big...

hiya, I think she did die from that although her belly still looked full. At my local fish store they use a liquid test kit, not strips, but I'm buying a test kit anyway. I'm also planning to buy some more live plants when I get the female platy, I currently have 3 live plants but am slowly...

unfortunately, I came home today to find her floating upside down at the bottom of the tank, her fins, tail and eyes were eaten and some scales pulled out. I was shocked, that day my old, very loved, cat was put down already and then my fish died. I think she was already dead when she was...

meet my high-fin orange platy, Tamsin. She is in a tank with angels, neons, gouramis, corydoras, clown loaches and other platies. I have been extremely unfortunate with fry, they all seem to get eaten. I have a breeder net and plastic breeder thing, but I didn't have her in there when she...

orange female had hers the night after I posted this, but she had them in the main tank so I think they have been eaten as I haven't seen them. the grey female is still hanging onto hers, hopefully I will be ready this time.

you could get some clown loaches, they live fore 30+ years and grow to 30cm.

so in the past I have been very unfortunate with platy babies. I have an orange female ,very pregnant, and a new blue/grey female, also very pregnant. My male is always chasing them so its hard to get a good picture. My orange female has been pregnant for about 5 weeks, which is worrying me as I...

my clown loaches tries to clean my angel fish, until the angels have had enough and swim off.