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In the last 4 months, I have had 3 batchs of mollie fry (2 from a dalmation and 1 from a orange and white lyretailed mollie) and from the picture, they look to be about normal size. Give them a couple of weeks and they will look more like fish :) Steve

With my first batch of mollie fry, I placed flake food into a baggie and crushed it up real good. With the second batch, I just ground it between my fingers as I was putting it in. I also add brine shrimp pellets as they love those. Have yet to lose one. Just got finished giving away most of the...

I have 3 clown loaches that do that very thing! The first day I brought them home, I would constantly check on them. Well, when it was time for bed, I peeked into the tank and was missing one! I proceeded to move around the decor, wondering where it could of gone to. After a fruitless search I...

My Experience Well, in the last month, our molly has given birth twice...with about 50 fry each time. The first time, the molly hid under the air stone decoration while giving birth. Of course, I moved out the adult fish to a bigger tank. All the fry are still alive (just moved 25 of them to...

Wow..sounds like you are in the same boat I just got out of :) We have a dalmation molly that got pregnent shortly after giving birth to her first batch :) This past weekend (Friday night actually) my wife noticed that she started "squaring off". We decided to move her to the fry tank. I used...

Well, in my case, I have yet to lose any mollies that I have. About 6 weeks ago, our dalmation molly gave birth to approx 30 fry. Have yet to have a single death. The other day, she gave birth again. So I now got about another approx 40 new fry. I have moved some of the older ones to other tanks...

I believe that 1tbsp per gallon is considered brackish..but I might be mistaken. As for replacing it, get a bucket that has volume amounts imprinted on the sides. This way, you can monitor how much water you are removing. I got a 4 gallon bucket from Dollar General (3 bucks) and use that for...

Our turtle has a basking light that stays on for approx 18 hrs a day. I dont heat the water (it stays at room temp). When I change the water (90% every week), I make sure it's a little warm. Guess I was trying to say that heating the water with a heater is not really neccesary, so keeping...

I have a 7-8 inch red ear slider in a 30 gallon tank. Tried feeding it feeder fish about 2 months ago...put 2 in and there is still on swimming around. So the turtle might not eat the fish. Turtles are also cold blooded, so it's not necessary to have the water heated. I dont keep a heater in the...

Oops...I always get nitrate and nitrite mixed up :). I recorded the results in a spreadsheet, but it's on my home computer. Definatly gonna get the clown loaches. Was gonna get some for the 20 gallon a few weeks ago (picked up 3 pink gouramis instead), but decided not to due to their adult...

Thanks for all the idea everyone. Acer, on a side note..the tank is already established. I was at the guys house watching him drain it. Left a bit of water in the tank. Filled it immediatly when I got home. Tested last night (0ppm Amonina, 0ppm Nitrate, 5.0ppm Nitrites). Was thinking about the...

Greetings, Relatively new poster and victim of MTS. Started with a pregnant Mollie (Still got all of the fry, about 30. They are still growing). Had to get a second tank for the rest of the fish (bought a 20 gallon). Well, the other day was looking in the Thrifty section of the local newspaper...

Fanatic, Thanks for the advice. Not sure what breed the pleco is. Right now it's rather small (maybe 1.5 to 2 inches long). It's brown with black spots on it. I have move him into the tank with the 3 other mollies. I did about a 30% water change on the 10 gallon with the baby mollies in them. I...

Thanks for the advice Thanks for all the advice! Seems that for some odd reason, I believed that our orginial tank was 20 gallons. It was only 10. Oops! Went to the pet store (PetSmart) and purchased a whole new setup (heater, gravel, decor, filter, and such). This time it's a 20 gallon tank...

Ok, here is the setup: About 1.5 months ago we got our son a fish tank for his room. We set it up, let it run for about 2 weeks before stocking it with fish. After a mishap with a heater with no temp control, had to restock it with a few more fish. All is well and good, except one of the 3...