Recent content by EJHLaura

Ok, so we are going to get between a 150 and 200 gallon tank when we move in a few months. I want to get a male painted turtle (10+ years old so its more likely to be herbivorous) and 2 fire belly toads. I will put a platform large enough to hover above the water for maybe 1/2 the tank, but the...

I have a 3 gallon tank with a female molly and a male guppy. I have noticed over the past few months the male has gotten more aggressive towards the female. For instance, if the molly goes to eat, the male will chase her or "bump" her on the side and she will retreat to her now usual spot behind...

Update: the guppy died the next day. Then, Ich took over, treated that, lost the babies. Now everything seems good. I have the molly and one guppy left. They are happy now that they are together and both have recovered from Ich. Thank you for all your responses.

Ok, scratch that... He has a wound behind his pectoral fin. I noticed this because he rolled over (actually my husband noticed it) He also has some weird looking thing on his gill on the same side. I have no idea how I didnt notice this. So, I treated his isolation tank, and the tank he came out...

Ok, so my mollie had her babies and I moved my 4 guppies into another tank so they dont eat the babies. Well, 2 of the guppies literally jumped ship (and died on the floor). The 2 remaining guppies were doing fine. I changed the water and cleaned out the tank this morning, both were doing great...

I have posted before about my betta dying. We were going to get another Betta, but my daughter wanted a pink fish instead, which led to guppies and a Molly, don't ask how it ended with those since none of them are pink, but it was my daughter's choice. Anyway, So the tank sat for a few days...

Ammonia was between 0-0.5, Nitrate: 40; Nitrite:1 ; GH: 120; KH:180, pH:7

We have a 2.5gallon round betta tank with an air pump in the middle, no filtration. Has gravel, a few plants and a few rocks. We got a red crown? betta approx 4 weeks ago. We set up the tank, put the drops in the water like we were supposed to, put the fish in the bag into the tank to acclimate...