Recent content by Elle2

Hi, I have recently added two mollies (one black and one sailfin) to my tank and notice that the Sailfin is quite aggressive. I have not been able to find any information about this - everything I have read says they are pretty good community fish. His aggression largely takes the form of...

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What is a cuckatoo? I tried to google it but can't find anything (aside from the bird of course)

I just added two mollies to my tank and they are attempting to mate with my platies. Is that normal? They can't inter-breed can they?

I had a fish recently die of what I am now pretty sure is dropsy (thanks all for the links). I am wondering if there is something I should be doing to make sure the rest of my fish don't get it? I have no idea how it arrived in the first place.. I have made no new additions in a very long...

Thanks everyone. It may have been dropsy, though it was hard to tell because it was just a small part of her that had ruffled scales. Unfortunately she did not make it. I am not sure how this would have come into my tank in the first place. Even though she is gone, should I be doing...

I have a platy who I am not sure is diseased or just stressed. Her fins and tail are continuously closed into her body. the best way to the describe it is that she looks cold. I have looked at a number of sites and can't find anything that approximates her problem. Other than her "skinny"...

Hi, Last week I posted about my apple snails coming under attack from my platies in the general chat index, so I am sorry about posting again on the same topic, but i thought this would be the more appropriate index. Not only has it not stopped, but two days ago I noticed that my big snails...

My Apple snails had a clutch hatch that I didn't catch and now I have a tank full of apple snails that need homes.

Actually yes, the swordtail I used to have was initially the only one that ever picked on my snails, but recently the platies started and with too much enthusiasm. Maybe there is something particularly tastey about these snails. I have many many snails, probably over 100 as my apple snails...

I cycled with two large shrimp (prawns) for my 20 G. I took one out after about 5 days though b/c I didn't want the ammonia to spike too high. It took exactly 20 days.

Has anyone ever had their apple snails eaten by their other fish? A few of my platies have always harassed my apple snails a little, but the snails would usually just curl up for a bit and then everything would be fine. But suddenly many of my platies have started really attacking (picking...

I don't know about the current but the platy fry have a way better chance of surviving in the 10G if you don't manage to catch her in time. I have never had to use a hatchery for my platies in a 20 G. I just make sure that there is at least one spot with dense plants (preferably near the...

Oh, sorry about the mis-information. It was actually the snail breeder that I bought the snails from that told me that. I told her that I didn't want a male and female because I didn't want them to breed. Oops. Well I guess that explains why you haven't caught your snails in the act and why...

Those are both good questions... I am not really sure but I will find out. I will recommomend the white cloud minnows though. Thanks!