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Yes, it's definitely a male. That's an interesting theory that the guppies may be trying to mate, whether the platy is a male or female. I took another look at them since receiving these responses and that's sorta what it looks like. I never would have thought of that though. Wonder why...

Yes, it's definitely a male. That's an interesting theory that the guppies may be trying to mate, whether the platy is a male or female. I took another look at them since receiving these responses and that's sorta what it looks like. I never would have thought of that though. Wonder why...

After I kept losing female guppies (they would get pregnant and die before giving birth), I decided to have just males. I was down to my last guppy, a male and I bought another male guppy, along with two male platies. Both guppies are constantly chasing one of the platies. They leave the...

Menagerie. Thanks for the welcome........and a big congratulations to you. Chasgood. One of the Platys (both are no longer with us) was very large for a platy.....so your theory may very well be the cause of the problem. I'm probably better off sticking with guppies considering the size of...

Thanks again, Tank Girl. You've been very helpful. I'll definitely follow your advice when doing water changes.

Thanks, Tank Girl. If vacuuming the gravel disturbs the good bacteria and what caused it to re-cycle, should I just do the water changes now without vacuuming. How would I get rid of the debris without vacuuming the gravel? This hobby is more complicated hat I thought it would be but I'm not...

Tank Girl, In that 2 week period I did another 25% water change and cleaned the filter by riinsing it in the removed tank water. (I didn't clean it with fresh water.) I vacuumed the gravel and that's about it.

After a long almost 8 weeks, my 10 gal. tank finally cycled. In the process, I lost several fish. My water parameters after cycling were 0 ammonia; 0 nitrites; 20 nitrates; PH 7.2. I added three guppies one day after the cycling was completed. The tank contained only 2 platies. Two...