Recent content by kdmalkmus

My platy is heavily pregnant with her first batch of fry. A little less than two days ago I noticed that she was getting harassed by the other fish in the tank--particularly a pretty large female Molly. I figured it might stress her out too much, so I transferred her to a large breeding net that...

I just got home and did a strip test. The fry tank is reading GH- 30 KH- little over 0 PH- 6.5+, but not quite 7 NO2- 0 NO3- 0 Ammonia- less than .02 PPM The community tank is reading GH- 0 KH- 0 PH- 6 or a little over. (how is this so low?!) NO2- 0 NO3- 20 Ammonia- a bit over .02 PPM While I...

She is still pregnant right now! Put her in the breeder net today because she looks like she is getting really close. If she doesn't deliver by tomorrow, I will probably take her out. Mine is a platy (livebearer also) and from what I have read, platy pregnancies seem to be shorter than molly...

I recently moved a good distance so the tank pretty much started over about 3 months ago. So it has been doing a fish in cycle for that long. Everyone seems happy and healthy. The tank is a 20G and it has 2 platies (I wasn't aware of the 2-3F per M ratio and will work on achieving that as more...

I went ahead and added some filter media from my established tank to the new tank.

I have kept fish for 6 years. I have been through several tank changes and have never "cycled" a tank once. I have also never lost a fish in a new tank. Is "cycling" a tank really that important when you set it up?? When I set up a new tank I clean all the stuff, add water conditioner and...

It took mine about two weeks in the tank before he started chasing the female around. It wasn't long after that when I noticed she was pregnant. :)

I know these things are impossible to predict, but I am going crazy watching the tank. My pregnant platy is the smallest fish in the tank and I know the fry will get gobbled up as soon as she has them, even though the tank is well-planted. I first noticed she was pregnant 3 weeks ago... not...