Recent content by mollymama

Ok guys, get this. I looked in my local phone book to see what other pet stores were in town and there is actually a shop that specializes in aquariums!! That's all they sell, fish & supplies. I had them test my water and it came out just fine. So I bought 2 more neons and they have lived more...

To answer questions posed: I am dechlorinating the water when I do water changes. We had a fishless tank for a little less than a week. Do you think that's long enough for the bacteria to start dying off? I never thought of that! Ok, so now I have info for drip acclimation plus the...

Ryan, I tried your link but it didn't take me to anything relevant...but YouTube also said the site was undergoing maintenance so maybe that's it. I've got water test readings from just a few minutes ago: pH - 7.6 ammo - 0-.25 (it's somewhere in here...not quite yellow but it does have some...

I'll test the water again this afternoon...and revisit the nitrate reading. No live plants, just 3 plastic ones that have been in there from the beginning. No gravel changes. Adding fish: I've floated the bag (15-20 min), then let in some tank water (15-20 min), then let the new fish swim...

The tank has been cycled for several months. Oooh yeah, I learned about cycling the hard way back in March. Had 2 mollies in there and ended up doing major daily water changes b/c I found this forum too late (i.e., after talking to the pet store folks when buying fish). The fish survived the...

Saturday I picked up 3 neon tetras from our lfs. We've lost 2 of them almost immediately, but the third made it. Yesterday I got 2 more to replace the first two, and one of them died within a couple hours of being in the tank, and a second fish was dead this morning when I checked. The third...

Now you guys have me thinking about shrimp...lol. I'm hijacking my daughter's tank! :) Another question...we got 3 neons today (cute little buggers!). Of course while we were at the store, we started looking at other fish. Can I mix tetras? There were some blackskirts and bloodfins that we...

I hadn't thought about that...would the shrimp be for show or are they beneficial to the tank with tetras in it?

Thanks! It's flakes...multi-colored stuff that doesn't say it's specified for any particular fish type.

I'm looking into getting some neon tetras to (re)stock my daughter's 10 gallon tank. (We just lost our molly.) I have read 6 is a good number as they are schooling fish, and with a 10 gallon I don't think I should add more than that. Thoughts? Would a 10 gallon be ok for 6 of these fish? And...

I'll have to look up an image, but that might be what I have (MTS). They're super tiny and have the pointed shell. It's just weird that they appeared so suddenly! I may try the lettuce leaf (or cucumber) just to see if I can get them all in one place to see how many there are.

thanks for the responses. To answer questions: - the filter is the smallest type, for 5-15 gallons. It's WalMart brand I think, AquaTech. - the fish isn't showing any symptoms of illness other than becoming plastered against the filter. No ich, and no scale abnormalties that I can tell...

No live plants, just the plastic ones that have been in there from day 1. How do you catch them?

We have a 10 gallon tank with 1 molly. Over the past couple of weeks she has been getting stuck periodically agains the intake filter. I either gently pry her loose or unplug the filter, and she then swims freely, seeming to be ok the rest of the time. I realize this is a sign that maybe she's...

So, we've had our tank up and running since March. Today I noticed several snails hanging out on some (plasic) plants and on a decorative seashell. They're tiny, but I would have noticed them before. I've been scoping out the tank carefully lately, b/c the fish (a molly) that's in there has been...