Recent content by paul65

I had exactly the same problem with my gouramis, had 2 males that died within 6 weeks of each other due to a fungal type infection, i treated with api pimafix but lost both of them, none of my other fish were affected so i found it very strange, well worth another go with these lovely fish so i...

Yes they will breed together, all strains and colours of mollies will breed like rabbits so if you have mature females and males in your tank then you will have fry and they can be any combination in colour of the male and female

She is def pregnant, in fact she looks ready to drop

You will prob find more ! They appear from everywhere

Make sure its a closed top aquarium because danios are expert jumpers ! Great fish though, with a school of playful danios you will never watch tv again lol, they are totally crazy

This is normal for platys, they can take up to a week ( possibly longer ) to drop all their fry so dont worry about that, i only breed mollies but what i do is let her drop the fry in the main tank and transfer the fry to a breeder box, this makes the birthing process much less stressful and i...

When they reach a size that they cant fit in the mouth of the fish in your boyfriends tank they will be good to go, to be ultra safe leave it 4 weeks and they wont become a fish supper for other fish lol

Yes you could waste time and money by doing that but what would be the point ? Far better to keep things simple in my opinion so just chuck em in a breeder box till they grow up, job done

I put my molly fry in the breeder box and they are fine in there, at a month old my local pet shop takes them off me, i have 35 in there now ! I do the same thing with every batch of new fry and never had a problem

Or you could just get a breeder box and pop them in there in the main tank till they are big enough, much simpler solution

Go for a small sponge type filter, it will do the job and is the safest for fry because they wont get sucked up into the filter

Yes you would need a heater and a filter for a fry tank, are you planning to keep the fry or have you got someone to take them off your hands ?

I dont use a breeder box either for the birthing process but i use one for housing the fry when they are born to keep them safe until they are big enough, its just a simple case of netting them and transferring them to the breeder box and they are perfectly happy in there

Glad you had better luck with the breeder box, seems the way to go for your platy, i woke up to 35 molly fry yesterday born in the tank, have transferred them into the breeder box until my local pet shop takes them off me, she had 17 last time so expect more fry next time your platty mummy drops...

big batch this time, 35 little 1 day old mollies