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Thanks for the info! I don't usually over-feed, but my fish's appetites were poor, so I had been putting in shrip pellets & algae tabs in hopes to entice them. I did 3 PWC w gravel cleaning in the past week for the parasite RX, so I should be all set now. Everyone seems much better today...

I forgot to mention that when I noticed the problem, there were tons of tiny white worms on top of the plastic baby hide-out seaweed. Obviously, I took out the seaweed & sterilized it. I haven't put it back yet. Maybe I should to see if the stuff is still there?

I can't believe I typed a long post, then deleted it by mistake Here it is again. I don't have time to search the internet & do alot of research. I have read enough to guess that my problem is parasites. (belly rubbing, sluggish) I have 3 established tanks w/ live bearers & tetras. All was...

The subject was "bottom feeder", which was my question, so I thought it was appropriate to join this forum. My apologies for being out of line. I AM new, so didn't realize there was an incorrect way to tap the brains of more experienced fish owners.

GOT IT. Is there any single small (1 to 1 1/2 inches) bottom feeder that would be appropriate if I need one?

The big question--do I need a bottom feeder? If so, is there any single fish that you could recommend?

I'm also considering whether I need a bottom feeder. Originally I had 5 tetras, a small pleco, & a couple guppies to a 12 gallon tank. The pleco pretty much stays in his castle & never comes out, even at night. I give the pleco 1/2 an algae tab every day into his castle. The guppies...

How in the world do you feed a molly by hand? Do you mean with lettuce or boiled spinach that I've heard recommended. Mine never touched the stuff. Just clouded up the water...

I've read that mollies are the most sensitive of the live bearers. If anything is "off" in the tank, they are the 1st to become ill. I found that true in our case. The best thing I've found to keep them healthy is to stay current with PWC, keep temp at 80 & water alkaline. Also, they really...

I hope my posting this here won't get me in trouble, but I don't have enough posts to put this request in the "buy/sell/trade" section. Most of my male guppies have beautiful long orange tail fins & caudal fins with a snakeskin pattern to the body. Most of the females have orange tails, some...

question for KXM--how exactly do guppies "errupt their guts". You're kidding, right?

We got some molly babies that were 1 month old in late July. They don't seem to be growing very fast--only about 1/2 inch long now. Does anybody know how long it takes from birth to maturity? We have them in different tanks--a 30 gal with guppies & a 12 gal w/ tetras. The latter is...

Driftwood dummy No, I didn't wash/soak it before hand. (Hear the sound of head hitting against wall). I did rinse it under hot water before putting it in the tank. Where did it come from? Good question. It was sitting around my house for 10 yrs with a bunch of shells. Then spent...

Thanks for the quick replies. After I posted, I found the excellent article by Scott68TN. The tank looked nicer when the water was crystal clear, so I will be doing the water changes & changing the carbon filter. Does anyone know if the gravel needs to be washed or changed to kid rid of...

I put a piece of driftwood in my established 12 gal freshwater tank 5 days ago. Now my water is yellow. The fish appear healthy but I need to know ASAP whether I should perform several partial water changes or a complete water change. I also have 2 established other tanks that could...

oops--sorry, I'm new to the site, so didn't realize I could click on it.

Hi Roger M Looks like from your post that you had 2 ideas (?maybe got distracted before being able to share your 1st one?) So is the circular morsel what people make. After thinking about it, I guessed it might be easier to eat if the piece was long & narrow.

Seems like most of this discussion has been for bigger fish than I have at the moment, which is LOTS of young (newborn to teen guppies, & 1-3 mo old mollies) What about these smaller-sized, younger live bearers? I've been doing 2-3 times a day for as much as can be eaten in probably less than...

3 acquired in 3 wks (thus the name) 10 g-- guppies 12 g-- tetras, Paco the pleco, 2 Mickey Mouse platys & some mollies 29 g-- mollies & guppies Not much compared to most others, but thanks for the perspective. Some have called me obsessed!

pleco Last night I put in the cuke right next to Paco who was busy munching on the glass behind the filter. I had to stick the cuke partly in the gravel to keep it from floating around. Paco ignored it, but the Mollies went crazy for the seed part. The next a.m.. no more of the cuke had been...

Paco the pleco looks just like pictures of Hypostomus plecostomus, Common Pleco, Suckermouth Catfish that I found on the net. Thanks for all the advice & info on both pleco & the 2 platys. I bought a cucumber & will try it tonight for the pleco. I am often up til 2 a.m., so hopefully will...

Honestly, we never see him scurrying around. The only time I have ever seen him move is when I lift the castle checking to see if he is still alive. Hard to get a good look at him on the black eclipse thing, but he doesn't look scrawny. I feed the other fish in small amts such that none falls...

Can I put sea shells in a fresh-water aquarium? I have mostly live-bearing community fish & add the suggested 1 tsp per gal of sea salts. Are sea shells contraindicated?

I adopted a pleco that previously lived in a green, filthy 20 gal aquarium. To make long story short, we started 3 tanks approx 2 mo ago, take very good care, & will probably have no visible algae. Petco person told me to buy algae tablets, but I think the mollies get to it before Paco does...