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Well Menagerie, I hadn't decided what to do until I saw smallfry's idea. I think I'll try it. It can't hurt, and at the very least it will give the chased one a little break.

Okay, what about adding another female platy? Is that a bad idea?

I've got a 10 gallon tank with only 2 female platies as it's inhabitant. I originally had 4, but two died very shortly after I got them. Anywho, the last two have been healthy for months now, but one of the females has been aggressive from the start. She chased and nipped at the others all the...

Congrats, you two. :D

I guess that is what they are called. Anywho, I have a snail that I have had since it was young and small. It has since more than doubled in size and its antennae have grown as well, of course. However, just a minute ago I noticed they were short. Both of them are really short, and from what I...

Otos will eat brown algae as well. Mine cleaned my tank of it when I first got it. You might also want to try a snail or two. I have a snail along with the oto, and they make a good cleanup crew. Algae gets kept well under control by the combo.

If a stickied topic gets unstickied, it will fall back down the list of topics according to when it was last posted to - the list is sorted by date of last post. So it's probably just on another page. Like flipz said though, try using the search function.

That one looks like it would be a good magazine, but so expensive. I'm afraid the absolute most I'll go for a yearly subscription to any magazine is $20.

I only read one magazine, Computer Games Magazine, but I've been thinking of getting a subscription to an aquarium magazine for quite a while. Any suggestions for a FW fish magazine?

I just replaced a male that died with a female. She didn't look that colorful at the LFS, but I picked her because she was the most active. When I got her into her tank her color really showed. She is colorful afterall. She even does a neat little chameleon trick in the mornings when I turn her...

Mine are still kind of shy, but I've noticed they are becoming less and less shy towards me, and more curious. What I really like is how they go into a frenzy at the taste of food. They are able to detect it so easily too. As soon as the food hits the water they start scurrying about catching...

I have a 10 gallon. I got 4 platies, 2 sunsets and 2 red wags. Unfortunately one of the sunsets already died, it seemed to have some kind of mouth infection (white colored, and looked like it was rotting). :( I guess I'm just glad she didn't go through a slow and painful death. I have...

Well, I sort of impulse bought the platies. I had the tank ready for quite a while, but still I only intended to see what my LFS had in stock, and I ended up just going ahead and getting the platies. They had a bunch of good looking sunsets, while they normally only have the red wags. Anyway, I...

Today I got some platies to put in my tank. I was floating the bag, and I came back to check on the fish and I noticed several fry at the bottom. I made sure to get all female platies, so I already realized it was possible that some or all of them might be pregnant, but I didn't expect any of...

I figured questions about the goldfish' death might arise. Well, I guess I should give some background. I first had 4 goldfish, which I got back in September 2003. I know that was a mistake, but that was my first time getting fish. About a week after I got them, one of them died. I don't know...

I had one single oranda goldfish in my 10 gallon tank, but when I got up yesterday it had died suddenly. I didn't even realize it until I looked over and saw the snail having a snack. 8O Not to sound cold hearted of course, but as sad as it is, there is some good news. Now that I no longer...

Positive. I just got the fish a couple of weeks ago to replace another betta that passed. :( So I guess he had it at the pet store. I used the many pictures from the gallery for reference. I treated the tank with quick cure and changed the water every day until it went away. Now I'm not changing...

Tank is about 1.5 gal. Meant to mention that before, sorry. Quite a few times on these forums, I have seen someone say to put salt in to help get rid of and / or prevent Ick, but you guys say no. So which is it, and would you care to explain why? Thanks.

My betta is just getting over a bout of Ick, and I decided I should start adding aquarium salt to his tank as per recommendations, to prevent it from happening again. I just added about 1/4 teaspoon, but I don't know if thats too little. How much should I add and how often?

I suppose they are bigger, but after seeing numerous pictures here on the site, I'm certain it's ick. Thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to change the water and add the aquarium salt. Just one more question, how much salt for a 1.5 gal?

I just got a new betta about a week ago. The other day I noticed a white bump on one of his fins, so I put a drop of quick cure into his tank, which is about 1.5 gal. The next day, the white thing was gone, so I figured I got rid of the Ick quick and easily (newbie mistake perhaps?). Just a...

I'm kinda with ferret. Curved just doesn't sound all that great to me either. Not that I wouldn't take a free one in a heartbeat. :D

Personally, the reasons I went with FW are cost and availability. I don't really have any insight into the costs of running a SW setup but common sense tells me its more expensive than FW. Buying online is not really an option for me right now because of the shipping costs. As for the...

Lots of baby snails I suppose. :)