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Looks like I have two options for the father - the swordtail or one of the sunburst platies. I guess time will tell.

Thank you! That was very helpful. Now - off to the tank for some investigative work!

While watching our fish today, my son discovered that we have some baby platies. I am new to all of this and don't really know how to tell the difference between the male and female fish. So, I am wondering if anyone has any speculation on who is the parents of my cute new little fry. In the...

Great, thank you all so much. I think you are right - the ph was probably due to overcrowding. I didn't realize that could cause ph issues, but now that you mention it, that makes sense. I will read the article on cycling to become more educated. And, I will also wait to add more fish - I...

Oh, I was also wondering how you know when the cycle is complete.

I am using test strips. I am guessing you recommending the liquid ones? I did not test the tap water at my old place - that didn't occur to me until later. I started using two gallons of distilled water during my changes to help any tap water issues. My new water tested ph 7-7.5, KH 120 and...

What is a normal cycle timeframe? For what it is worth - I did test the new take water, and all the levels were perfect. I was really concerned about the water in the two gallon - it was the same water I had the ph, algae issues with and with the lack of filtration, I was worried I was going...

Yes, I agree it was over crowded. I did perform water changes, but honestly, probably not as often as I should have. I do have a water test kit. My GH was usualy high and showed 120-180, my KH was always high, and was often at 240. PH was around 6, Nitrites 0, I had a harder time with...

I have a 12 gallon Eclipse tank. I had one blue dwarf gourami, two zebra danios, a swordtail, and five platys. They all did fine for several months, but then I started having problems with algae and low ph. I tried adding ph up, water changes, etc and nothing seemed to help. To make a long...

I do have an Eclipse, and I really like how quiet it is, but I do find that feeding the fish is a pain.

Hi. I stumbled on this site while looking for some info on my blue dwarf gourami, and thought it would be nice to get some help and hopefully share some success. Here is a short history of my aquarium experience. Back about 15 years ago I had a 20g tall tank for a number of years and when I...