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My platy is giving birth right now and I am over-the-moon excited that I get to watch. Unfortunately, there is no way for me to keep the fry because our community tank is full. Also, this the first time I've ever had fry and I don't know what to do to keep them healthy! Any suggestions?

We have a 20-long that has been running for about 2.5 months. We cycled with blue danios for 6 weeks before getting our "real fish". Now we have 8 platys, 4 cory cats, and 3 cardinal tetras that have been there for about 4 weeks. We have a flourescant bulb that is on a 12-hr timer and we have 3...

So, I know that we have an outbreak of Ich in our tank and we just started treatment last night. The fish have seemingly been tolerating the Rid-Ich Plus fairly well, but one of my Cories has been acting a little off. I was startled to find him floating, belly up, at the top of the tank (and I...

I have 8 platys (4m, 4f -not a good ratio, I know...working on that) one of the females is very pregnant. Is it typical for a male to "defend" a pregnant female? One of our males is constantly at her side, he leaves her alone, but he chases off any other fish (male or female) that gets near her...

Our male Platys are posturing for "king of the lab"...while it's amusing to watch, I'm afraid we're going to have to rethink them :( So far I've only been able to sex 3 of our 6 platys (2m, 1f) and I'm concerned the store gave us the wrong ratio. Any thoughts?

I'm not really here to "show off". I'm more looking for input from people who have been doing this longer than I have. Please feel free to leave comments and thoughts!

Hi all! I'm a brand new aquarist, so I'm probably going to need a lot of help and advice! :) My name is Alcarin, for all intents and purposes. I'm in my late 20's, married, no kids. After bugging my husband for nearly 2 years for a pet, we decided to start an aquarium. We have a 20-gallon...

I'm a fairlyy new aquarist. My husband and I started working on our tank about 2 months ago. We've succussfully had 4 cardinal tetras, 2 pepper corries and a nerite snail. Today we picked up 6 marigold platys and although 5 of them are happily adjusting, we have one off by itself, burrowing in...