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thanks for your reply, i'm waiting a little longer to release them.

thanks for your reply! she's yet to give birth and i'm taking your advice

thanks! i will do that

Hello, I have 3 balloon molly fry that look big enough to be moved out of the breeders net, but I'm not so sure yet. They are 5 weeks old and are the biggest of 6 total fry. I've read that they are safe as long as they don't fit in the mother's mouth. Question is how do I know exactly how...

Hello all, My balloon molly gave birth 4 weeks ago today and she's looking really fat and I'm thinking she's likely to birth again. I'm not sure whether to isolate her in a breeder's floater as I've heard the stress can cause them to abort the pregnancy. I have 2 peppered cories and I'm worried...

Hey all, I have 6 three-week old balloon molly fry, almost in size order with 4 being the biggest and 2 looking like they haven't grown at all. I was wondering when would be a good time to let them out of the breeders floater into the main tank? I have the mother and 2 peppered cories. I'm...

thanks to all!! i did another 25% water change and nitrites and ammonia are now 0. But nitrate is still showing up at 20. That's a good thing though correct? Ok, I cut up half of the topfin filter media put it in a net bag in between the AC filter media. The water has cleared up in 2...

thanks, ive also read that water changes are not harmful while cycling. i've ordered the master test kit online and will let you know what my parameters read specifically. With the test strips GH: 120-180 KH: 120-180 PH: 6.5-7.0 Nitrite: 0-0.5 Nitrate: 0-20 I can't really figure out the color...

thanks to all replies! ive stopped using StressZyme and purchased Seachem Prime. I did two 25% water changes yesterday and today and water has cleared up a good amount. I will continue to do 10% daily water changes until water clears. I'm unsure how to use the test strips though, but I do know...

thanks so much! you've put me at ease! ?

absolutangel04: They don't seem to be bulging when I look at them head-on, the eyes look to be the same size. They act like the other fry, but they are a bit smaller than all the others. I took some photos and will attach the best ones. One of the black eye and one of the normal one. Thanks so...

Hello, I know this should be general knowledge for aquarists, but I'm still not sure how to cycle my tank. I get different opinions everywhere I go! I have a 10gal tank with one balloon molly 6 of her fry in a breeders floater, and two peppered cories. The water parameters are normal, but I...

Hello, I have a balloon molly that birthed fry, only 6 of which I could save. They are 2 weeks old now and eat like crazy and seem to be very active. I did notice something very weird in 2 of the fry. I noticed the fry have one eye a bit larger than the other, and it's almost completely...

thanks for all of your replies, I have decided to keep the substrate as is, so as to not stress the cories anymore. they seem very happy swimming around during the day and resting at the bottom once i shut off the light. eating habits I would guess to be normal for them, seeing as my molly can...

Hello, Once again, PetSmart has messed me up! I went in to buy bottom dwellers for my 10g tank. I have one balloon molly and 6 of her fry in a breeders floater. They recommended 2 peppered cory catfish. I knew I should've researched first but the employee seemed to be very certain of what she...

thanks to all of you for your replies! I've ended up giving the black molly and platy to LFS. I've kept the balloon molly and her fry. All seem to be doing well! I am doing 10% water changes daily and adding StressZyme daily as well, it has helped with the cloudiness of the water. I will see how...

Thank you very much! I now know I have one female balloon belly molly, 1 male black molly, and one male red mickey mouse platy. I would have to get one female soon to even out the ratio correct? How would I be able to move them to a bigger tank without stessing them? Or should I just move the...

Hello all, I'm new to this and in need of help. On Tuesday I set up a 10 gallon FW tank with 10 lbs gravel 3 high bushes, betta grass (fake) and 3 caves. On wednesday I bought a female betta, 2 mollies (balloon belly and black) unsure of sex, and 1 red mickey mouse platy also unsure of sex since...