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I have recently decided to breed guppies along with my mollies and platys. Can I keep them (the adults) all in the same tank? I added a couple of guppies two days ago and the female died already. I don't want to keep getting guppies if they'll get killed by my mollies. It could have been a...

I did a 50% water change yesterday and she's back to her old self, zipping around the tank. I'm guessing I'll have to watch the nitrates more closely while I've got part of the tank divided off with fry in it. Perhaps I am over-feeding the fry a little, or they are producing more waste than I...

She's back in the main part of tank. (I have molly fry on the other side of a divider with the breeder in the fry side.) She immediately went behind a decoration and is just chilling by herself at the bottom. Does she look ready to pop to you guys? Or is she maybe just being weird?

Thanks. I really don't wanna loose the fry. Luckily I do have some hiding places for them if she goes unexpectedly.

To clarify. She looked preggo when I bought her. 6 weeks later no fry so I bought a male. It has been 2 weeks since I bought the male. She looks bigger than when I got her, but none of the time-frames match up. (too long for a pregnancy that started before I bought her and not long enough for a...

sorry about the photo quality. I'm taking the photo through green mesh....

Some time ago I posted about my female platy that I thought was pregnant when I bought her. After 6 weeks without fry I figured I was wrong and bought a male hoping to knock her up. She has looked very large and has had what I thought was a gravid spot for close to 2 months now. For a couple of...

So I just had my first batch of Molly fry! Yay! How long do they need to stay in the breeder before they can go back in the tank with the big fish?

Well, he hasn't been at all aggressive to my other fish. No fin nipping from anyone. He pretty much keeps to himself. For some reason I think his presence has sparked something in my male Molly. He will not leave the females alone now. (Yay!) I think I may need to invest in some floating plants...

I am thinking of moving my lone male betta out of his bowl. The more I have read, the more I realize he would be better suited in a full aquarium. I currently have 3 Mollies and 2 platys in a 20 gal aquarium. I have high hopes for breeding the Mollies (2 female, 1male) and Platys (1 male, 1...

Is it true that I can use epsom salt to increase GH without increasing KH?

For both salt and fresh water (same test, just different result keys) He actually has multiple kits (a separate kit for each quality to be checked.) They are made by nutrafin.

no ammonia either.....

I'm also doing the NH3/NH4 test for ammonia. My house mate has a salt water aquarium, thankfully I didn't have to go out and spend an arm and a leg on all these kits. Oh, the NO3 is somewhere between 0 and 5.

Okay. From what I've read, it looks like maybe my GH is too low...Which is odd considering how these test results read..... GH is 120, KH is 240. PH is 7.5. NO2 is 0 and I've just done the NO3 and i'm waiting for the results. Suggestions?

Thanks everyone. I will do that. What about the platy? That dark area is what they refer to as a gravid spot, right? She looked pretty much exactly like that a month ago. Should I be worried?

Sorry, new (ish) to this. Cycled? And I haven't tested levels. (what should I be testing other than PH?)

Okay, I get close to the tank to take pics and they start bugging out. I think they expect me to feed them. If I can figure out how to post a video, that'll be better.

I will post pics once my camera is charged.

I have had 2 females and one male molly in a 20 gallon aquarium for about a month now and I have seen no signs of breeding or pregnancy. They have one more companion, a (I thought) pregnant platy. I thought she looked very pregnant when I bought her, but that was a month ago and she doesn't look...