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That's cool with me, hahaha, just one more reason to get another tank! :)

I have a friend with a dwarf puffer and she has let me feed him before. I don't find it much different than feeding the guppies to be honest. I feed them frozen brine shrimp and blood worms which is what I would feed to the puffer, possibly also adding a small 2 gallon planted snail tank for...

So, little update and some news, my guppy tank has finally completed its cycle! And Deuce's tail is fully healed after its tear :) And I have added a new tank to my set up, lol. My brother was getting rid of a 5.5 gallon, so I bought a little filter for it and I and starting a fishless cycle. I...

Hahahaha, this is why I love them too! They just look so cute and silly, scurrying around :) If they already have eggs (as a lot if them did) would moving them to a new tank (once I'm ready!) stress them so that they wouldn't lay the eggs? I just ask because I would like to have them breed, but...

How to I tell if they are an aggressive type?

Really?, I can have that many even with the other things in my tank? I'd love to add 10 ghost shrimp to my tank :)

Was at big Al's last night wasting some time with the family (my daughter LOVES the shark they have so we go at least once a week to see him, lol) and I have absolutely fallen in love with the ghost shrimp :) I can't wait until my tank is done cycling so I can get a few of these little guys! In...

Glad to see Duece will be ok, he is far to vain to live with a torn tail all his life! LOL My tank is doing well, thanks :) I bough some ammo lock and my nitrites finally started to rise and my nitrates are just barely showing up. I still to water changes every day to keep the fish and snails...

Ok, so my male guppies always swim around and chase eachother. They have never been violent towards eachother, just the occasional body check and that's that. Well, I was watching them chase eachother around the tank and flare up their tails and then swim away(they take turns with this) and I...

I just put a blue background in my tank, the wall colour behind my tank is yellow and I didn't like the way it made my water look, lol. I ended up just using some craft paper my daughter had (it was either blue or pink, so I decided on blue) and I really think it makes a difference! Not sure...

We call them Deuce and Levi for short :) I'm a big fan of strange names for pets, lol

Update : Things are still going well, still doing my daily water changes. I bought some API ammo lock (just because I was worried about the ammonia hurting my boys if it spiked during the night) they are still swimming around all over, chasing eachother playfully and the 3 snails are doing...

Thanks for the wish of good luck, so far things are staying about the same, ammonia rising to 1.0ppm and me doing a PWC'S to get it back down to .25 ppm every day. The boys are still swimming around as happy as ever and eating well. So hopefully things will start moving to the next stage of the...

Thanks so much everyone, your advice is really helping. Mastermamo - your fish a awesome! Here is hoping this cycle completes soon :) Off to do my 2nd test of the day, lol, this morning I had 1.0 ppm of ammonia so I did a change again and got it down to .25. I fed "the boys" (actually named...

Good idea! :)

Thanks for your tips, they are appreciated :) I vacuum the gravel with a siphon every other time I change the water (which equals out to be every other day right now since I am doing daily PWC's to keep the ammonia down) Here is a pic from a few days ago (when I still had my girls) Note: I...

Thanks so much mastermamo, I appreciate it :) I will definitely be taking lots of pictures along the way, it will be fun to look back at my little 10 gal in a few years when I've knocked down all the walls of my house and replaced them all with fish tanks! Hahahaha

Sorry, should have been more clear, I meant when I have 0 ammonia and nitrites and nitrates stable and no higher than 20 (everything stabilized) Thank for the warning! I may have to take over the basement and make it my "fish cave" LOL! Hey, my hubby gets the whole 2 car garage garage as his...

I'm definitely not going to add any more fish until my cycle completes and I have stable test results for a few weeks after the cycle is completed. I'd love to get into larger fish (I have a thing for puffers, lol) but I will need to wait until I can get a MUCH bigger tank. My husband joked...

Update: my boys are still happy and healthy, they chase eachother and wiggle at me whenever I come up to the tank. Today's readings: 9 AM: Ammonia - 1.0 ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Nitrate - 0 ppm pH - 7.4 Temp - steady at 78 Did a 25% water change to bring down ammonia (fed them first cuz I figured...

You are so sweet, thank you for this MSG it made me smile to know that I'm not alone with my craziness over my fish :) Mt boys are still happy and healthy today so I'm hoping things will get better from here.

I use a water treatment (nutrafin water conditioner) to any new water before I add it, no worries there :)

Thanks mastermamo, I appreciate it. So far so good, my ammonia is at .25 still this morning and my boys are still as silly and happy as ever so I'm hoping this means the worst is behind us :)

Thanks for this tidbit, what a great idea, I will try this for sure

Update: it is with a heavy heart that I write this... My last 2 girls passed this evening. May they find peace in the stream under the rainbow bridge :( My boys are as happy an lively as ever and my ammonia level is still at .25 ppm (trates and trites are still both at 0) I hope tears don't...