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I have 2 male dalmation molly's. They impregnated my female gold/black molly and also mated with my female black molly. Now the dalmations are getting the offspring pregnant! Are there any problems associated with this in-breeding? I now have 3 generations of dalmation/gold and black molly's!

Should I turn off the bubbles at night? Or does it matter to the fish? Thanks,

My tap water is showing 20-30ppm of nitrates. Should I use distilled, purified or ro? and what is the difference between these? Thanks

I have about 40ppm of nitrates in my 36 gal tank. My tap water is showing between 20-30 so I started using purified water for my pwc. It shows no nitrates. I do a vaccume once every other week and do a 30% water change once a week. How do I lower nitrates? Is there a additive that I can purchase...

I have 7 black mollie fry. They were born 4 days ago. I have them in a breeder tank now. They are about a half inch long. My question is how big do they need to be before they can join the rest of the tank? Thanks for your input.

Just had my black mollie give birth. I have six fry. I put them in a breeder tank so as not to get eaten. My question is will the mother have more? She is still big and the male dalmation mollie is on her like white on rice! Is there any special things I should do for the fry? Thanks for your...

How do you tell male/females black mollies apart? One of my black mollies was sold to me to be male. He is larger and longer than the female. Lately I noticed he/she looked pregnant! She has a low slung belly and she looks squared. Is there a way to tell from the anal fin? Thanks for your help!

My tank is cycled. 0ppm Amm 0ppm Nitrite 40ppm Nitrates I did a 30% wc and retested nitrates. Still at 40ppm. Did I not do enough wc? Is this the only way to lower nitrate levels? What is the ideal nitrate or safe level for my fish? Thanks for your help!

I have a mollie that looks pregnant and the dalmation mollie keeps following her around with his nose up her private area. How long does the gestation period take before she delivers?

I have a 36 gal bowfront tank. Some of my black skirt tetras have mouth fungus. I bought API fungus medicine. My question is I took my carbon filter out per directions on bottle. Will this mess up my cycle? It says to dose for 7 days! Thanks in advance for any help.

I live in an area where we have frequent power outages. How long can the fish survive without the filter running? Sometimes the power is out for 4 hours or more.

Hi there - I have a pleco and bought algea wafers for him but when I put it in the tank the other fish eat them. Does anyone know a trick to feeding the pleco without the other fish eating them? Thanks

I have a common pleco and I am not sure what their diets are. Can anyone advise? Thanks

My tank is about 3 weeks up now. I have been doing pwc to keep ammonia down. Today I took tests and the attached photo is what I have. Should I do a pwc to bring down the ammonia? Or will this screw up my cycle? Thanks for the input!

I have a aqueon filter system. It has a replaceable filter. Carbon I believe. I am confused by the bb in the used filter and am afraid of replacing for fear of losing my bb. Is there enough of this good bacteria in the bio holster and other parts? My tank is a 36 gal and have been up and running...

How soon should I vacumme the substrate? My tank is three weeks old, ammonia is .25, nitrites= 0 , nitrates=0. I don't think my tank has cycled yet. I have been doing pwc to keep the ammonia down. I did a fish-in cycle.

Hi everyone. Have had my tank 36gal up and running for two weeks. I am using a API master test kit. I have fish in the tank before I found out about cycling. All the fish are doing well. My PH is 7.8, ammonia .50=1.0 doing pwc every day. Nitrites=0, Nitrates=0. Is everything going OK at this...

I am having a tough time getting my ammonia down. I have done several partial water changes, bringing the ammonia to .50. The next day it is back to 1.0. Does anyone suggest I use ammo-carb or something to lower ammonia? I am also using Prime in my water changes. I appreciate your help!

I have a 36 gal tank with mollies, platies, and tetra's. What is the correct temp for these fish? I have been keeping them at 78.:fish2:

I have a new aquarium. It has been running a little over two weeks. I am supposed to change the filter every month. Will I need to do anything else. Will my filter lose any biological matter? I have a 36 gal tank

Does anyone have a solution for calcium build up on the underside of the glass the light fixture sits on? I don't want to use chemicals.

One of my black mollies has what looks like ick. White spots. I am afraid to raise the temp to 86 for 5-10 days due to the ammonia levels rising in high temps. Will the high temp affect my other fish? I have tetras, platies, and mollies.

I just set up my aquarium. I bought fish and put them in after 1 week. All the fish are doing great. My ph reading is 7.6. I know I need to test the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. I have heard that the cycling takes about 6 weeks. Do I do a water change if the ammonia is high?