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Thank you so much...I just forwarded your advice on.

None, only some aquarium salt. She can get some medication in the morning if he can make the night.

He has an open sore...I'm not sure of water parameters. Sorry, I know this is probably really frustrating...but I am in a different town than the fish, and I don't think my mom has the proper equipment to test the water parameters.

I'm not sure how he's breathing, but my mom said that he is having trouble floating or maintaining position in the tank.

Hi, My mother's Betta got stuck in a small hole in a ceramic pot in his tank...he panicked and was struggling, and ended up ripping off some of his scales. I didn't see him, but over the phone, my mom said that he tore off some smaller fins and is pretty battered up. Is there anything we...

I have a 3-4 month old SD betta that I absolutely love...he's in a 5 gal with 4 ghost shrimp and some live plants. I usually feed him about 6-8 pellets, but even after I've distracted him with his own food and let him digest and realize he's got food in his tummy, i put in a flake or two for...

phew, thanks for the heads up. I have them in a plastic breeding bin sort of contraption for now...good thing I didn't put them in with the shrimp! :)

So, I have both pregnant mollies and platies...I found one baby at the surface of my tank and scooped him out. I can't tell if it's a molly or a platy...will he be safe if i put him in my 5 gal with ghost shrimp? Thanks!

Hey, I've been looking into fancier bettas for my 5gal tank, and I'm super interested in a D/SD betta. However, the only place that I know where to get them is aquabid.com, and a LOT of their fish are from Thailand or Indonesia...I'm willing to bet that shipping is an arm and a leg, and would...

the symptoms were basically being sluggish...just resting at the bottom of the tank for extended periods of time. Not really being active at all, even for feeding time. I have a 5-in-1 test strip that does nitirite, nitrate, alkalinity, pH, and water hardness, so I did not test for ammonia...

I have a 5 gal tank that I used to house 4 baby mollies, MTS, and Java Fern. They were all healthy and doing well, but in the past week, I have lost all four of my babies. Three of them were born underdeveloped (They looked half-egg half-fish and i could see their hearts beating through a very...

Hmm, I'm a novice, too...but from what I hear, I would say no on the pleco...they grow to be quite large, so it'd need to be moved to a larger tank in a while. Good luck! :)

Awesome. I set up my new 5gal last night, using sand for the first time! I'm letting it cycle...I'm so excited! It looks gorgeous compared to gravel. My lfs doesn't carry MTS; do you guys know of any good online places to get them?

I was taking another look at the molly mommy today, and she still looks pregnant...I thought i'd post her picture here and see what your opinions are...is she going to drop more fry soon? Or is she just kind of tubbers, lol? She's a balloon molly, btw...

I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time! A Christmas Story, hands down...I've watched it every year for as long as i can remember. :D

lol on the snail, fishy! Silly question, but where can i get pool filter sand? a hardware store?

Thanks for all of your help! I was observing them this morning, and they look so much more normal now. When they were first dropped, they looked half-egg-half-fry...but they now look like normal babies! phew.

all right, thanks for the input. ;) As far as overstocking goes, i most likely will keep the mollies to 4 (3 adults and one juvenille quickly approaching adulthood)...my brother is looking for some fish, and i'm definitely trying to convince him to take my 3 newborn fry once they grow up...

I currently have a few smaller tanks, including a 6 gal and a 2.5 gal, and I'm "upgrading" to a 12 gal setup. I plan to have the following fish in the new 12 gal: 3 platies 4-7 balloon mollies (I currently have 3 adults and 4 juvenilles that I need to find homes for) 1 juli cory catfish 1 male...

Thanks! They seem to be doing all right...it still scares me that I can see their tiny little hearts beating, but as long as they're okay! Here are pictures of 2/3 of them hiding in some of the plants...

Thanks. It's been nearly 24 hours, and they're still alive. Just for clarification, if I continue to feed them/allow them to grow under normal conditions, will they mature normally? or will their lack of developmental maturity prevent them from living much longer?

My molly prematurely dropped her fry. Most of them were eggs or way under developed, but one or two made it out okay. There a are a few that I didn't think would last the night (they're able to swim, but they look under developed...their abdomens are clear and I can see their hearts beating)...

Hi! I'm very new at aquariums...I'm a college student, and I thought a freshwater aquarium would be a great way to make life a little more enjoyable. The tank has been doing well for over a month now, and currently I have three adult female mollies, a baby molly (gender not known yet), a Julii...