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Hopefully this wont crash the system...but here goes:

Well..took mom out of the small tank..her and papa are back to doing their !thing! in large tank..sheesh. The babies are all starting to come out of gravel now there is no other fish around...so far we have seen 13 at one time!!! they are soooooooooo tiny just a couple of big eyes with tails...

:cool: Woohoo!! I also had a platy who gave birth yesterday...we took papa and put him in the big tank, but have left momma with the babies. Not sure how many we have - one count gave us 6 ! Should we leave her with them or take her out of the small tank?

nope...hadn't checked that site (its a good one) guess he is a L-18 (gold nugget, but does not have the yellow on tail and fin. I was sure they grew bigger than he is at 1 1/2 years, but maybe is still small cause of tank size??? guess hubby will have to call him Spot instead of Hippo (for...

I was given a plec from son...he is dark with yellow spots and although is about 1 1/2 years old is still only about 2 inches long. His fins are almost clear with the yellow spots. I have been looking but cant find out what kind he is. Any ideas? p.s. he was in a 10gal tank for most of...

Thanks for the info - although I did put mom into the plastic breeding container overnight (much easier to catch one than 18)...and removed her to the community tank today. Still have lots of babies :) at least 15 that I can count How big do they have to be till I can put someone in with...

Thanks for the info - although I did put mom into the plastic breeding container overnight (much easier to catch one than 18)...and removed her to the community tank today. Still have lots of babies :) at least 15 that I can count How big do they have to be till I can put someone in with...

:D About 2 weeks ago I moved my preggers guppy into a 5 gal tank with a F betta and Otto (ottocat) Tonight she gave birth to about 18 babies!!! The betta has gone into a jar inside the 2 gal M betta tank.. and I think I shall be putting the mom into my community 20 gal tank tonight. So far she...

:o ok...last week I saw a teeny tiny snail in my tank (think it came with plant I got from son...grrrr) today I have 10! 2 are rams horn snails (i think) and the rest are those curly regular snails. since they are still small - biggest is about size of clicker top on ballpoint pen - i may keep...

:unsure: I have 2 platys (male & female) as well as 2 highfin variatus in a community tank....the blue variatus has been 'getting friendly' with the male platy fro the last while...it chases him around and is constantly beside him...poor fellow can not get away! the other variatus(yellow) does...

:o I have rescued my 4 guppys from my betta tank as well....but 2 of the males have had their tails chewed...they are in community tank and seem to be doing fine after 2 weeks....do I need to put melafix in the water? will it be ok for the rest of the fish? does the melafix help the tail grow...

I have 5 bettas :rolleyes: Male - Fred E Fish - is reddish/purple Females: Jewel - blue with greenish hues Flame - very red Pinky - pinkish with purple fins Bluey - very blue They are all different and have different 'personalities' Have not tried to...

:unsure: well...the tank does not seem overstocked to me...but then what do I know! all the tetras seem to hang around together...danios and bettas are on the top level then tetras then shark and corys on bottom...they all get along well and the largest is only about an inch long! well sharky...

Hello all! The fish bug has bitten!! Have set up a new 20 gal tank over the last month :D and wanted to get some input as to what you think. It now houses: 4 female betta (red, blue, pink/prpl, greenish) 2 plattys (orange, yellow) 9 tetras (3 black skirt, 2 serpa, 2 headlight, 2lemon) 2...