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Okay so those fish are a perfect mix in my opinion. Docile bottom feeders to aggressive an active top dwellers. My mollies love to go to the bottom so I had to rehome my catfish. Anyways, I know the perfect ratio for all livebearers is 3 females to 1 male. Based on your numbers you have an off...

Honestly, I don't see the problem. Usually the females aren't the problem but some tend to get slightly more aggressive when caring babies. The fish you should be worried about are the males. If you have more male fish in your tank, they are at risk of being bullied by the male who has...

If you are sure it is a female, then yes. I would say she is. Anytime a female molly gets far fatter than she has ever been and looks extremely bloated but she acts relatively the same as she did before, she is likely pregnant. There is a lot of different opinions on this subject and I have...

okay so i woke up today and his bloating has gone down a bit and he is back to swimming around and there is no aggression. i’m going to skip feeding today, they all could use a bit of fasting anyways lol. about my hardness- i’m not sure if 120 was right because it was incredibly dark, it was...

hey guys. i feel like this is happening constantly lol. i always have something going on. but anyways- my male milky is showing some signs of aggression and bloating. i look closely at him and can see he’s definitely gotten fatter. i’m am not going to feed tomorrow- they all could use the break...

so i ended up taking him in to the store and they too him back. they think he was sick and i got some new snails. an inca snail and two nitrite snails. all of them are doing awesome.

About a week ago, I purchased two mystery snail. One is brown and one is pale white. I put him in the tank and expected him to take off. He didn't. He sat in his shell for days, easily tipped, not coming out of his shell. I took him out a few days ago and put him a cup I bought my moss balls in...

i know, my gravel vacuum is great! it wasn’t bad at all- i pulled out a lot of nasty stuff but it was just super murky and had a lot of poops in it. so far, my fish seem great, even with the more fish. i am going to do a water change tonight. i’ll attach some photos :) you are awesome thank...

Alright guys! Some changes have been made. I used an aquarium stocking calculator I found that was linked in several posts on here. I am a little overstocked but I have a plan. I purchased two otos recently. And they are awesome, my tank has never been healthier. I now keep my light on...

hey colin! thanks for replying so quickly! my tank has been set up for roughly 3 weeks now. if you look back in my profile, you will see i had some issues but got them fixed until this. i haven’t cleaned the filter yet. ammonia is 0, nitrites are 0 and nitrates are around 15ppm. i did my...

hey guys- i need to know if this is algae or not. it’s kind of hard to identify lol. i just did a HUGE water change and that is what the third pic is... the first pics are a couple days after a 50% water change. fish are doing awesome, even in that weird water so i’m convinced it is some kind...

Just hopping in to say, whenever I see this guy comment it is alway so knowledgeable. Like seriously, you help a lot of people with your knowledge, thank you so much!

Hey guys! I took some tests these past weeks and have been watching my water. My ammonia levels are at 0 and all my water levels are puerfect (the hardness is a little low but my fish are not exhibiting any signs of stress or malnutrition). My fish have been so well that I took another step and...

Oh gosh. I have heard that, while mollies are larger fish, 10 gallons works for a very small amount of them. I only have two and a small platy. If I truly have to, I will rehome them (does that mean give them to a friend or give them back to the pet store?) and grab the fish you recommended...

The water testing didn't give me any ammonia readings.. also the nitrates were a bit lower than 20 but not much (I would guess 17 maybe).

Hey all! So I have always been obssessed with plecos but I found out they grow incredibly large. And will most definitely NOT fit in my tank. I read that pygmy corys would do great with my selection of fish and the size of my tank. (I have two mollies and a platy and am going to grab some...

Okay you guys! So I tested my water and found these numbers: GH: 60 CH: 60 PH: 7.5 Nitrites: 0ppm Nitrates: 20

The tank I was using to hold them was my friend's Christmas present. I am giving it to her in a couple of days but at the time had thought I was giving it to her the next day. I couldn't keep them in. I also went to Petsmart and spoke to a specialist there. He told me to put them in, if I lose...

Hey man. I am NOT cruel. I am new to this whole thing, I have never had a tank with a filter. So, I bought a new tank and since it was bigger, I decided to buy a filter with it. Again, I am NOT cruel. I did not cry for hours just to have someone call me cruel for not knowing how to do it...

Okay so my fish are doing really well. I am going to do a water change this weekend but just a small one to start out. They are eating now (I crushed up some freeze-dried brine shrimp and only put as much as I saw them eat), if I saw any still on the top I scooped it out. This is getting...

Oh, then you might want to cycle it. I was under the impression it was a normal betta tank (which is commonly around 3-5 gallons, at least the ones I have seen). So, yes. Cycle it because that is a lot of space where bad bacteria can grow. I am currently going through the same issue with my 10...

This is so different because I have only had bettas until recently and I have NEVER cycled their tank. I just cleaned it once a week and conditioned it well with start up bacteria as well.

How many gallons is that? Sorry I am American-

When I bought my betta, I never cycled my tank. If you clean it regularly and keep Prime in it you should be fine. Cycling seems to work well for large aquariums.

Prime is the conditioner!

Hey man! You have helped a lot! My issue is is I am hearing so many different things. I have decided to watch my fish's behavior. If anything starts up again then I will do a water change and follow all of your guys' advice. As of now, my fish are swimming happily and I keeping a close eye on...

I am not sure what to do. My fish have started swimming in the original tank now and I have treated it with good bacteria and Prime. Eventually, I will do a water change because water naturally gets dirty, but I am nervous to put my fish through anymore stress. I also learned that I shouldn't...

It is standard US gallon and my mollies aren't very big. They have been very happy with their 10 gallon tank since they came from a five gallon tank and were even happy in that one! I have decided to work on getting small fish, but I would like two bottom feeders that do not grow into gigantic...

That is what I was thinking. I will one day have Pea puffers because they are just SO CUTE but for now I will stick with the smaller fish like mollies, guppies and I was thinking about some small bottom feeders!