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Colin is completely right. How do you get skin infections? Bacteria that naturally live on your skin enter a wound. You didn't catch it from anyone, it just lives there. Same applies here. You don't have to catch a pathogen from another person to get an infection, in the same manner a fish...

Firstly, please don't make duplicate threads. There's no reason to and it just confuses people. Secondly, yes, they are all pregnant. Usually, if a mature female has ever been around a male, it will be pregnant. It only takes one insemination and once that's done, they can carry the male's...

Where did you get him from? If you got him from a chain store then 2 years is honestly a pretty decent lifespan. There are stories of them living up to five years, but 2-3 years I'd say is the average. Your estimate is pretty rough, so you're obviously not sure on exactly how old he was. If he...

In which case, that supports my point. The laws of physics don't allow these fry to not be affected by their own hormones unless they have a biological mechanism that stops it from happening. Exactly, which is why I'm saying this 'growth inhibiting hormone' isn't a thing. Okay, so we've got to...

No problem. I'm guessing the other one that died had the disease, and passed it to him when it died. And yes, it can take a long time for IPs to start showing severe symptoms and even longer to start killing fish. This one should survive if you start treatment ASAP.

Like I said, IPs can come from anywhere. They have to be traced back to another fish, a plant or a decoration. From what I've seen, IPs aren't a stress-related disease, and they attack whoever they want whenever they want, regardless of how healthy the fish appear to be. All it takes is to...

I've seen this before. It's internal parasites. Fish who get this disease have the characteristic flat, hollowed out abdomen and have minor weight loss in other places, and as it progresses they get frailer and frailer. Your platy fits that description pretty well. As for treatment, your best...

Okay, that's all well and good, but that doesn't conclusively prove this hormone's existence. It only suggests it might be there. Some questions: 1. What exactly is this hormone? Has it ever been identified? By what mechanism does it slow down growth? 2. Frequent water changes are known to...

Unfortunately, it's a bit overrun with green algae at the moment that is a pain to get rid of. If I can get rid of some of it then I'll take some pictures. They might not be the best quality though. Thank you;)

Well aware of this, like I said I'm planning on doing this, since I want to select who breeds with who. Well aware of this. I hear conflicting things about this 'growth inhibiting hormone'. One the one hand, some people say it's produced by adults, but on the other hand you're saying it's...

To be honest, the carbon is really unnecessary. It's only real use is to get rid of medications. You don't need it in your filters, and it can be a hindrance because if it's part of the sponge then you kill some of your cycle if you need to remove it for any reason. You can safely get rid of the...

I'm planning on doing this. I don't know whether I can stick to this. I guess I can choose good females at 3 months and keep just them in the 5 gallon, as well as the male I decide to breed until 6 months of age. I'm planning on transferring most if not all of the females I decide not to use...

Hey all. I have 12 yellow micariff-endler hybrid fry in a 5 gallon. I used to feed them finely crushed flakes and daphnia but I have recently decided to start feeding them specialised fry food. They seem to be growing faster with it. They are about 2 months old. I'd say they are about 50% the...

There is no need to get any new males anyway, all of the females will continue to give birth to fry as they are already fertilised.

Hmm. This might not have anything to do with what you've done. If they've been wild-caught then they've had to have been transported at some point, where they could have been met by stressful conditions. Sometimes fish will look fine for a couple of weeks, then apparently catch something and...

Hello! I'm Jack, I'm 15 (closer to 16) and I've been keeping fish since I was 10. I got into fishkeeping because my dad always kept fish. When I was about 5 or 6, we had two big common goldfish, Max and Ruby, in a 15 gallon. Now of course I cringe at that thought, but nobody knew at the time...