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Hi so I have 3 adult female mollies who since I got them about 3 months ago have had multiple fry. I’ve been separating the fry into a separate tank which now has 16 babies in it. It’s a 15 gallon tank (the adults are also in a 15 gallon tank). Today 10 new fry have arrived. Question is can I...

Hi, will do thanks. I did have another tank but had couple surprise fry arrivals few weeks ago and now the fry are in the other tank. Will use another container. I have mollies - I think they are good with the gravel?? My other tank that the fry are in has sand substrate

Hi, my tank has white gravel which I want to change to a different colour (same kind) of gravel. I was planning on doing it section by section. 20 gallon tank so was going to do 1/3 at a time? Was thinking would remove the old stuff with a bet during a water change so the vacuum is going. Then...

Thanks. The other tank was already cycled so I moved the adult fish into that and now have I think 7 or 8 fry left in the tank on their own. Got to figure out what to feed them and talk to the pet store as it’s only a 20gallon tank so they’ll be too big to stay there all together. One question -...

I just brought home 4 mollies a few days ago and can now see numerous tiny babies swimming around the tank. Had no plans and had got all female mollies. Obviously one was pregnant when I got her. No clue what to do with the babies. Any advice? I have another empty 20 gallon tank should I catch...

Hi, I’m trying to understand the water I have in my house and what my best solution is. I had a some Otto catfish which did not survive and then some mollies. I returned the mollies to the store as was concerned about my water and wanted to figure out before went any further. The water in my...

Thanks. The plants are live - I have 3 of them in a 20gallon tank. The filter media was not kept in water as I totally drained the tank but it was only empty for maybe less than a week so the bacteria may still have left. I’ll keep adding food and make sure doesn’t spike and that I’ve given it...

Hi, I decided to totally change a tank I had (no fish left in it). I took everything out, cleaned, put in new sand, new live plants and dechlorinator. The filter and filter media are same as what was in the tank before. I’ve been adding food to try and cycle and increase ammonia for 3 or 4 days...

Am reading some more on the water in this area. It is being described as hard, maybe it’s all relative though. With grains per gallon in my area of 11.6 and average for the city of 13.4. However it does note that because of the river the water is considered hard because of the calcium and...

Ok thank you. I’ll contact the store and see if they will accept that. I asked at the store when I bought them how big would get as I know my 20g tank can be small. They said these would only be an inch or two but that Corys would get to be 5”. Guess I got bad info. I’ll return and reset the...

It’s almost finished now so any other product you would recommend would be appreciated. Thx

So it seems like I would be better with a sand substrate then I could have fish that would be more suited to my water type? Corys and loaches prefer this type of water? I’m assuming with the mollies in my tank that setting up a new one would be too stressful for them? I could move them into the...

That’s awful. Poor Ottos. I had 5 of them to start with. I will stay away from them in future. Poor little guys.

So the aquarium soil does say it softens water - reduces ph and kh. The plant nutrients I’ve been using is called Tropica Premium Nutrition Plant Care. This is a closer photo of one of my leaves - maybe that’s easier to see. Thanks for all the great advice, I’ll get a timer for the lights. Not...

City says water is 166-216 mg/L I use an aquarium soil substrate Lights are the Fluval Flex tank lights are on for about 12 hours a day. I don’t have any wood in the tank as I thought it was making the ph too low. I use a plant fertilizer for aquarium plants - every 2 weeks and recently...

Hi, I have 2 20gallon tanks. Both planted and with the soil substrate. I change about 20% of the water every week and test the chemical levels weekly. Nitrite and Ammonia are both 0. Nitrate is about 5-10ppm. Ph is pretty neutral and temp about 78. One tank has a snail and some ottos in it but I...