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Sorry for delay in replying; Christmas shopping! Thanks for all this advice; I'll try your suggestions. PS: The guppy seems fit and well today and swimming about like normal, so not sure what was wrong with it yesterday. The other remaining guppy is still okay - so fingers crossed it'll stay...

Thanks for the info; will see how we go - only one guppy left. Think we'll stick to mollies and platys - seem to be fairly invincible!!

They are seemed the picture of health and certainly the fins were not broken or ragged. The ones who died this last week seemed to have lost balance and seemed sleepy. If we tapped the tank they seemed to 'wake up'. Is this the swim bladder? Why haven't any of the other fish died? We have about...

Any advice about guppies dying? We've had two lots, the first about two months ago and the second last week. Of each set we've only had one left within a week of getting them, and now the remaining one from the original set seems to be dying today. All our other fish are fine (mollies and...

Haven't taken any photos yet - will try to soon. Thanks for all your help - you've been great. Have a nice weekend.

Probably could but for now as we're new at this and enjoying watching them grow we'll carry on. My son has a huge tank so when they're big enough he'll probably have some of them. The shark and angelfish have totally ignored the fry in the main tank, the platys are the ones who seem interested...

1 small angelfish, 1 red-tailed black shark, 5 red platys, 3 dalmatian mollies, 4 sailfin guppies and the fry.

I'm beginning to think that all fish are sex mad! Not only do we have 9 molly fry in the breeding net (all coming along fine by the way) but we have at least another 7 swimming happily amongst the big fish. Now it looks like a couple of our red platys may be pregnant too. When do you get the...

Wow, thanks for all the added advice since yesterday. We've actually been out this am and bought more plants so its looking very well planted. We've also added 5 sailfin guppies and one red-tailed black shark. That's it now as the tank looks really good and plenty full enough. They seem happy...

Thanks for your help; its good to have knowledgeable folk like you to ask. I've learnt quite a lot just by today's forum responses.

The test results were:pH = 7.5, ammonia = 0 (zero), nitrite = 0 (zero), nitrate = 0 (zero), which according to the book was perfect. The fishkeeper (very reputable person) advised us to get the nitrogen cycle correct with just a few fish (the platys) and after regular water checks add a few fish...

Hi, I'm new too - only started posting today as we had some unexpected baby mollies. People have been so nice and helpful. Its a great forum to join. I know what you mean about dogs and fish. We have two long haired chihuahuas and they were fascinated when we first set the tank up. Nowadays they...

The tank's been set up about 2 months and we are cycled and the fish seem very well; the original 5 platys are growing fast. We've had weekly water checks done through the local fish shop and they've been very helpful advising how to proceed with stocking etc. We've now bought our own testing...

From the measurements of my tank how many gallons do you make it - I don't know how to work it out? Not been to school for a long, long time!!!!! I think it might be 20 gallons but not sure.

I'm pretty new to this; had some good advice today about the molly fry we acquired a couple of days ago unexpectedly. I just wanted to know how many fish in total we should be thinking of for our tank. It is 30"x18"x15". We currently have 5 red platys, one small angelfish, a male molly and two...

Thanks for your warm welcome and helpful comments. We actually went out to get the box as soon as we saw the fry swimming in the tank, trying to evade their parents. They are absolutely tiny (about 2mm) so could it be they aren't mollies at all? I'm not sure about any of this. I've already...

Just thought I'd add myself to the newbie list as I've just had some useful help via the beginners questions part of the forum. Nice to know people are so helpful, in what can obviously be a very perplexing hobby. Good luck to other beginners; its a great hobby!

Thanks for the advice. Learnt two new things already, the box we have is the breeding box and the babies are called fry. Wow - beginning to feel like a real fish person!!! Thanks again.

Hi, We've only been keeping tropical fish for about two months. With help from our local fish shop we've got the tank cycled, originally had 10 neon tetras who only lived one day and also 5 small red platys who are all doing fine and growing well. We then got 3 angelfish but only the one larger...