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1) Can they be kept singly, or do they need to be kept in at least pairs? They will be fine singly. In fact, if you bought more than two angels and later they get older (8-12 months) then they will be mature and want to pair off, if the other angels that are not part of the pair, then they...

If you freeze the brine shrimp then it will still be good for up to 3 months but it will not be alive. To keep the brine shrimp alive for a couple of days you can add some brine shrimp water solution (water plus the correct amount of salt) into a small cup, pour your brine shrimp in the cup...

I think a lot of people consider most cichlids to be aggressive. It isn't that they are actually aggressive but are protective and need tons of space to have plenty of territory. Angelfish shouldn't be mixed with smaller fish that are equal to or smaller than their mouth because the angelfish...

I spent weeks looking up how much to Meth Blue to use. I think it really varies on what works for you. Some people don't use alot while others have said to use it till it turns dark blue. The batch of angelfish fry i'm raising right now had dark meth blue and only 4-5 died from fungus or...

The best way is to check when they are ready to spawn but there are slightly other ways that may help. Check this out.

How old are your angelfish? One of them may be ready to breed and the other isn't. I would say if they are around 9 months to a year old, then they have reached sexual maturity. Otherwise, I had this problem when one of my angelfish was about a quarter size and my other was a 50 cent size...

You need to start out with a small tank/container for at least their first meal so they can find food faster. Also, tank needs to be bare bottomed, intake tube of a hang over filter needs to have a sponge over it to prevent the fry from getting sucked up. Also, Raising brine shrimp is not hard...

Well i have never had molly's but i do have guppies and guppy fry in a 5 gallon. I would think that it would be the same with mollys as guppies so i'll give you tips about what i do. I also have a well planted tank but my guppies are slowly starting to get use to my fry because they don't chase...

Oh gosh, I just realized why your tank is cloudy. Its the bacteria bloom from your jungle products killing off all the good bacteria. You should definately check out your water params and start doing water changes to help your fish get through the ammonia and nitrite spikes. Also, cleaning the...

Wow now that sounds pretty serious. If all your fish die i would recommend just cleaning that whole tank out completely and starting your cycle all over again. Might want to even throw away some stuff like the filter media to make sure that that disease is gone for sure. Otherwise, if your...

Okay, it sounds like your tank is cycled so it was definately the fish that came from the store. Why don't you look into a product called MelaFix, its a natural healing tea that helps fish without hurting your cycle. Oh one more thing, i did not realize you were using jungle products, they kill...

I have guppies and guppy fry. I have treated my tanks with meds with the guppy fry in there and i didn't see a problem. I have treated with Quick Cure (for ich), Salt, Melafix, and Coppersafe. Just recently my guppies caught gill flukes and so i used Quick Cure and i saved 2 of my pregnant...

If your going to place your mother guppy in the 10 gallon for birth, then i would suggest a filter. Your going to have to buy a filter anyway after about a month or 2 of the fry's life. There are some cheap filters out there on the internet. I like AquaClears, have at least a 1 year warrenty on...

Okay, Calm down. First, i would seperate the adults from the fry. You don't want to squish your fry so i would use a turkey bastor and just suck it up and squirt it out into a different container. Next, that will let you get closer to notice if there is any permanent damage to your fry. For...

Sounds Exciting. The first time my guppies had fry i couldn't wait after waiting for 2 months. I was so worried back then that i seperated them and raised the fry to 2 months old now. Now the fry had kids of their own and they don't even look at them twice as food, fry just swim around all over...

Yup, usually the fish get impatient and want a snack. I have also heard of other signs such as darting up and down the tank, hiding away by themselves or you can try looking at their tummy and if it looks like one corner near the tush is squarish then she may be close to dropping in less than 24...

Well if your fry are living with the parents then the fry will eat whatever you give the parents just the tid bits that fell off of what the parents were eating. This includes flake food, daphnia, brine shrimp. If your fry are by themselves then your going to have to crush the flake food up...

There is specially formulated fish food that is designed to bring out the colors of your fish. I would try feeding that food to your fish often and probably in a couple of weeks you will notice a difference. That is along with keeping a stress free environment, no sickness and good adequate...

Every once in a while i put some small shrimp pellets in my fry tank and it took them literally all day to eat 1-2 SMALL pellets. I think your best bet is those koi pellets and just having your aunt feed them also.

Ah! 23 gallons is plenty of room for a school of ottos if they only get that big. That should take up the most of 12" in your tank which leaves plenty of room for the fry. Ghost shrimp are nice and cheap. I liked watching them eat because they are see through you can watch the food go right through.

Wow over a month in the breeder trap?! Those fry must be so cramped. I remember the first time i had a guppy fry batch and they just stayed in one spot the whole time in the breeder trap. Soon as i took them out and put them in their own seperate tank which was a 5 gallon they swam around like...

I remember having about 4 of those frogs almost a year ago. I thought they were neat but i think mine slowly starved to death because not once did i ever see them eat. Good Luck with em. I hear they make little noises.

I remember my first batch of guppy fry. I had waited at least 2 months and watched this female look like she was going to explode and get bigger for a month as i waited. Should have no problems getting more guppy fry now but the space will run out if you save them. I saved a few and kept them...

If your going to be growing brine shrimp several times its best just to buy it online. Its alot cheaper and probably a better shelf life than at the store that has been sitting there for who knows how long. :no: Brine Shrimp Direct North American Brine Shrimp Edit: Forgot to add. The reason...

A male and female would make your guppy population perfect as it would be 2 females per a male. Thats probably your best bet. My only problem was if one of my female guppies died then i had to find a way to buy just 1-2 females instead of another male.

Oh sorry then, i ment Otto's. I just thought they were pleco's the way they were sounding. :*) What gallon is a two foot tank? Seems a little small for a whole school of ottos to me.

Guppy fry should not stop growing until the fry are the size of the store bought guppies. For best growth feed them live brine shrimp, its not hard to grow. Clean the tank at least once a week and make sure they have plenty of space to swim. Usually the size of the tank makes a big difference...

I agree its best to get 2 Females for every 1 Male. But personnally i don't think 3 females to 2 males is such a bad number because i have that and there doesn't seem to be any problems. But any less than that and i would disagree.

I had a parasite (ICH) breakout, and a White slimy worms on side of tank with newborns and both times i medicated and all the fish were fine. Guppy fry are pretty hardy. I would say the reason your fry died was because of the disease instead of the medication. For younger fry they have less...

Don't buy brine shrimp from your lfs! You can buy it so much cheaper online. I posted some links which you can do a search on for brine shrimp direct, North American Brine Shrimp and salt lake shore brine shrimp. Its so much cheaper if you buy from one of those places. And btw you didn't need...

Boycotting walmart is a little extreme. First i don't think they will really care because how many walmarts are across North America? They probably have enough money to make up for all those losses from you boycotting and there will always be people out there that buy fish from walmart no matter...

Oh, i thought they ment an algae eater. The smallest and easist little food scavenger that i know if a ghost shrimp. I use to have a few of those in my 5 gallon fry tank before they died from some medication and i had no where else to put them. They were great little things. I never had any...

Well i heard of Otto plecos? But i didn't see any for sale around where i live and i had a huge algae problem in my fry tank. Most scavengers will not intentionally eat your fry unless it gets in its way or the scavenger does not see it. For my fry tank i got a rubber lipped pleco which seems...

I have never grown micoworms but you said other cultures are to hard/expensive? Also, i found this link that sells Microworms:http://www.wormman.com/Fishfood.htm. Just go out on a search engine and type microworms sale and you should find a few places that sell them. The Brine Shrimp places i...

Thats okay. As long as you saw the error and fixed it which you did. I would say that you shouldn't have any permanent problems with your fish but they may be a little stressed from what happened and will need to relax in the next couple of weeks. Did you check your water params after you moved...

Well first issue is the tank. What size of tank are you keeping the fry? The floating container used for when females are giving birth is okay for the first week but after that you have to get something a bit bigger. Usually i leave the newborns in the floating container for a week then i move...

I agree to the overstocking. I didn't fully calculate the number of inches you have of fish there but i can already tell by the number of fish that you have way to many. The general rule is 1" of fish per gallon and when you calculate that you much also use the max size of the fish unless your...

Well i keep my fry in a seperate tank but what i have heard is that you should get both floating and bottom plants. The bottom plants for fake should be very bushy, small leaves kind of plant and for real then use java moss. The floating can be anything such as those fake baby matted plants...

When i first started breeding guppies, i thought i could get away with just one 5 gallon but as time passed i have noticed you really need several tanks not just for their age differenence but for different spawns. I use a breeder trap for the first few days to the first week because they...

1) The birthing process is usually different depending on the fish. I know with my guppies (and i just started breeding) that one took only a few hours. The guppy fry were popping out so fast i couldn't keep up with them. But i have also heard that some livebearers take as long as 24 hours. So...