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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    no no no, tecknocolor... People like you are the reason I come ask advice... Some people on this board no a heck of a lot more than i do.. I am just glad there is a place like this on the web, with informative people like you! Thanks a bunch everyone who replied! Jason
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    dead..............
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    yes, the tank has been established for about 5 months... I will take your advice and see if it helps!!! Thanks Jason
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    the top one looks like an exact clone!! :o
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    it is a dwarf
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    her fins are right at the peak of the lumps, so they are jsut right behind her head.... Half of her whole body is grey and that fades into orange....
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    well, yesterday it did have white spots on it, but i do have sand so i was thinking that it could have been sand, but i did not want to take any chances, so i added half of what was recomended....Today the white spots are gone Jason
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    Gourami May Be Dying????

    I have 2 gourami's and 4 neons... One of my gourami's is breathing super hard, it has a big lump on each side of him/her... and is not swimming at all (resting on the ground.)... I have not had a fish die in this tank... I have checked the water etc. The temp is a constant 77 degrees, and I...
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    Just sWitched to Sand, Now Cycle Questions....

    In order to switch my gravel to sand I had to syphon out all of the water... I only put half of the original cycled water in and the other half was new, treated water... And I am still using the same filter media... Did I just screw the cycle up? hopefully not...
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    Another Sand Topic!!!

    I just bought a 50 lb. bag of play sand from Lowes, and i think i am straight on how to clean the sand itself, but how do i go about adding the sand to my tank? And when can i reintroduce my fish back to my tank when sand is in? Here is what i am thinking about doing, is this right? 1. Take...
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    Help a Gourami Newb!!

    I have successfully kept and bred about 200 guppies, but was overwhelmed with them, as i do not have the resources to keep them any longer.. So i Traded all of them in for 3 Dwarf Gouramis and 6 neon tetras! Are they usually very very timid? I just put them in the tank and everytime i come...
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    Quitting Livebearers... Please Help!!

    While my fish having babies 3 times a month was fun for a while, it has now become out of control in accordance to my resources..... I am looking into keeping guorami's and cichlids now, for their low spawning rate.... Here is the list: 5 fancy guppies, 2 Balloon Mollies 2 mollies 102 Fry...
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    57 New Guppies

    Thats right, she gave birth to 57 litttle ones.. would have been 60 but there were 3 stillborns... Everything wen smoothly. BTW, i would reccomend letting the pregnant fish have her babies in the main tank, thats what i am going to do from now on... Big momma would not have her fry in a...
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    Very...VERY wierd!!!

    One of my female guppies had 5 fry about 1.5 months ago.... I introduced those fry to the tank when they were about 1 week old and they have been doing fine, but there were 3 males in the same tank.... Just these last 2 days one of the 1.5 month old fry females is acting very strange and is...
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    Gravel Vacuums.....

    The big city of abilene texas just got a petsmart, and i was looking at the vacuums, but could not tell which one was the best... Has anyone ever bought one from petsmart, and if so does it work well, adn which one did you buy??? thanks Jason
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    Do I or don't I need air,

    I would put a stone of some sort in there, especially in a 55 gallon, i would say get at least two sand stones for o2 supply, I have 1 in my 10 gallon and 1 in my 5 gallon. Not enough o2 will smother the fish.... Go For It, and congrats on the new tank... Jason
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    Pregnant Guppy<< How Far Along? You Decide!!

    Is it alright to have her in the trap right now? How soon will she have them? Thanks Jason
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    Adding Salt For Mollies and Guppies?

    My 5 gallon just came down with ick, so i am doing all of the nesessary treatments to cure it, but my LFS recommended that even after I cure the disease, I should keep the water salty... My question is, what is the benefit of keeping my water salty for my freshwater fish. My 5 gallon has, 3...
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    HELP WITH ICK + BABIES!!!!

    I have a 5 gallon tank that has 3 mollies, and 6 molly fry, in it. The fry are in the breeding trap still, but 2 of my mollies may have ick. I can see spots on their fins but not their bodies.... I don't know if it is Ick or not as i cannot see any other white spots on their bodies Should i...
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    HELP WITH ICK + BABIES!!!!

    is there any chance that the fry have it to and when i move them to the 10 gal. will they infect that tank???
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    HELP WITH ICK + BABIES!!!!

    I have a 5 gallon tank that has 3 mollies, and 6 molly fry, in it. The fry are in the breeding trap still, but 2 of my mollies may have ick. I can see spots on their fins but not their bodies.... I don't know if it is Ick or not as i cannot see any other white spots on their bodies Should i...
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    I found 6 little MOLLIES!!!!!!!!!

    This morning at about 11 is when my fish had her babies. We orginally had six and just now at 5:30 I was looking at the filter and noticed a dead baby that was sucked up through the filter. I got a glass of water to put him in so I could flush him and he jumped to life!!!!!!!! :D It was...
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    I found 6 little MOLLIES!!!!!!!!!

    Well, the babies are 3 whites, 2 orange and black, and 1 black. But I made a biiggg mistake i think.... I figured that the orange one was pretty pregnant along with the white one, but I could'nt tell which fish was the actual mother, so i put them both in the breeding trap without the...
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    I found 6 little MOLLIES!!!!!!!!!

    If you look at my 2 other posts, all along i thought the orange balloon molly was more prego, but i think my white balloon molly had her baby's, because she looks like she has lost a lot of weight.... How can i tell when the birthing process is over and when should i let the baby's out of the...
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    URGENT!! PREGO MOLLY<<<<

    Today, I bought 3 mollies in which the 2 females i bought are both prenant... My orange one, which is the most pregnant one, just formed a big black dot that can be seen on each side of her belly, but it is not right above her "Delivery hole" if you will. The dot is in the middle to rear...
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    New to Mollies, And Are They Pregnant???

    I just bought 3 balloon mollies which are my first, but I am an avid guppy breeder. I have heard these fish are very similar to guppies! So i decided to get some... I bought 2 females(1 orange, 1 white) and 1 male(black). My question is are the 2 females prego, and what is the easiest way to...
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