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Welcome. I'm supposed to be sleeping lol but I've recently become addicted to this forum & end up reading posts on my phone while I lie in bed lol. I was very surprised in the behavior difference between the guppies & platys when I moved them to the fry tank. When they were in the net the...

Since they are livebearers it's best to have 2 females for every male. I actually am not sure if it's best to have a set number but when I bought mine I went with the assumption they were probably fish that preferred to be in groups of 5 or more so I bought 5. I bought 5 more of a different kind...

Is it a plastic breeding trap with the fall through bottom? I bought one early on before I read net breeders were best for water flow, stress etc. I am on my 3rd batch of platy fry & have had no feeding problems. I kept the 1st three I found hiding in my tank with half of my guppy batch from the...

Besides what was mentioned above about stocking problems, not knowing water stats, & having several semi aggressive fish I'm going to say the most likely cause is stress. I have some slight stocking problems in my tank in regards to number of males versus females. I tried to remedy that at one...

Yes, last night my husband bumped the net breeder & it came loose. We caught it before most got loose but there were quite a few babies in the water. I started freaking out & grabbed the net to start trying to catch them. Luckily they were smart & hid up in the corner by the powerhead but I...

I know, our original plan when we realized we had livebearers was to let nature take it's course & we just bought extra plants etc. Problem is that I'm a bit of a sucker in general & being pregnant myself I just couldn't help myself. I had to net the mother & then got all upset & couldn't rest...

We originally bought the tank as package deal. It came with a hood, light, under gravel filter, heater & 30lbs of gravel for $40. Since we bought it after we already had fry & we knew it had to get cycled we weren't really sure what we were going to do. We ended up going & buying a smaller...

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I'm a bit of a newbie myself but since no one answered I'll share what I know/have read here. #1 if you're referring to trying to ensure your guppy gets pregnant, I wouldn't bother. Unless you have several males & females & are trying for a certain pair to mate there's no point. Just having...

Lol I can't help it either except I probably would have caved before you did. My husband & I talked quite a bit about if we wanted to buy a small fry tank or let nature take it's course. We decided we weren't going to buy one & just bought more plants to try & create hiding places. Then I...

I'm not sure if you already have an arrangement with a LFS or not but the ones i've talked to will take on donation but nobody wants to buy. The store most of our fish came from the platys only sell for 99 cents each anyway. As for when they'll take them as donation, I was told 2-3 months...

Yes I was off a lot with the guppy at first but that day I was just pretty sure & there were the babies about an hour later. I'm still not positive which platy the 3 I found the next day came from but last night I just had this feeling it was time for this platy. There are sooo many platy fry...

It's after 1am & I'm still up because my platy is giving birth. I don't want to leave her in the net the whole night because I'm afraid she'll start to eat the babies after a bit. I'm waiting another 30min or so & if after watching her for a few minutes I don't see her drop anymore she's going...

It's 1am & I'm still up for this very same reason. My platy is in the process of giving birth, already at least 20+ fry in the net. When I checked not long ago she was still giving birth so I'm waiting another 45min to see. If I don't see her actively giving birth them I'm going to put her back...

For a little over a week now we've had a 20 gallon tank set up. We took one tray of media from our 100 gallon tank's filter & put it into the filter for the 20 gallon. We also moved a plant & put some store bought bacteria starter into the gravel. We've had 5 zebra danios in the tank for a week...

Actually in my last post I said we bought a smaller version of our monster main filter & moved media from main tank. After about 2 days we moved a few zebras over after testing the water. We're due to test again but they seem to be doing ok just maybe a bit freaked in the new tank still. In our...

I wasn't sure how many to expect but from what I read I figured we could end up with even more. I knew there was somewhere between 25 & 30 but couldn't get an accurate count til we did the water change last night. We just bought a small Fluval filter so we're going to be able to take filter...

Oh man, I really hope that at some point this water change process is going to get easier & be faster. We got the new tank kind of put together but haven't put any water or plants or anything in yet. My husband is going to look into maybe getting a small Fluval filter for it so we can move some...

Yes, it is an under gravel filter. The 3 (I assume platy) fry look to be a bit older, they're slightly bigger, than the guppy fry which will be 1 week on Thursday. As I said before we have 3 net breeders so we can split them up between the 3 so they aren't too crowded in the nets I'm just not...

About 2 weeks ago when I first thought there might be a problem we did all the tests on the water & everything came back fine. The main problem we were having is since the temperature outside has gone up the temperature in our tank has gone up. We turned the heater off a month or two ago & on...

I don't know or understand anything really about the technical aspects with filters etc. That's been his department & I am just trying to learn as much about our fish as possible. He said that we can't move the filter media because our community tank has a huge filter with different media that...

Is it safe to put medication in the tank with newborn fry & pregnant livebearers? Some of our tuxedo platys have had a few shiny/discolored spots on them, the last time we had been at the LFS some of the tuxedo's there had the same thing & when we asked about it they said they weren't sure...

I've been reading on these forums a lot over the last month when I realized we had a pregnant guppy & some pregnant platys. We had mixed feelings on buying another tank to put them in since we don't really want to keep them but maybe the fact that I'm pregnant myself makes it hard for me to just...

Ya for some reason some of our Tuxedo platys have some weird discoloration on their scales, I'm pretty sure it's not ich, dealt with that a month or so ago. We've had some turn over rate in our tank but it's usually not too bad(usually if we buy some new fish we have maybe 1/4 die in the first...

Ok well nevermind about what to do about her because she just fell over dead now. Since they were still attached to her could this be why she died? Or do they usually die when they miscarry? I haven't had fish since I was a teenager & never had any live bearers so the entire process is new to me...

That's what I meant lol miscarry not abortion. She's only in one right now so that I could get a good look & take some pictures. We have a 100 gallon tank with a lot of plants & decorations so it's almost impossible to get a picture otherwise & she kept hiding in the back. I noticed she looked...

Trying to figure out what's going on with this platy? I just noticed a problem this morning. Almost looks like eggs are hanging out? Anyone know what's wrong & if there's anything to be done? Here's another pic Last pic

We have a pregnant guppy & a pregnant platy, they have been pregnant for at least several weeks & both look like they're about ready to pop. We bought some breeding nets but I'm not sure when we should put them in the traps. Someone told me that they will generally stop eating before they give...

The heater has been unplugged for a few weeks when the temperature started to go above what we had the heater set to. We've been leaving the lights off in the tank most of the time or just running the UV lights part of the time during the day & then the regular lights maybe for a bit in the...

We'll try the bottle trick today & see if that helps. We're not exactly sure why the temperature keeps rising. The tank is angled in a corner, one end of it is partially in front of a window but the shades are constantly closed.

So basically a frozen bottle of water? If so, since it would sink is there any particular place we should put it? Near where the largest flow of water is? Also should we do just straight up cold water or try to only do a few degrees lower? I was reading that in some cases a 15% change daily is...

We turned the heater off in our 100g tank a few weeks ago when the temp started to go above what our heater was set to. We've had no heater running but our tank temp just slowly keeps climbing as the weather is getting hotter. We're sitting at around 86 now. I'm usually home all day with our A/C...

I have a few questions if there's anyone that can answer them. My husband & I set up our 100 gallon tank & have been slowly adding a few fish to it. Last week we bought 2 ADF's. We told the people in the fish store the size of the tank & what fish we already had to make sure we weren't looking...