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They're almost 3 weeks old! A little tiny bit under 1 cm big :) here's a video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/841hqqes7xboxad/Video%20Nov%2014%2C%202%2039%2008%20PM.mov

Did you do a fish-in cycle with her? I did a fish-in cycle and because of the ammonia levels they were exposed to, more of my original fish died (mostly several months after completing cycle).

Hi, I'm assuming you didn't cycle your tank yet. Please take a look at this topic.

Why? :( It's beautiful!

Just be patient, don't put her in the breeder box too long or you'll stress her out.

I like the path in the middle, looks great!

Thank you both! :)

Received a plant package yesterday, just wondering what some of these plants are :) plant 1 plant 2: the one in front with thin leaves. It has a horizontal stem... it connects all the plants together. and it has a LOT of roots o_O it was pretty weird to plant (wasn't sure how to, lol)...

I would suggest taking back the 2 new males and exchange for females.

A little over a week old :) Named them Jane, Rigsby and Cho. Kudos to you if you know where those names are from :P and changed my tank a bit :)

Have you cycled the tank? Ammonia should be 0.. Do a water change.

Thanks :good: I think I'll get a 5 gal too, with lots of plants for the fry :)

Is he having trouble swimming around, or is he just staying at one place on the top of the tank, not making any effort to move? You can try :) Get a frozen pea (just 1), put it in a microwavable bowl with a tinyyyy bit of water, heat for a minute, peel the skin off and smush the pea with your...

It's possible that he might have swallowed an air bubble or something.. I'd watch him for a couple of days. Try feeding him a pea :)

I have 3 platy fry in a breeder net right now, but I'm looking to get another small tank just for the fry. Would a 1/2 gallon work? I know it's realllllllyyyyyy small, but they'd only be in there until they are old enough to be let into the main tank without getting eaten. I can make a DIY...

Yeah, don't get any fish until you cycle your tank :)

How are the fry? :)

if ammonia is above 0, change it, if its 0 then you don't have to change it :)

... You can just ask if you don't know how to upload a picture, we are only trying to help you but you don't seem to want to take any of our advice. How are we to tell you specifically what's going on with the fish.. Without any pictures? Upload them to imgur.com, then copy and paste the BB code...

The platy will be fine by herself. I wouldn't get anymore fish as you said yourself- you have 50 fry. I would be more concerned as to where they are going to go when they do grow up, are you going to keep some and give the others away?

After a few days, they should stop hiding under there :good: To be honest, I have no idea how fast they grow. I think some say 4 weeks and they can be let out into the main tank. they grow faster if you do lots of water changes though.

a plastic plant would work :) Yep, they should be gobbling up food more soon! (you might not actually realize their eating with their tiny mouths, but indeed they are, you will be able to tell by their stomachs) Ammonia going down is good! I would still do a pretty good job of gravel cleaning...

even so, it will stress them if they don't have places to hide, and sometimes they'll argue with each other too. My fry hide under the plastic frame too, I used to wonder where they went :D But after awhile, they realized they were safe and didn't hide under there anymore.

Wow, it's truly beautiful... :hyper: The fish must think they're in heaven :lol:

Thanks :) Did the breeder box come with fake plants or anything? if not, I would suggest you put in some floating plants if you have any, so they have places to hide :)

Wow, congrats!! My fish always end up eating them (I think, anyway)... I only found 4 the other day, even though the girl was pretty big. what are your ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels now?

that's good! I'm surprised he survived too, do you have gravel substrate or sand? I have gravel and they hide really well in there. Just keep ammonia and nitrite levels down as much as you can :good: Did you get any mature filter media from the LFS?

Yeah, and it's still raining too so all the water is getting in :/ I think they're trying to move the tree first though.

I didn't lose power either. But my aunt (she lives in Potomac, too) has a lot of trees in her area, and one of them fell on her house... no one was hurt though.

Glad to hear everything went well! :good:

I find that since I have anacharis, sometimes they eat it and makes their poop clear.

My lights are flickering now :(

Really? when is the eye going to hit us? :(

Are they not interested, or do they try to eat it and spit it back out again? I'd say leave it for a few minutes, but if they really aren't touching it, take it out (I use a syringe, although be careful not to accidentally suck up the fry)

There are probably hundreds of colors...

Yeah, you can feed them now :)

Why are you adding salt? I doubt they can stay in the fish bowl unless it has a cycled filter.. And air pump, heater (if its cold). Make a simple breeder box temporarily, a plastic container or cup will work for now, get a needle and light a candle. Heat the needle over the flame and make...

What should I wipe it with? (Sorry for asking so many questions) sand would probably just slip through the holes of the net for mine

hmm, do I still need substrate on the bottom if its a breeder net? wouldn't that make it harder to clean the poop with a syringe?

I took these yesterday. So they were 4 days old :) I lost 1 of them yesterday though :( Not sure why. It's so hard to get a clear picture through the net :(