Recent content by 2dot

Definitely a male, definitely a gonopodium visible!

I'm not sure the fish know they're in Scotland :) If I see another yellow guppy I might buy it, see if that confuses the others! He doesn't seem too upset, still feeding and swimming around, not hiding (and there are plenty of places to do that if he wanted to). Thanks for getting back to me.

Belated thanks for your replies, LittleTinca and the_lock_man, I haven't been on the forum for a while & didn't see this till today. I think your diagnosis of old tank syndrome was spot-on, as the platys gradually recovered and I did persuade my mother in law to change about 20% of the water...

I bought a yellow guppy (male) a few weeks ago, and put him in with my male Endlers. He was constantly harassed, and reading other forums made me think that was possibly because he was bigger, and the Endlers were mistaking him for a female. So I bought a couple more guppies, this time with...

Tested the water today, ammonia .25, nitrite about 5ppm, nitrates through the roof at 160ppm+, according to the API kit. So I've done a huge water change, and the platys look slightly more lively. I'll test again tomorrow and change again if necessary. My mother in law is getting an API test...

Yes the filter is cycled, water gets changed about once a week, I think. She's going to do a water change tomorrow morning, then I'll use my API test kit to see what's going on. And yes, I know the tank is still very overstocked, I'm trying to persuade her to at least give away some of the...

My mother in law's six platy, which have been living happily in her 40l tank for about a year, and which come from 3 different generations, ranging from fully grown to a few months old, have suddenly started hiding together at the bottom of the tank amongst some rocks. They rest on the bottom...

Thanks for the advice :)

New to the hobby, I have a 64litre tank, about 8 weeks cycled. Currently 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, around 20-40ppm nitrate (but changing 20% of water weekly or more often). I have 2 adult platys, 3 platy fry (surprise about 2 weeks ago, didn't know the platy was pregnant...) 3 small Endler guppies...