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I found my platy hanging in some plants, not moving, then realized he was STUCK---a bunch of hair algae was coming out of his mouth, and he couldn't move. It wasn't easy to pull out. I thought I might have killed him, pulling it out, as it seemed to go as far as his stomach. He swam away and...

Any suggestions for a single fish that might do well with the platy? He (she) misses the guppy. But I had to remove her. Even over 4 months isolated from any males, she started dropping babies again. Don't want babies. I love gouramis but 10 gallons is pretty small. I've heard the dwarf if okay...

I'm in Hawaii, but about 3,000 ft up, so the temperature isn't extreme. I've used heaters in the past, for just a few months. Not much direct sunlight, maybe an hour or so in the afternoon, depending on the season, but I can see temperature might be more important than the green water. Thank you...

I have a 10-gal outside for a little mosquito control, with just one platy, lots of plants, sponge filter for now. The water is always green. Would that be a problem for a dwarf gourami?

I had the same concerns as Velvetgun. I finally got rid of all the guppies; except that 2 babies later turned up. Wouldn't you know, a male and female. I'm thinking of moving them inside, where I have a tank with a Hawaiian goby, who I believe will take care of any more fry. If the female gets...

What's kind of interesting is, I'm guessing different areas have different types of critters. I'm in Hawaii, probably a lot of variety as nothing will ever have to freeze.

I had no idea you could use filter sludge for teeny fry till I read about it somewhere on this forum. I only had tiny fry once (bumblebee gobies) and they all died, probably starved. . . anyway, I got out my old microscope and took a peek:

Thank you for the responses! (I love this forum.) I finally decided to give the plants a root haircut (long, icky roots) and a peroxide soak. Since it makes sense about being spread mostly by live food (my friend loves near a stream, not particularly clean) I'm going to go ahead now and add the...

I just got some floating water plants from the friend who gave me some guppies, who turned out to have tapeworm. I've treated them successfully. But now I'm wondering where they got the tape to begin with. Should I treat the plants? How?

That's funny! It's also funny that while most fish lovers are fine with feeding fish, they just don't like the idea of fish eating their own kind. I think it's as natural. Guppies have survived because of their huge numbers, they are prey to all kinds of creatures. In the aquarium it's up to us...

"Mother Nature will take care of that." What do you mean? Die of pollution and disease, aggression, or some kind of suicide? (Like people?) Or do the females just get infertile? A gal at work said all her females died off, she didn't know why. I'd really like my fish to have extra room, not be...

When you just want to have a few guppies, More is not Better. So I had to teach mine to, er, remove the newborns. I started giving them live food, very small mosquitoes and bloodworms. And I think it's worked. I still have the first nine fry, but I can find homes for those. I only have a 10-gal...

So many little fish together! And yet they don't seem to school at all, do they? I remember guppies in Iao Valley, in some ponds there, that seemed to be in groups.

And so...? Did you ever put a betta in with them? I'm afraid it would eat the adults as well. ? I really don't have room for another tank.

So you just let Nature control the population? I'm already worried about all the (adorable) fry appearing. I've seen adults approach them, but they are REALLY fast and dart out of the way. I can't get any more tanks. How can I teach the adults it's OKAY to eat them? I'm going to give the first...