Recent content by chelleyswett

Okie dokie, will do... Just one more question -- this won't affect the other fish, will it? I want them all to eat enough.

So far, I can't get her to sit still long enough for a picture with my phone and my husband likes taking my camera to work with him. I'll see what I can do. I'd really like to know if she's pregnant, or just fat/bloated. EDIT: I managed to quickly snap one of the candy and dalmation...

Okay, thank you so much for the advice, I'm glad I found this site and asked. I'll be checking the website you posted a link for, so maybe I can get this guy better soon. And I have the one angel, a sunburst wag, dalmation platy, candy platy, two black phantoms, a red-eye tetra, some orange guy...

I'll try that, and see what happens. It seems like no matter where I've gone to get advice, though, I get five different pieces of information on the same question, so it's all a little conflicted. What should I be looking for in the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH as far as levels are...

I read that it was okay to add fish in groups of 2-4 every 2 or more weeks, so that's what I did. :( I had no idea I'd make him sick. It does look fluffy in the center of it. No flicking, rubbing or laboured breathing -- he swims like he should, all of his fins seem fine, erect and whatnot...

As I'm still new to all of this fishkeeping stuff, I'm not sure what's up with the candy platy I have. I've had fish about 2 months, maybe longer (I'm thinking longer, just don't remember), and one of the last set of fish we've added to our tank was a candy platy. I had no clue if the fish I...

About two months ago, my husband brought home a 29 gallon starter tank set, and charged me with going to buy fish. So, I went to my local Petsmart, and purchased our first three finbuddies. I bought a pretty little black angelfish, a peacock eel, and some orange fish (I'll put up a picture, I...