Recent content by Erica

:wub: Thanks to all for your replies... the exciting day came earlier than expected!! I went to the local pet store and bought a fine-net trap for babies, put Laverne in it and over night, I now have four babies. I caught the existing baby which is about 2 weeks older and put it in there too...

Thanks for your reply, very helpful! I am not serious about breeding to the point that I can afford to purchase yet another tank and set-up... :( I would love to though, if I could. I do want to keep her first lot of babies to pick from though. I think this would be her first lot of babies...

Hey there. I am new to this forum and have done a fair bit of reading, but have not yet come across an answer to this question... Is there any way to determine the colouring of the Platy's babies? i.e. I have a pregnant Platy, her name is Laverne, she is a gorgeous pale yellow with...

:blush: yeh found out about how Betas mistake male guppies for other male bettas a little too late. Bluey the Betta had always been very good and quiet. They co-existed for a year before he went crazy... I think it was old age alzheimers or dementia perhaps, I'd had Bluey in an unheated...

:) Hello! My name is Erica, I have a tank approx 1 foot cubed (approx 27 litres). Because of this shape, there is good oxygenation of the water and more space for fish to swim. I have 2 guppies, both female, Soleil (orange tail) and Lunar (Pale blue tail). I have 5 platys, 2 male, 3...