Recent content by fishforthekids

So, is it possible that she could have carried that baby around for three or four months before it popped out? Sadly, my tank is only 5 gallons.

:blink: I have ONE female red wag platy, two x-ray tetras and one male Beta. I have had these fish for four months. As of three days ago, I have a baby red-wag swimming around my tank. This seems quite impossible to me. I am 99% sure this baby is a platy, because it looks SO much like my...

Last night, one of my x-rays looked awfully swollen all of a sudden. They're brothers, so I thought "he" was constipated. While trying to decide what the heck to do, I saw a baby x-ray dart by. Ooops. He's a she! My tank has 1 betta, 1 red-wag platy and 2 x-rays. At least as of last...

Water conditions check out fine - (5 gals. with 1 Betta, 1 red-wag platy and 2 x-ray tetras). This is probably no big deal, but my two x-rays only eat in the morning. I feed 2x per day, but the x-rays just ignore the food in the evening. By morning, they are fighting the Betta to get food...

UPDATE: :good: X-rays are doing much better. Spooky's tail fin is starting to grow back from the fin rot. And, they are eating and racing around like their old selves (Spooky and Ghost a/k/a the Grimm Brothers ). They are still rejecting both brands of flake food, but they are devouring...

Wilder, I picked up some blood worms last night and one of the x-rays was eating them just fine. He still had to wait for them to drift to the bottom (b/c the betta), but at least he was munching down on them. The other x-ray (who lost about 40% of his tail fin to finrot) still doesn't seem...

Thanks for the replies. I tried crushing up the flakes since the x-rays are so tiny. I have observed very carefully over the last 3 feedings, and they even spit out the smallest pieces. It's almost as if they are not liking the taste and then spitting it back out. Should I try a different...

:unsure: My 5-gal tank has (1) male betta, (1) red wag platy and (2) x-ray tetras. (I have already been told my tank may be a little small for this community, but I can't really do much about that right now). Water conditions checked out fine for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. We have...

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that. I definitely want the guy to eat.

Thanks for the input, Monty. The LFS said this "community" was okay based on the size of my tank. Does anyone else think otherwise? Any input on the feeding question would be appreciated, as well.

New to this, so your help is appreciated. For starters, I have a week-old aquarium - fish in tank for 3 days - 5 gallons. I have the following fish: 1 male betta, 2 x-ray tetras and 1 red wag platty. My question is about feeding. I have tetra flacks for the other guys and Betta Bits for the...