Recent content by heidi

I see, I will keep my eyes on her. Probably just need to make sure I am not overfeeding then. Thanks.

Hi, I bought my platy 2 months ago and recently her belly getting bigger and show a dark spot around gravid spot. Can she get pregnant after 2 months with no male fish in the current tank? I have put a early photo and the latest photo for comparison. Sorry, the water is a bit green because of...

The light effect look fantasy, i feel like a mermaid will come out and sing song.

It is a 35L tank. I have just been to the shop and bought some frozen brine shrimp, they love it, but i can see some indigestion there, can literally see the shrimp in the poop, and then they eat it again.... I also bought a small driftwood and a anubias nana, currently washing in separate...

Just an update of the little one status, a 2 days ago, it start getting better and today it is almost swimming like normal. I found changing the water daily, keeping temperature at around 20 degree, vegetable diet every other day, really help her. Thank you so much for all your help. I have also...

Thank you for the information, I have checked out the AQAadvisor stocking calculator, very useful tool, should really think about changing the tank now. But I do find it a lots easier to pickup their poop and food waste daily with the current tank. I have ordered the water test kit, will do a...

It feels like the gravel has built enough algae where the sand maybe more difficult to build. Now i don't know which one is better for my platy, any suggestion?

The staff in the shop i go to seems quite knowledgeable. They once refuse to sell any fish because they noticed one of the fish got fugus on the tail, so that whole tank need quarantine. But i guess when it comes down to different type of fish, they probably not an expert.

After reading through the links, I think I shouldn't change from gravel to sand when the tank not fully cycled. The tank was setup 2 weeks before the fishes arrived. They were fine at start and their poop colour is greenish colour that mean they ate some algae to keep them balance diet. Then...

Hmm, I am not sure now. I bought them from fish shop they are called variatus platy. The staff told me to keep them in room temperature. Some people said if the temperature is high for cold water fish, it stimulate their metabolism too fast and shorten their life. But then some said if the fish...

I see, i am clearly a beginner. I will follow the steps you suggested, thank you so much for your help. Just wonder, should i increase the water temperature if they are cold water platy? Or just better leave them as changing water temperature increase stress?

Thank you for your advice. I will give it a go now, should i remove the substrate completely so that i can easily see the waste and check the poop? I am just worry if this will remove the healthy bacteria that supporting my fish live. I have separated them in different thank, just in case the...

Thanks for your help. It is a new 20L tank, I am using Marina I25 filter. There is a lobelia cardinalis plant, sand substrate and a few gravels. The fishes arrive to this new home for about 1 month now from the shop, at the first 2 weeks they are fine, the small one is always less active but she...