Recent content by jinni1980

IMO it's normal. They will settle in few days. One of my platy does flicking thing when she gets stress(new tank mates or change water..) but only 2-3 times flucking and stop. If your old ones keep flicking, may need to keep your eyes on. Sometimes new fishes can bring bad bacteria or...

No! You are not a horrible person at all. It's your fish and you are the only one who know what is best for him. I have 50+ platy babies and i can't keep them all. I DO want to keep them all but i can't. I will find their new homes when they are little bigger but i will find places where they...

Yeah. I will keep few since i really loved their mum :) she had the best personality. I already arranged few places where i can donate them, community & school ect and my mates. They have big tanks with other community fishes or have room for them. And also to my fish shop owner. He sometimes...

I had 2 platies & lost one 2 days ago :( she jumped out of tank and lost her scales & internal bleeding. I miss her so much and i have over 50 babies(from her) in my 10g tank. All of them are doing great. But i am worry about my platy in 20g tank. I have black widow tetras & molly there. But...

My platy had more than 50 babies. She gave birth in her main tank and i had to scoop them out. Took forever lol I used my 20g tank for platies & molly and 10g for black widow tetras. I moved tetras to my 20g and put all babies there. None of them die yet. So far so they eat well, enjoy...

You can buy "tetra parasite guard" medi from pet shop in AU. It helps internal & external parasite. This table change water colour bit greenish but help your fishes if they have parasite. I think it was about $12 (here australia is way more expensive than usa.) If you use this and if you don't...

As far as i know, filter holds bacteria. Also whatever you used in your old tank will have them such like ornaments & gravel and water but not much in the water. I recently put sand in my tank. But instead i took all gravel out, i put them in net and placed in the coner of tank so i still can...

Well she's gone :( so sad. I know people may say it's only fish but still family i believe.. She couldn't swim & half laying down.. And she drag herself to the end of tank where she could see her babies. (she just had babies few days ago & i keep their tank next hers..). Then she finally done...

I used pimafix which is for anti fungal but also said healing of external bacterial infections... Now she is staying in the buttom behind of live plant :( poor thing.

Hi. I put my fishes in the spare tank while i cleaned main one. And One of my platy jumped out of tank, end up on the floor. Not sure how long but my daughter found & cried. I quickly put her back into tank and watched her. She wasn't move for few second & started swimming but not really well...

Hi. I have a 20g long tank. 2 platys & 3 black widows & 1 black molly are already there. All of them are kind of crazy swimming ones, i wish i could have few small cory in there. I want them but i really don't want 2 stress my fishes just because of i can go & buy.. Is my tank already...

Thanks for reply. I only have 2 female platys so.. Wait & see... All babies are doing fine so far with different foods 3 times a day & warm water between 80-82F. Summer is kicking in here australia :) hope they can do well. I left filter in 10g tank but wrap that filter with net so babies...

Hi there. I am new here. :) I bought 2 female platys 3 weeks ago. My 4 years old wanted them & picked. The petshop only kept females in a tank so i thought would be ok without worrying any babies come. But was wrong!! One of them started getting bigger and we thought she was just getting fat so...