Recent content by Kiwi2016

Hello. I have 5 make Penguin Tetras and 1 female Molly, 1 female Platy and 1 female guppy. Since the females are different breeds from the males I thought there'd be no offspring. However, it looks like my Molly/Platy could be pregnant. Can you tell from the photo? If she is pregnant I don't...

I have 5 male tetras, 3 female mollies,a pleco and two female guppies.   Each time I feed the fish they all go to the surface for food except one of the guppies. I was worried that maybe she wasn't getting food but hoped that some food would sink to the bottom.   I have seen the other guppy pick...

Help!!   I'm in the middle of cleaning my tank when my Rusty Pleco swam into the syphon. He either can't or doesn't want to come out. I have tried blowing down one end but with no effect. Have now taken off the tube part in the hopes that he'll get himself out. Is there something I should do...

Thank you fluttermoth, I'll follow your recommendations.   Do you think there are any concerns with the softness of my tank water for the live bearers in my tank?

Males and females have died. With the original tank I also got a Mickey Mouse platey - male. So when I got more fish, I got males too coz I didn't know enough to handle any offspring. I found I was dealing with some bullying so I gradually switched over to females.

Here are my fish tank photos. Notice my two cats have a lively interest in the fish.

Hello Fluttermoth, here are the specifics you requested:   I generally do a water change every two weeks about 1/3.   Filter, I don't know the make because I got this when I bought the tank but the contents are Aqua Clear activated carbon (50) for 20-50 us gallons, Biomax stones and foam. I...

Thanks to everyone for your much appreciated help. Had I have known about this site sooner, I could have saved my fish. When I mentioned the soft water issue to the guy at the aquarium store he felt it was unlikely because all of their fish have the same soft water and are doing fine?   I would...

My tank is 26 gallons. The tank came with the pleco, 6 penguin tetras and a platty. I got the tank a year ago and since then one tetra had died and the platty. I've also bought other platties, mollies and guppies. In the course of a year I've had had about 9 fish die which has really upset me...

Thank you fluttermouth. When I bought the fish tank it came with the fish and this was my first introduction to fish. As I go along I'm learning more The aquarium store told me about the potential growth of plecos and so I wanted to know what type it was. If it's one that's supposed to grow...

I bought it on Kajiji and don't know what type of pleco he/she is.