Recent content by ladymahler

Hi Katchan Thanks for the speedy reply. I'll drop in a pea for him and see if it gets better. Worms - would that infect the other fish (or, should they have also shown signs of that by now)? I hope it's nothing serious, 'cause he's looking mighty funny and I'll really regret giggling at him if...

Hi fish lovers I have a male guppy that is reasonably tiny (well, normal size, really). I just noticed it looks PREGNANT, it has a HUGE belly, looks like it swallowed a guppy-sized soccer ball. It's in a tank with molly fry but even if he tries really hard, he'd have to dislocate his jaw to get...

Ok, check this out!!!! It's growing. At least 3mm long now. COOOOOOL!!! Don't you just love'm. That thing is so tiny, I can not imagine how it survives in the wild. And, just 'cause babies are cool, check out the molly's too (sigh, EVERYONE has mollies, I know, nothing new...)

Yes, I think those are wise words. The fish stopped itching now - I think it was just a funny... Got the temp. up to 82 degrees but will turn it down to 79 again, over a couple of days. :dunno:

Thanks Wilder, I have the salt and can start adding it bit by bit. A question, though: the zebra danio's, are they ok for salt?

My fish are itchy. I thought it was a passing thing a week or two ago, but now it is back with a vengeance. This is horrible, it's not all of them, but one or two, and definitely a couple of my Molly babies. Shops are closed (it's 6pm here) and I need some help please. It's not nice watching...

Thanks abstract! Thanks for the link - yes, the wormies are definitely planaria. No more seconds for those fish. I do a lot of water changes as the tank is slightly overpopulated, but I think the feeding is the problem. Any idea what the lice-like crawley could be? Thanks :)

Hi wonderful people A few days ago I had weird long thin pieces of string with two eyes in my tank, which turned out to be Zebra Danio fry. Ok, that was cool. Only, in my attempt to try and raise these fry in the last few days, I have been peeking into my vacuumed water really, really...

Yes! Yes! Look here: http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/Dreriofry.jpg This is a zebra fry.... That is exactly what it is!!! Oh boy oh boy oh boy, what must I do now... I moved three of them to my temp tank (3 gallon, if that much...), I have NO idea what to do, how will I keep them alive...

Thanks for those incredibly speedy replies! I had a look at both articles. It is definitely not a worm. I'm sorry I can not make the picture bigger, it was incredibly difficult just to get a photo that shows it, the other dozen photos I took just showed a tiny blur. It looks exactly like a...

Hi all So, I washed my gravel today and just before I dumped the water, I noticed these teeny weeny little things swimming in the water, obviously previously hiding in the gravel. My molly just had babies, but these things are way smaller than fry, almost not noticable. Here is a piccie - I...