Recent content by Lalah281

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this fish? It has suddenly developed a purple spot on its side. I've caught it sitting on the bottom a few times and it looks a bit pale. Most of the time it's pretty lively ... especially at feeding time. I've had it for about 2 years. It's in a 34 litre...

Thanks. I didn't realise fish could get worms. I'll order some now and see how it goes. The other one was very small in comparison and she had 20 fry. I've been joking that this one's going to have 100 :D She's massive!

Yeah, there's lots of live plants in there. I had got them (including floating ones) before the first lot of fry arrived. There's also a large tower, which is a good hiding place. The other one I noticed was hiding inside a treasure chest before she gave birth. Do you think they could still be...

Can anyone tell me what they think might be going on with this platy? She's been like this for about 3 months now. I had two very pregnant looking females and neither seemed to be dropping after about 6 weeks. I added a little aquarium salt to the water and one of them had 20 fry a couple of...

I just wanted to update the thread to let you know, and in case anyone else is looking for help. I posted this about 6 weeks ago. Because it was going on for so long, I was beginning to think the two females weren't pregnant, but sick. As Colin_T recommended, I bought another aquarium and put...

I wasn't sure whether to start a new thread, but you've been so helpful, I wondered what your opinion was on this ... I decided to clean the tank today as it seems to have got a little cloudy, but had only just started when I noticed a couple of fry (I'm not seeing them now, but hoping they're...

I notice it says to feed fry 3 times a day, so I guess i'll try just keeping them in the same tank and they'll all be well fed Thanks for your help.

Yeah just the minnows and platies. So you don't think they'd just eat them? I'll put some live plants in there over the next week. .. seen in another thread that they're good for the spry to hide.

Hi, This is my first time keeping platies and I'm pretty sure two of them are pregnant ... both getting fat with the gravid spot. By looking at this pic (this is the fattest one), can anyone tell me roughly how long until this one gives birth? I'd like to save the spry if possible and set up...