Recent content by lildoc82

Thanks! That reassures me. I've taken to feeding them and walking away, resisting the urge to sneak up and watch them, lol. How big are yours at 1.5 weeks? Oh, and does anyone know if PetSmart is in the habit of buying fry?

Thanks!! That's what I thought might be happening. As soon as I walk up to the tank, they kinda hide in the plant or amongst the marbles I have on the bottom. For sure, I'll definitely need a bigger tank. This was just a temporary solution to the problem of them being eaten by my zebra...

My two female platties just recently had a batch of fry each. The first one I just happened to see her giving birth in my main tank (10 gal) and managed to catch three of the wee ones. Then I got smart and set up a birthing tank and put the second pregnant momma in and the next day she had her...

You could be right. Thanks for the help...I'm going this afternoon to get a water testing kit for sure.

I've had them for over 2 weeks now, and this one was the healthier of the two. He was very active and I've fed them blanched zuchini, cucumber and some romaine. I will go get a water testing kit and bring a sample to the pet store. Hopefully it's not my parameters, I don't think it is because...

I have an otocinclus who's not doing so hot. He/she is sitting at the back of the tank and its stomach is distended. I had two of them, and one was acting really sluggish and died a few days ago. It's stomach wasn't distended tho. Here's what I have in my tank. 9 zebra danios, 4 red wagtail...

Well, mine have taken a liking to my Java fern :S But they really loved the blanched romaine I gave them, so hopefully it's distracted them.

Yes, why do people freak out at the thought of mixing the two???

Awesome! I'm gong to try that asap. Thanks!

Can you feed vegetables to platies??? Mine have been nibbling at my plant as well so I'm wondering what I could feed them. Would romaine lettuce work??

Thanks for the swift reply, and the welcome to the forum! I will be patient for sure, more fish would be very welcome! So normally when they are born they are immediately free swimming??

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I just purchased 4 red wagtail platies (1m, 3f) and one of the females was pregnant and gave birth about 5 minutes after getting her acclimatized to the tank. I quickly moved her to a smaller container and she gave birth to about 30 fry. Now, the fry seem to be...