Recent content by Manniac

It really depends on your tank layout, I think. I would check behind and under rocks if possible, and in caves and such. When I was little I had a goldfish that somehow wedged himself under a treasure chest, and it took me a week to figure out where my otto decided his favorite hiding place...

I know you can get water softener pillows that you sit in your filter. I have one, but I haven't used it yet because when I bought it I was using an old bottle of test strips that made me think mine was practically off the charts too. The reviews I've read seem pretty positive though. I've also...

I'm looking in to where I can report them. I don't know which sorority it is for sure but hopefully they'll still be able to do something

So I walked into my biology lab today and the girl who sits across from me had a 2-2.5" goldfish with her in a water bottle that *barely* had enough room for the poor thing to turn around. It was one of those bottles that have a flip top so you can drink without unscrewing the lid, and she just...

Looks *exactly* like my rosy barb except instead of silver he's...you know...rosy...

So I had my first few platy fry about a month and a half ago, and I was just wondering how old they typically are when you can tell the difference between the males and females. I know it takes time for the males to develop a gonopodium, but nothing I saw online really mentioned exactly how long...

Did it for sure start after you added the filter and the heater? My first thought would be that perhaps your heater is malfunctioning...

I had a dream the other night that while I was gone my roommate decided to rearrange our room but to do so she drained my 10g so that there was just enough water for the fish to swim upright, let my fry escape their box in the process, and then just left the drained tank until I came back. I was...

Hmm that's definitely odd... I've never seen anything like that...   Can you maybe tell us what the texture of it is like? It's kinda hard to see clearly in the picture. Is it fuzzy or lumpy or smooth or does it look like her other scales, etc...

I would have put him in a group, but my friend basically showed up at my house with a bucket and was like "Here! Have some fish!"   I think my molly might have a spot of something on his mouth... I tried to get a picture but it wasn't coming out clear enough to see. It's just a little white dot...

I just can't catch a break here... If it's not one fish it's another...   Anyway, I noticed last night that my rosy barb has a patch on him that looked kind of fuzzy, but it was really faint and hard to see. This afternoon, I looked again, and it seemed slightly more visible. It's kind of white...

Haha I would have put her in the trap if I knew... Thinking back I guess she was showing signs, but the shyness and such lasted a lot longer than I thought it would so I thought she was sick or something... I know what to look for with her now though!

Welp, I found a fry just now, but one of the other fish got to it before I could... Do you recommend moving her into a breeder trap now that she's obviously in labor or would it be a better idea to just catch the fry as I find them? Also, will newborns be okay with 3-4 week old fry? My other...

I posted about her a few days ago because I was worried that she was spending so much time hiding... Anyway I put some more plants and rocks in to hopefully make her feel more secure, and today when I checked on her she was still on the bottom but seemed more alert. I looked her over, and...

I would thoroughly check your tank until you find your missing fish. It's possible he's just hiding (one of my platies has been doing that lately) but there is the possibility that something has happened to him, in which case you definitely don't want a dead fish sitting there fouling the water...