Recent content by mickiedee

My silver molly had at least 30 fry (all were put in fry tank) about a month or so ago. My dalmation molly just gave birth to 98! My kids and I had a ball catching and counting them. We saved 95 of them and added them to our baby tank. The other three died at some point in the main tank, and...

I tried to look for other posts about the subject, but couldn't find anything mentioned elsewhere. They actually look pretty, but I was more concerned that something was wrong. Thanks, Michelle

I have 3 silver mollies, and they all seem to be developing orange stripes and orange highlights to the tips of their topfin. Is this normal? My oldest and largest molly is really showing signs of color. All of my water tests are fine...0 nitrites, 0 ammonia, 30ppm nitrates, etc. Is this...

I have a 20 gallon long that I would like to stock with cories. What would be an appropriate number of fish for the tank? (I do not want an over-crowded tank). I would like a mix of peppered and emeralds if they are okay together. Also, I thought about transferring my two guppies to the cory...

My other tank is my "Nursery" which is currently at 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia and about 5 ppm nitrates. Since you have been so helpful, I have another question. Can you over-filter a tank? For example, using a Topfin 40 filter on a 20 gallon tank, or running two filters in a tank. I know you...

I just did. Squeezing good bacteria from my other filter won't effect my other tank, will it? I will check the readings tomorrow and see if anything has gotten worse. If so, I will do another water change. Thanks again! Michelle

Thanks! Should I still do water changes every day? (I add Stress-Coat and Stress-Zyme at each one). Michelle

My tap water is 0 ppm nitrites. (I thought of that too). I didn't squeeze any of the old filter sponges into the new one. I just kept the old one in there too. I started off with used gravel, decorations and the filter from my brother's tank. I added the new filter b/c the one we had was...

Hello! This is my first post to the forum, although I have been "lurking" for a while. I am currently running a ten gallon (with 30 molly fry) another 10 gallon (not cycled yet) and three 20 gallons, 2 of which are cycling. I also have one 2.5 gallon with a Betta. Here is my problem. One of...