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Hi, Do you think my oto is pregnant? Here are the pics: Is that thing in the belly is where the eggs will come out? Is there anything I should do to protect the fry? Nikki

The fry are 3 weeks old now. The largest one is around 12mm long. Perhaps, I don't want to raise them to full maturity. Just large so that they won't be eaten in the large tank. At what size, they will be large enough to go back to the main tank? Nikki

My platy fry are around 12mm long now. With about 22 of them, will it be too crowded in the breeder trap? When they grow to 15mm or more, do you think they will be safe with the adults? BTW, do I need to worry about in-breeding at this point? TIA Nikki

My main tank is 32G planted with rosy barbs, tiger barbs, cardinal tetras, platy, corydoras and oto. Currently I have 23 or so healthy platy fry. The fry are roughly 10 to 12 mm long (head to fin)

I keep my platy fry in a breeding trap within a 33g planted tank. The fry are getting larger now and I feel that they are too cramped in the trap. Here are the questions I have: 1. how big a tank do i need to house them? Would a 5g one good enough to raise them to maturity? 2. What...

Hi, My fish are suffering from internal parasites. Because my LFS don't have anything for internal parasites, one kind UK fellow recommend Worm-Free Treatment. I am not familiar with this at all and I don't know where to get this in Canada. Can anyone here give me some pointers about where...

What is this worm-free treatment? I can't seem to find that in Canada. Anyone from Canada can give me some pointers? Thanks! Nikki

Rosy barbs is my solution for hair algae. As long as I don't keep them too full, they simply eat up all the hair algae. Nikki

Sime, I have something similar. However, to precisely regulate the CO2, this coke bottle method isn't reliable. If you want to have precise control, you really need to use pressurized CO2. Nikki

I went to my local stores but I couldn't find any fish medication for internal parasite. Is there something else that I can buy from a drug store? I don't mind mixing things together. Thanks. nikki

Thanks! I will head out to get those tablet tomorrow. I wish that will not be too late! Nikki

Ouch! Internal parasites!! I don't like the sound of that at all. I am not sure what do you mean by skinny. It would describe it as shapping like cloud (ie. it isn't paper thin but it is not to round either). Look like I will have a problem now bec. the white stuffs has fallen off and all...

Hi there, I have a very sick tiger barb. It is very thin an lately it has been blowing all over by the filter output. Anyway, this morning, I observed that it has some white jelly-like stuff coming from its anus. It isn't the normal fish's waste for sure. To me, it looks like male semen...

You are taking aweful risk by putting them together. The tiger barbs love to fin-nipping. Even with a large school of them, they will go after the angels. Nikki

No. That's fine. I don't think you are hijacking the thread at all :) For me, I use pair of scissors. I also have those long reach planting scissors that you can get from the LFS. Sometimes, I found it easier to use a small dissection knife to cut the plant at the bottom to get a really...