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when i start up a tank i usually just add a couple of swordtails or other inexpensive fish that are hardy and wait a couple of weeks and everything seem ok by then.your local pet shop will give you some credit for any live fish you return.this of course is a natural option.i always ask my shop...

when i start up a tank i usually just add a couple of swordtails or other inexpensive fish that are hardy and wait a couple of weeks and everything seem ok by then.your local pet shop will give you some credit for any live fish you return.this of course is a natural option.i always ask my shop...

hi yes livebearers are prolific breeders.

ive read thats a sign of disease but not in the cAse of a pleco or platy they just do that

i think you can get anything on e bay

where you from?the newspaper eems to have alot

keyhole cichlids have the same temperent as angels and are little less common.i like the african upside down cat,related to the synadonis cat

but plants can reduce the ammonia jesse.in my pond they clear up the water.goldfish will eat the rotting ends of off plants so they are good in a planted tank jesse so your in alaska i guess its cold there now? how much are fish there .like a fancy goldfish?

sorry just joking[U]

a messy tank is good for plants

I think the Fart smell is coming from rotting snails and the small tank .feed them frozen foods any for saltwater fish will work.when you set up the big tank the fart smell will increase but you should be use to it by then :kira:

perhaps your platys is a hybred they can't breed most are sterile.or some fish need insect larve to induce breeding.they sell insect larva for this purpose.im not sure if this is the case with platys.but im sure it something to that nature. no need endlessly worring about your fishes...

WELL KEEP AT IT youll lose a few remember in the wild very few fry survive.depending on the conditions in the end nature corrects itself.just try to meet the conditions.fry are not hardy at first it takes awhile for them to have a growth spert

could be :blink:

those are anchor worms see my post on anchor worms in fish emergencys