Recent content by platyvstetra

i have 5 happy platys in a 5 GAL tank. i want to get an algae eater just havent yet. all water tests are like before...normal

is it a big deal?

ok so i was away for a few days and had someone looking after my fish, and i saw yesterday that there was a ton of brown gunk -- on the plants, and gravel, but also mainly on the filter spout. what do i do? i dont even know what caused this! EDIT: i cleaned up the filter spout and plants...

i don't really have the resources to re house the other male. would it be so terrible if i left them as is? they are doing fine so far...

tank: 16''w x 8''d x 10''h the tetras are gone now, only the platys remain. edit: i THINK i have 3 females and 2 males but im honestly not too sure.

here are my water testing results: pH 7.6 (too high?) ammonia: 0-0.3 (lowest range) nitrite: 0-0.1 (lowest range) genral hardness: moderately hard carbonate harndess: 90mg/l also, i dont know the gender of my platys, but i now have 5 of them and they are doing fine, active and feeding well

right now we have 2 neon tetras and 6 mixed platys...one of the platys beats the crap out of all the othetr fish too...im going to head to the pet store this morning to get more testing supplies and im going to take the tetras and mean platy back as i dont want any more of the tetras dying and...

Hello everyone, I'm new here to the forums but am looking for a little advice. My girlfriend and I recently bought a 5 gallon aquarium with all the fixin's and some tropical schooling fish (specifically platys and tetras) but we were given some ill advice from the pet store clerk. We were told...