Recent content by Polley

I had a hard time with my betas when I first tried keeping them and noticed they very rarely ate (I had separate betas at different times, btw). I think the best thing to do is find out what food he was eating at the LFS that you bought him at and if he doesn't improve, maybe you need a...

Well, probably not. I would say maybe a day, although I haven't had goldfish since I was a kid. You can get these pellets that release food over a certain span of time. At the Walmart in my town, you can get ones that release a bit at a time for a week. Then the lfs in my town has one that'll...

Hey, so I had five mollys in my 20g tank with some bottom feeders and three raspboras... and they're all still there, except for a molly that just died. Now, I wouldn't be worried about it, you know figuring that it was just one of those things, except it's eyes bulged out of it's head... A...

Okay, so it's been nearly a week and she's still hanging out at the bottom of the tank, not eating very much and you can tell it's getting harder for her to move around. Now I usually do my water changes at this time of week, but I'm worried that it'll stress her to the point of death. How...

Yeah, thanks I put salt in every time that I do a water change, but I've put a tiny bit more in today. Again, thanks:) She is looking better this morning than she did yesterday, but she's still skin and bones, barely moving and hardly eating.

Yes I've checked everything, and all the other fish are doing well. Also, I had added media at a couple different times and even put plants in after a couple days when it was cycling. I even began putting fish in after a couple of days: I started with one molly, then my rasboras a couple days...

So one of my black mollys recently gave birth, then started hanging around the bottom of my tank. I didn't think anything of it, since my water was pretty clean, I didn't have really any problem with PH, Nitrate/ites or anything like that. However, I was in the process of cycling a new tank and...

It also depends on what was on the sponge before. For example, you don't clean a tank out with bleach, because there will be bleach residue inside the tank, yes? So then say the sponge had liquid dish soap, the residue is now on the rocks and wood. This is what I am gathering from what you said...

Usually, if a black molly has white on it than you can almost guarantee that it's either itch or the immune system. Most likely, it is infection and you should try putting aquarium salt, NOT TABLE SALT (I say this because I know people, including myself when I first started :-( do this). It's...

I've got three black lyretail mollys and I find that the females tend to get a small white spot, usually on the top of their heads, shortly before they give birth and then afterwards it goes away. I think the reason they get these white spots is because their immune system isn't running as well...

hey thanks guys! yeah so the media made a big deal out of something that is now almost over and is just some high winds and rain lol. It's barely a hurricane but i'll remember for next time to put the sponge from my filter in the water and to go see if I can get a battery operated pump:) thanks!

lol I think I'd be better off buying new fish, considering a generator is a couple hundred bucks, easy. I only have platties, mollies, rasboras and a plec

That's right, I live on the east coast of North America!lol now the problem is that if we lose power, my filter and my pump stop working. Is there anything that I can do to make sure my fish don't die on me? Also, I do realise they'd probably be okay for like, a day or so but I'm worried about...

So I am getting a 20g tank, already have a few mollys and a plec; I am also looking at purchasing a gourami. Would I be able to purchase a single gourami and keep it with other fish in a 20g tank? And that being said, would two male gouramis be too much?

Hey so I am buying a 20g tank because mine was too small. I am giving away my platies to my girlfriend's dad, and so I will have a clown pleco, an apple snail and three black lyretail mollys. However, I want to add to my tank since it will be larger. What do you think about a school of...