Recent content by quindey615

not sure what kind of pleco.. common I guess? And an update.. we lost the molly :( but her legacy will live on.. all 6 fry are healthy and have almost doubled in size already. All the other fish in the tank are doing well.

I did a stupid and grabbed a bottle of test strips that said something about checking everything and didn't read it (was in a bit of a hurry with my 3 and 5 yr olds in toe) and it didn't test for ammonia but I did have some "Amonia Clear Tank Buddies" so I dropped one in. The molly was just...

ok here's what the water tests came up with.. nitrate - 20 nitrite - .5 GH - between 75-150 KH - 120-180 pH - 7.8

I have been told, though I don't know for sure, that all livebearers enjoy some salt.

I read that somewhere else as well.. hence my concern about the pleco. If it is in fact the soft water will the pleco need to be removed?

haven't checked the water status but will do that.. the tank has been up for approx 6 weeks and it's a 10 gallon.. as for the ich and such, we have treated it. The molly has no more signs of ich, fungus, nor fin rot and was seemingly better until this evening when she started exhibiting signs...

My son got some fish for his birthday, the first fish tank we have ever had and we're loving it! However, when we purchased our fish (a molly, a pleco, 2 guppies, a swordtail and a snail that snuck in one of the bags in a 10 gallon tank) we weren't told that mollies need some salt in the water...

My son got his first fish about 4 weeks ago and quite unexpectedly his molly had about 15 fry. We managed to save 6 of them and they are now in a breeding net . I've read through some of the posts to learn what to feed them and how to care for them. We then visited every pet store in our...