Recent content by rrraven

Here's the six hour update. Mama is still upside down, but she's still breathing and she's moving around a bit more. She still is far from a prime specimen of fish health, but frankly I didn't expect her to still be alive at this point. 's questions below: Test results showed 0 ammonia, 0...

She's in the floating nursery in her own tank. I could move her to the 10 gallon that has 4 skirt tetras and 2 kuhli loaches -- but I think the kuhli's might hate the salt too and the move might be more stressful for her. If the salt would really help her, though, I could try to catch the...

Thanks, Durbkat, for your super-quick response and advice. I've added stresscoat and turned off the lights - good suggestions. No towel, though, it's a 60 gallon tank so it would be pretty hard to cover entirely (I guess I could use a blanket!). I have aquarium salt, but haven't added it...

"Mama" is about a year old. She was the very first of the many inhabitants in the 60 gallon tank to give birth, and she did it *while we watched*, so she has always had a special place in our hearts. She's a marble balloon molly with lots of personality - always the first one to the feeding zone...

Wow, this is really neat! A truly beautiful end product, but it was also fascinating to see the whole process with the step-by-step instructions. Thanks for putting in the considerable extra effort to record/photograph/document and write up this entire project! rrraven

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback! The rock-suitability tests are great. I'm still wishing there was some good way to test (non lethally!) for toxicity, of things like PVC or other plastic items. :unsure: I understand there can't be a single test that's foolproof for all toxins, but it...

I keep coming up with fun ideas to build for the aquaria, but am concerned about using materials that could turn out to be toxic to the fish. This forum seems like an ideal place to compile a list of what's super-safe, what's definitely a no-no, and what may be okay with certain precautions...