Recent content by Shellbug

I will, thank you. The remaining platy, only one survived, is doing better. He is still on his own in a dish I aerate a few times a day and have been slowly introducing the 5 gal water to it. He can't use his tail yet, but I everytime I check him his from fins are working away. He reacts...

I don't remember the numbers (I have a horrible memory) but one was really dark blue and the other was dark magenta. I'm buying a testing kit soon of my own

That pic is right after I fed them, I removed what I could about 15 minutes after feeding them. I went to the pet store and they said the nitrites and nitrates were really off. I'm not sure how it happened, but the ammonia was completely normal. So I'm going to slowly introduce water from the 5...

I'm not able to upload a clip, I can't get a file small enough, but basically their usually fanned tails are completely closed and they can only move their fins

Thank you, I swapped out about 60% of the water before you sent this reply and "quarantined" the remaining fry to a container with new water (75% new) and waited. I wanted my water to filter and I'm testing it today in a few hours. Theres only 2 left but their condition seems the same. Im unsure...

Thank you, I swapped out about 60% of the water before you sent this reply and "quarantined" the remaining fry to a container with new water (75% new) and waited. I wanted my water to filter and I'm testing it today in a few hours. Theres only 2 left but their condition seems the same. Im unsure...

So I recently got 12 fry from a friend and they are about 2 months old, varying in size. I have 4 of the tiniest ones in a 5 gallon, the rest in a 20 gallon. About 3 days ago I noticed a few were missing and couldn't see them. I thought they were just hiding but then today I noticed some just...