Recent content by simpsona

You are right in saying that a certain amount of phosphates is ok. I am new to the fish game but from my research too many phosphates suck the oxygen out of the water and this is exactly what happened. Some of my fish literally suffocated, saw them lying on the bottom of the tank gasping...

Hi, I have a tank full of platys, mollies and guppies with a couple of different plants in it. I have elodea and 'purple waffle' I think the second type is. Every week I am having to add more elodea as the fish are stripping it completely of its leaves. I have had some problems with...

A Penn-Plax Cascade 600 Internal Filter

I have some mollies, a few sucking catfish and an unidentified one (I think it may be a rainbow of some sort, but know nothing about fish!). What sort of sponge? Just a normal cleaning sponge? Do I put it on the outside or the inside of the filter?

So this tank is in my workplace. If she doesn't give birth by tomorrow afternoon (Friday), the tank will be unattended all weekend. I am concerned that there may not be enough places for the fry to hide (3 plants + a piece of driftwood leaving against a rock and a pile of smaller rocks) but...

I have recently inherited a tank full of fish and have never had fish before. One of the mickey mouse platys is visibly pregnant. How long after she is 'showing' will she give birth. I have bought a hatchery to separate her but don't want to stress her by putting her in too early.

I have recently inherited a tank full of fish and have never had fish before. One of the mickey mouse platys is visibly pregnant. How long after she is 'showing' will she give birth. I have bought a hatchery to separate her but don't want to stress her by putting her in too early.