Recent content by This Old Spouse

I do indeed have fry; probably a couple dozen from what I can tell, and they all seem to be doing well. The last few that popped out of momma don't seem to have survived, which is no surprise. My concern now is the adult male, who seems to be going a little crazy in there all by himself...

Poor Momma passed away this afternoon. Stress or whatever was just too much for her. I'm angry because she was a real beauty and very interactive. And now the male is zooming all over the tank. Sigh.

I netted her and gave a little squeeze, and out popped about half a dozen fry. I'm going to see how she is in the morning.

I have a platy that I got on March 9th, already quite pregnant. She finally started dropping fry about 2 weeks ago and I probably have a couple dozen fry of various ages. She's still massively pregnant and squared off, and as of the past few days is just lying on the bottom of the tank and has...

Congrats, Kelliet! I'm still patiently waiting. 

Not necessarily great shots, but I like them.   Here's my ambiacus.     One of my RCS giving the assassin the spa treatment.     One of my longfin black skirt tetras. I really like these fish because I think they're as pretty as angels but not nearly as much hassle.     I am just amazed at...

Could she have been attacked by the molly?

Hey, frapadoodle! I've been culling my tanks and trying to decide whether I want to keep at it. Guess I'll see where this leads me. And thanks, looking-glass. I figured it wouldn't be long, but I'm just surprised her birthing tube has been so visible without her squaring off. Guess I'll just...

+1    Shouldn't make a difference to them.

Seachem Prime is the best all-around water stabilizer and used by most of us who have been doing this a while.

If you make sure to provide thick cover for the shrimp I'd think they'd survive. I have RCS in my 55g with tiger barbs, several different tetras, 2 flying fox and all sorts of corydoras. The RCS hide out in the denser foliage and generally only come out at night. Often I'll see them when I first...

Just got started with platys (what else would I do with an empty 20g?) and I got a very pregger female and a small male. I think she's what's called a Mickey Mouse, and he's a speckled blue. Anyway, I've been out of the livebearer game for a couple of years and need a little help trying to...

Mine do that quite often. Can't tell if it's feeding on a magical morsel caught in there or if they're breeding. Either way I don't think there should be any concern. Also, I generally find several when I clean out my filter. Babies get sucked up and then have a smorgasbord in the canister...