jordanmom13
New Member
thanks all that gave advice in the beginners forum for helping set up my 20 gallon tank. although it didnt cycle long (brief history) 5 1/2 days now used established 10 gallon tank to help speed up process, rubbed filter sponges together 3 times now, hung gravel in stocking by filter, and put most of the ornaments in new tank to transfer good bacteria, all doing good. readings are as follows:ammonia 0.25 ppm
nitrAte 20 ppm
nitrIte 0.5 ppm
hardness 120
alkalinity 80
ph7.2
temp 80 degrees
tank has 1 large amazon sword plant
alot of wisteria (where all ther fry are hanging out safely)
and 1 other plant forget the name of
have outboard topfin20 filter and underground filter as well
Well GOOD news is last night around 12:00 am I noticed 2 guppy fry, and cried tears of joy. Stayed up till 2:00 am watching, and noticed 3 more in the wisteria.
Today when i got up i noticed bigger fry that weren't orange but black and white and figured out OMG my mollies are finally delivering. All during the day I kept checking and more and more kept popping up. I figure i have about 13 fry total mixed guppies and mollies.
Around 6:00pm I did a 25 percent water change to keep water level ok, hope i did right. Was going to try to catch fry and put in net but they are all in the plants, and really dont want to tear up plants to catch all and they seem preety safe there.
Any opinions, comments or suggestions?
Patty
20 gallon tank
5 guppies (2male , 3 female)
3 mollies (1 male , 2 female)
2 danios
10 gallon tank
3 goldfish
) sorry i posted this here, i was so excited i didnt read all the way through about not for livebearers.
