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livebearers are not good for small tanks Many new comers to the fishkeeping hobby, start off with small tanks, such as ten gallons, and stock with fish such as guppies/platies/swordtails/moll...	bettachris	8	13-Sep-2005 21:27
Molly I have a male lyretail molly and want to get him a mate but I cannot seem to find any female lyretail mollies at any of the fish stores in my area, wi...	Ryans_Angel	4	08-Sep-2005 12:05
Baby platys and their parents So I have 3 females and 1 male, and so far 6 babies have survived. My question's are what are the odds that all the babies are female? Because they...	Mia	5	05-Sep-2005 13:48
different color guppies at my lfs i have seen normal guppies and yellow ones (the guppy profile shows a yellow one) but my question is can the yellow ones and normal color on...	oz196	4	05-Sep-2005 11:55
whats up with the guppies??? It has occured to me that almost all the guppies in LFS around my neighbourhood have become horribly disgusting and die after a few days in the tanks!...	ghostfish	6	04-Sep-2005 17:44
feeder fish hi everyone, just a few questions, i am setting up a 10 gallon tank to breed guppies for feeder fish for my bigger tank Now i know some salt is good...	oz196	5	04-Sep-2005 05:52
Pregnant guppy advice please HI all my guppies are pregnant but one is much bigger. Her dark gravid spots are about twice the size of her eye and has a definate bulge. I only got...	shiftingsands	10	01-Sep-2005 00:45
Mama guppies When is a generally good time to put a mama guppy in the fry basket????(I mean the net thing in the water, not the oil) Also, can several of them be i...	esandbergger	2	29-Aug-2005 19:33
sand, gravel, or both hello im just starting a new 20 gallon is undergravel filter and a regular filter the tankwill consist of livebearers and cory cats... and I want to b...	switchbladeclownloach	5	28-Aug-2005 07:14
Albino Endlers/Guppies I think i may havea fry that is an albino endler... guppy... your opinion... anyway, has anyone else had this before?...	Tanya81	4	27-Aug-2005 00:46
oook. lets give this a second try does anyone have any idea how long it takes for molly fry to develope sex organs? mine are between 3-4 months old....	chelaine	3	26-Aug-2005 05:01
Mickey Mouse Markings If a Mickey Mouse Platy breeds with another platy that doesn't have the mark, do the babies typically come out with or without the black spot?...	Firenze	6	25-Aug-2005 21:17
sex differentiation of molly fry??? can anyone tell me exactly how long it takes for a molly's fry to develope sex organs, because i've got about 60 that are 3-4 months old, and so far h...	chelaine	0	24-Aug-2005 06:05
GRrrr cursed, i can't seem to keep any male livebearers. i have no problem houseing female, mollys,platys,swords,or guppies, but cant keep males, so passing up on...	bettachris	5	23-Aug-2005 22:15
Male, moly, insane My male moly ( about 6 months old)had lost his minds. He had 2 females that died and after this i moved him to my 62g community/planted tank. He had...	dukydaf	3	23-Aug-2005 05:40
cycle how should i cycle my 10 gallon guppie tank, add 2 a week, add all at one or fishless(i dont really want to do fishless ) or add any other fish to cy...	importfan878	2	22-Aug-2005 11:45
guppie how many guppies can go in a 10, also do they need live plants, also i dotn want babies/ if i odnt take the babies out will they jst be eaten, or what...	importfan878	12	22-Aug-2005 03:47
All Male Guppy Tank I am considering moving my 4 lemon tetras to my 10 gallon tank so that I can convert my 20 gallon tank to a guppy tank. I think it would be lovely to...	lokifish	5	18-Aug-2005 14:25
platy aggression??? we have 3 platys, there is a male and female that seem to have paired up. the third, we are not sure whether tis male or female. the third one gets ch...	_wendy_	5	17-Aug-2005 03:59
guppies stresses Hey all, I have a 30 gallon community tank well stocked with various fish and plants.included in this are two male guppies. Last week I introduced 4 n...	diverdan	6	16-Aug-2005 07:03
what type of livebearers should i get ? i dont know what type of livebearers i should get what do u think...	funnyfish	14	15-Aug-2005 07:37
molly question Hey all is it possible to breed mollies with other livebearers, say platies?...	esandbergger	6	15-Aug-2005 00:28
all of my guppys are gone yup thats what i siad all of my guppys are gone i sold them all and gave some away. i decided that i wanted something that dosent breed every minet so...	funnyfish	4	15-Aug-2005 00:23
guppyquestion How do I keep male and female guppies together without them breeding??? :88)...	Wfish	5	14-Aug-2005 14:50
Guppy Problem If fancy guppies are so easy to keep why am I having such a problem???? Except for 2 - 3 males the ones that I started with or evan add now die. The...	Oscar_Jewel	2	12-Aug-2005 00:04
I got new babies!! I just found 7 new fry in my guppy tank. That makes me a grandmother!! because the mother of the new fry was a guppy that i raised from fry!!! I'm so...	jefferysgirl	18	11-Aug-2005 22:14
my platy ok today while I was looking at my fish and I noticed my platy had a redding on its gills. Does anyone know what this might be?...	bingy	7	11-Aug-2005 20:14
Pregnant Molly I recently bought a 3 Way Breeder for my pregnant molly. Could someone please give me advice as to when I should put her in it? I don't want to stre...	stuey07	12	11-Aug-2005 07:39
Picture to ease our souls I want someone to find a picture of a wild endler and a wild guppy and compare them to our tank guppies and our "supposed" endlers. I want to know wh...	Tanya81	7	10-Aug-2005 16:40
Female Platy Fin Help My female platy has what appears to be a long tube near her anal fin. Is she pregnant? or a disease?...	bcwcat22	5	08-Aug-2005 17:26
Mosquito Larvae Hi, I want to know if swordtails,loaches, or somthing like a rainbowfish will eat mosquito larvae. If so, I need to know if the ones i can get to grow...	Hello Fishy	10	07-Aug-2005 18:15
white mollies Hi, just wondering if white mollies stay white? just asking as my sister had some spotted mollies that eventually just turned black....	morpheus21	5	04-Aug-2005 23:07
Veg for guppies What vegetables can guppies eat? Last edited by von dutch at 06-Jan-2006 04:20...	von dutch	3	03-Aug-2005 14:08
ideas on drop I know that this may seems to be a stupid question, but is there any possible way to tell when the females are ready to give birth... I have around 5...	blazergirl	15	03-Aug-2005 09:43
The great esape!!! Ok i bought a breeder box that floats for my guppies and everytime I put them in there they escape. I dont want any fry eaten but I cant seem to keep...	weighates	4	03-Aug-2005 02:38
difference in molly and platy? Okay, this might be a dumb question, but is there a difference in a molly, and a platy? I mean... obviously something because they have are in a diff...	chelaine	3	01-Aug-2005 03:53
endlers as feeders? In the 3 tanks full of rosy red feeders at the lfs there are what look like endlers. They have the multicolored spots along their tails like endlers...	sham	18	31-Jul-2005 01:33
Male betta with mollies? can i put a male betta in a tank with mollies and swordtails?...	chelaine	5	30-Jul-2005 17:04
HELP! I'm NEW to this. I have several questions regarding my mollies/swordtails... etc. First off: I have about.... 22 different fish. i have a 55 gallon tank containing a...	chelaine	10	30-Jul-2005 17:01
Platys breeding with Swordtails Im thinking about getting platys to put in with my swordtails, but I read somewhere that the two interbreed. If I wanted to breed the swordtails, bu...	Hello Fishy	2	30-Jul-2005 07:42
deformed guppy fry The guppy fry has a yellow tumor-like thing on its belly. Can someone tell me what it is? Last edited by von dutch at 06-Jan-2006 0...	von dutch	5	30-Jul-2005 06:46
Getting a 10g Ive decided to go buy a 10 gallon today and stock them with guppies. I am gonna put a filter I current have running on my 29g for it as well as grave...	weighates	19	30-Jul-2005 05:48
Keeping a RTBS with breeding guppies Ok. I have a 29g with about 8 guppies in it atm. I put a small 3in rtbs in there to reduce the bioload on another of my aquariums. Will he eat the f...	weighates	4	29-Jul-2005 15:18
i need the info i need all the info for all kinds of mollies<br>need help bad!!<br><br><br>thx<img src='/images/forums/wave.gif' border=0&g...	derek9305	16	29-Jul-2005 00:54
Anyone ever order platies online? Just curious. Shipping is of course expensive, but you can find some varieties that you may not find at your lfs. I'm tempted, but does anyone have...	NFaustman	6	27-Jul-2005 16:41
Water Softner? I recently started up a new tank after having been without one for years. I purchased 5 fish for a five gallon tank, but over the course of the last 5...	Shitizizing	12	26-Jul-2005 06:29
guppies! Pages: 1, 2 How many guppies is a good number to have in a 32g tank. Stocking is in profile. I was thinking 3 or 4....	ericm	20	20-Jul-2005 01:12
overbred? I set up my Endler's tank about a year & a half ago. The original fish were from a two different online breeders and a couple of lfs. I've poste...	Theresa_M	3	20-Jul-2005 00:02
is this good i am thinking of a half full 20l with two sponge filters, java moss. will this be ok for 2 males, 4 females?...	bettachris	5	19-Jul-2005 14:34
Mollies Freshwater or Brackish? Hi, I have been having a disagreement with someone over whether or not Mollies are freshwater fish or brackish only. This person is sure my Mollies ar...	So_Very_Sneaky	7	19-Jul-2005 05:48

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