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I had a rosy barb who lived for 9 and a half years. He died a few years ago. Other than that I have one spotted and one striped raphael catfish and they are about 3. And the tetras (black neon and buenos aires) in there are almost 4.

Thanks for everyone's input. I would like to breed guppies one day when I would have something to do with them. I have had platy/sword crosses quite often without the intention and came across the gup/mol idea and thought it was crazy. I guess if it happens it happens. I have a beautiful male...

I have recently read that Mollies can be bred with Guppies. I am hoping to try it but was wondering if anyone has any experience in doing this. I know you should only breed the male guppies with female mollies but is there anything else I should know? I am not looking to sell these. It's just...

Thanks again for the help. It didn't appear that she had anymore fry but it is hard to tell with so many spots for them to hide. Not only did the poor girl have a long labor but now we are fighting fin rot. :-(

Right now I have a piece of nylon covering mine right now. (classy!) I have to clean it daily but when I do a lot of the crud stuck on it just goes back into the tank. Do you think a prefilter would the debris in a bit better?

I turned the light on this morning to check on my other fry (30+ as of last week lol) and noticed she was hiding. I kept the light on as usual just for that reason. I am just glad that it can take a day or two because I've read it should only take up to 3 hrs which seemed a bit unrealistic to...

Does anyone know how long a molly can be in labor for? My gold dust molly had about 5 fry around 11 am and she is still pretty fat and her gravid spot is still dark she is still acting a bit odd as well. (ie hiding and having spurts of heavy breathing.)

I heard somewhere that a piece of slate set up diagonally in the tank is a big turn on.

What store will close Jan 26? I worked for Petco in Bloomfield. Like someone said above, they are closing the stores that are losing money. Then they plan to open new ones in other cities. The company as a whole recently went from being publicly owned to just 2 owners so a lot was being changed...

So a funny thing just happened. I went upstairs to check the condition of the sailfins with mouth rot and saw my husbands little sister closing the drawer on the stand. I asked her what she was doing and she said she took the net and poked at the fish. I asked which one and she said an orange...

Jkoziatek: Thanks, I have a Penguin Bio Wheel 170 on right now. I like the idea of adding in more media though.. the preassembled don't seem to have too much. But I didn't think that filters helped too much when there is already a nitrate problem. Scottfree: thanks. I like the idea of staying...

I've worked in 2 different pet stores totaling 4 years and I feel your pain!! I was constantly told, not asked, "I want that big yellow fish for this bowl." They were talking about a 4-6 in yellow tang and a "goldfish bowl" ....I'm surprised I didn't get fired.

So I have been a fish keeper for years and have never had a Nitrate problem. I've worked in pet stores galore and managed all the tanks there with no problems but now my 30gal tank (community, fresh, set up since June 06) went from around 10ppm of nitrate to about 50ppm! This happened in about 2...

I know nothing about this but will guess 9lb

For substrate I would use shredded aspen.... I would think that walnut would hurt his little belly.

Lovebirds are adorable! Just make sure both you and your wife handle it because they do tend to take to one person.

All I know about these guys is they are very shy so probably wouldnt do well with the convicts, they are extremely sensitive so acclimate slowly and do any water changes carefully. I had one in my 29 community tank and after I returned from vacation he was deceased. The only thing in the tank...