Samanthabea

Salts already in the tank the adults weren't doing to good until I made the water slightly brackish I'll have to pick up some meds for him when I go to the store

Not that I noticed but it could have been it's a really clean stup though and the red one in the back is about the same size as the other adult(that one's a sward tail) in the tank would it be so clean if they were nipping

Can I take this sad story down I had to give up my fish because of tank issues with aptasia (my fish didn't allow me to use natural methods to get rid of them and chemical means was going nowhere fast it got infested to the point rehoming was better for their health)

Any ideas how this one became the dolphin tale fish version Only other mollies in the tank 2 adults 5 other babies

Reason for the rush is probly because our grandparents used to plop fish in and everything was dandy I think the fish have become more sensitive at least in my opinion I cycle and test now by the way after trying a few times how they did it

Going to high in livestock to quickly creates a new cycle it overloads the tank I did this with snails on my saltwater tank Only reason I caught it was i kept testing and all of a sudden everything was out of wack How many exactly did you add to what size of tank

Sounds like their gills got burned either by chlorine or amonia The pleco I'm not sure one of mine died and looked like that when I was trying to start a chiclid tank and it crashed

I have 1 platy with 9 mollies he doesn't care that he's alone in his species

How old were they

When I first got him he only at a krill or two now he eats almost a whole ring of squid when he's not on a food strike I love his colors and patterns

Getting to be a big boy long as the tank is tall and a little extra

I know it's corny but I planted my tank

My closest Petco and PetSmart are 2 hours away...

Found a Facebook group for around here just waiting on the acception my ell and trigger might like them but I really don't want to use them as live food

Asked all coworkers and family don't know of any local fish groups and I've never joined craigslist because I don't like joining those sites my cat would enjoy the feeding option she already stole into the tank once somehow Ill try the other sites that allow it though

So I've had babies a while back and the local stores don't have room and the other ones don't take them till a certain size I tried Facebook but they don't allow it wouldn't be a big deal but the tank is only 6.5 gallons and there are 8 babies that are getting bigger and 1 Mollie adult and 1 swordtail adult(although still small)

Classy fish mines more rugged

Definitely consider cost though many people just gradually get everything then start it up even after though depending on tank size the price racks up for salt and filtration (salt is about 50 every few months and filtration is about 20-30 depending on the month) I think I've spent at least 250 in just rock and sand and I still don't have enough rock not to discourage it but just to make sure you know what your getting into I still am upgrading my tank and and wish that I knew more when I started and had the end setup first

Tap is through rodi system great for the freshwater tank not so much for the saltwater thanks for the tip on the chemiclean I want to do it now but am just waiting until the fresh wound heals(I will in a few days though) I don't like the thought of vodka dosing especially with that post but I'm at a loss of what to do until I get the rest of the plants and wait for them to work like I said only nitrates keep climbing

Also protein skimmer was iffy during the bio overload finally got it working well this last week consistently

My nitrates read between 80-160(the top number used to be just slightly high but it keeps climbing the other levels read 0 phosphate either 0 or .25) I was going to dose chemi-clean for the bacteria to take care of it and see if my other measures would take care of the nitrates but now with the injury it needs put off can you think of something I have missed to do for the nitrates besides getting the plants here asap I really don't want to give my trigger up but I fear that's what it will take to keep him healthy

I've been cleaning the glass but one wall I couldn't reach until today and I've been buying more snails slowly(trigger likes the snacks)

Also mesh over the top had collected plant matter that I hadn't noticed and kept going in the water removed that and stuffed holes in the top instead