Recent content by jkkgron2

One of my aquariums had parasites and I had used the same siphon on that tank and all my others. I knew there was a possibility all the tanks were infected, but I didn’t treat as a precaution when I should’ve. Turns out one of the other aquariums did get infected, and I didn’t notice until it...

Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve been on FishLore!! All the fry have grown up, and although they aren’t breeding age yet, I’m guessing they’ll start pairing up soon. Unfortunately, I lost a pair of the adults about a month ago. One hadn’t been looking great for awhile, but I’m still not sure why...

I agree with adding more mollies, but IMO adding a companion fish that’s a different species than the mollies to help them feel safe isn’t going to work out. They might get along, but I don’t think it’ll necessarily make them feel more safe. For some shy species of fish it’d work, but mollies...

I would get 3 more. Adding in some more decorations or plants might also help to reduce aggression once you get more, It should make it harder for the two original mollies to bully the others because it’ll be a ‘new’ environment for them too.

I would either rehome one of the mollies (and get a different species of fish. Maybe a group of hardy tetras?) or get some more mollies to help spread out the aggression. Right now It sounds like the gold dust Molly is the dominant fish and is bullying the other Molly.

Crypts, Java ferns, and dwarf water lettuce grow very well for me in hard water, frogbit did pretty good for a while but it eventually died out. For low light I would start out with crypts.

Most captive bred fish can adapt to harder or softer water than what they might live in in the wild. I also have very hard water, and I keep angelfish and lots of corys. In the past I’ve also kept bettas.

This is a old picture, they’re much larger now!

I have a petco about 45 minutes away from me that specializes in saltwater tanks and I’ve never seen a sick fish there. They have really nice live rock, and awesome display tanks. They also had some huge coral that was larger than my hand. If I ever get back into saltwater that’s where I’m...

I would get 10-12 male guppies and get rid of the swordtails, they might bully and/or kill the other fish.

If you want to get rid of the guppies and neons you could try harlequin rasboras, while I haven’t kept them personally I’ve heard a lot of people say they school pretty well. Although with most fish the more comfortable they are the less they school, so it’s possible that any fish you get may...

That’s good to know about the color, I didn’t realize the females could have any orange coloration. The temp is about 71°F, so it’s definitely on the higher end for these fish.

I have roughly 10 juvenile tamazula redtail splitfins and all of them are starting to color up. The weird thing is, all of them have an orange tail which is an indicator that they’re male. I only have four females so I was hoping for some more this year, I’m not really sure what to do to prevent...

It’s been a while since I’ve been on, but the babies (well now they’re juveniles) are about 1/3 the size of the adults and they all appear to be male. Any ideas why?

I’ll look into getting some of those species. Hopefully these do well, if not now I know what species to get. Thank you for all the information!