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I think just adding cool water to a tank after a water change should be plenty to encourage breeding if they are ready.

Did they make it?

You may have to remove your cave if you don't want to get over run lol. When my BN started bedding they had a batch of eggs on average every 16 days. I was removing the eggs after hatching so speed things along but they are still very prolific. Even without a proper cave BN have been known to...

All guppies are born looking like females. The male offspring will develop a gonadipodium as they age. It's possible especially in your lower temps that the babies simply haven't matured enough to show what sex they are. I get 2 females to every male with my strain at 78 degrees and it takes at...

Mark it on your calendar and in roughly 4 weeks you should have more. Now that she's had fry it's much easier to predict when she'll give birth. Try to feed the tank several times a day starting after like 3 weeks and then since the adults are well feed they will be less likely to eat the babies...

It depends on how got the tank is kept and how mush the filter moves the surface of the water and what type of fish you have. A gold fish in 78f tank would probably need a bubbler but a guppy wouldn't.

Beautiful drawing. This is Dew a little guppy I raised.

Probably not unless you have a compromised immune system or something. I'd be more worried about the humidity damaging things or just making it uncomfortable in the room. Make sure to do water changes on the tank and not just top it off because that would concentrate all the minerals and...

This is usually caused by kidney failure and there isn't a whole lot you can do for them su this stage.

Skinny one is probably live bearers disease, it's treatable with lavamisole but possibly too late already. Bent spine is probably just that don't let it breed it will pass on bad genetics, cull it if it seems in pain or can't eat properly. Last one could be a prolapsed anus. Not sure what to do...

I've never seen a test strip read ammonia to such precise measurements. Are you sure your reading the chart correctly? Count you post a picture of the bottle/ chart I can't find ammonia test strips of that brand to check.

Your fish may have swallowed a piece of hair I suppose. Just let it pass naturally trying to remove it will only cause damage. It will probably be fine. Is the other ones belly symmetrical left to right? If it is I would just assume it had a big meal for now and try not to worry too much. Just...

I thought pothos was cat safe? Maybe I'm wrong but I think it's non toxic to cats but philodenron is toxic to cats. I agree with the floating plants. They are a bit hard to find near me and need high light I think and don't like lots of surface agitation so it can take a bit to find the sweet...

With tap water that high in nitrates your going to have a hard time keeping a healthy fish tank unfortunately. Nitrates are generally recommended to be kept under 20ppm. 80ppm nitrate won't hurt most fish in the short term but will over time. You most likely need to get a different source of...

A 10 gallon isn't very large so I would think that the filter would provide enough aeration. One thing to keep in mind though is that the warmer the water the less oxygen will dissolve in it. I would say unless they are regularly gulping at the surface or are lethargic at the bottom they are...

You can squeeze the turtles cartridge into the fish filter and it could help jump start things. Turn the fish filter off first and let it sit for about 30 minutes with the turtle cartridge then turn it back on. The bacteria will still take a while to multiply but it can speed things up a bit.

I would guess temperature had something to do with it. My guppies and platy change color due to light differences but I think they have an iridescent layer that only shows in certain lighting. Black wouldn't be from an iridescent layer so that's why I think heat but I'm just guessing. That's...

If it's that short and had bristles it's more then likely a male. It will probably get lots more soon. You can never 100% identify gender until they breed though because there's always the oddball.

I happened to look up the tetra water conditioner earlier today and it removed both chlorine and cloramine so it's totally safe for a fish less cycle even if your city happens to use cloramine.

I'd say if it's just an occasional behavior and you don't notice anything else then chances are it's nothing. My husband almost panicked once because our platies were dashing up and down the front of the tank and I had to explain to him that the fatties were just begging for food lol.