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#1 · (Edited)
I currently have a beautiful female Creamsicle Lyretail Molly, who, until the other day, had never been interested in the boys. lol She is almost full grown, I think they get to be four inches long, she is just over three and a half inches long. To my knowledge, this will be her first brood! She took a liking to my male Black Sailfin Molly, and have been...dancing for the last few days. Now, she is about three quarters of an inch larger than the male fish, and she runs my tank. Haha, so if she gets tired of him, he'll know it. I have ten females and two males in the tank, and I haven't noticed any bullying from the boys, they seem to be rather gentle for males who usually practically attack the females while breeding...Bah. The two males are also interested in three other females at the moment, so she isn't getting too bothered, and to my knowledge only lets my black sailfin near her.

Well, in anycase, I was wondering what the estimate on the brood size is for Creamsicle Lyretail Mollies. I can't find anything on it when I googled. lol They usually add in all the molly species, and I know they can all interbreed and are basically the same species, just different sizes and colors. I also know that bigger fish can have more babies, but it is her first time, again, to my knowledge. She was pretty small when I got her. I've had her for several months now, and she's grown from about two inches to her near four inch size. She really is rather pretty, as is her male "buddy."

Also, for those curious, I have a breeding net which I will NOT be putting her in to have her babies. It has nine fry from a gold dust and silver molly in it right now. I was also afraid it'd be too small and stressful for her in that thing. I have improvised a roomey area for her. I made a large net that I have tied to a very large, two gallon picher(pitcher? I hate that word lol), that I will be putting into the tank, it's used only for my fish water changes and holding for big tank stuff the fish shouldn't be present for or if I have an issue that requires them moved, so it has nothing yucky in it they can't be near, like soap. I need a separate tank for this, really. LOL But I haven't gotten one yet, I intend to get one later this year.

Anywho, yes, makeshift net tied in there, and weighed down. The whole thing can go into the tank, only temporarily, no more than a few hours I am hoping, or the other fish might get upset with me. But this way I don't have to worry about her being in there out of the tank and risk a problem, like oxygen or tempurature, or a spill. I intend to have some plants in the bottom and some gravel for the babies. When they're born, they should fit through the net and be able to get to the plants and hide until mom is done giving birth. I've also made sure it's roomey and that the net wont move or collapse, and it wont catch on her and/or cause damage. This way I can try to minimize loss of babies to being eaten, and lessen stress to the mother and other fish, it wont really be a move, she will just get sorta scooped into it and stay in the tank. I did let a different, very expectant mother go in it last night, I thought she was in labor and I had been up almost two days, I had to sleep or be sick! She did not give birth and I removed her after I had a five hour nap, she seemed not to care. If anything, she wanted back in and tried to do so. ^^; Afterwards, I will remove the fry to the breeding net and let mom have an hour or so to rest before going back to the tank, I don't want the other fish picking at her while she is tired and smells of afterbirth. Would YOU want someone poking at your rump when you just shot out a bunch of babies? lol


SO, anyone have an estimate for me on the possible brood size, or should I ask later once she gets her size on? :3 Also, what do you guys think they will look like? Creamsicle Lyretail Molly with a Black Sailfin Molly. He's pure black except the top edge of his sail. It's bright yellow across the whole top edge! Mom is a very nice orange color with a lighter colored belly and dark eyes. The male has very odd eyes, the top half of his eyes are kinda dark brown/black, but the bottom half seems to be a bright shiny gold color, maybe copper would be a better wasy to explain it. Odd eyes. lol One of my gold dust females has a black eye and a silver eye though, I guess I am used to funny-colored eyes.
 
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#128 ·
Guppy Grass! That is what it was called. lol And no, he's waaay too old for me, although I wouldn't call him old at all, I think he was in his mid-late fifties, I'm only just 26 and not looking! LOL
He was so very sweet though, he works nights at a home for the elderly. My grandmother called him a Kindred Spirit, he really was a cool fellow. And he was also about thirty years older than me, married and happy. LOL Oh, did I mention he also had ferrets before and loves them? XD My ferret grabbed him through the cage cover and tried to get him to play. Hehe.
Nah, I just get along with older people well, I was raised by my grandparents, afterall. ^_~ Grandma calls me a sweet little old lady. ^^;
As for him coming the wrong day, he didn't do it on purpose. He had just come back from overseas vacation and had his days a bit off, he really thought it was today. lol But I don't mind, though I was a little embarrassed, I was sleeping and not ready and had a clutter going on. @.@; He apologized thoroughly for it. And told me not to worry about the clutter when I warned him, he said "Ah, the story of my life! Don't worry about it, it's not that bad. :)"
 
#130 ·
Well now, my Bumblebee Platy gave birth today. I didn't think she was anywhere near ready! lol Took me a minute to figure out who did it and find the skinny female. It was her. All the babies came out kinda pink though. =o Bumblebee's are yellow and black, I wonder if they'll change. But then, the one who bred with her was my red tiger platy and panda platy, so I have no idea how they will turn out. One is a darker color, kinda grey/black looking. I am hoping for some gold and black babies. ^^; But I suppose it doesn't matter. I was only lucky enough to get four of them. I HAD five, but as I was pulling the net out, Capone decided to be slick and jumped in to grab the poor kid. I woulda been mad if it weren't so funny. lol
I'm still hoping to find more, but I doubt I will. I doubt she had more than ten or fifteen to begin with. I could be wrong. Some of the smaller females have shocked me with huge broods, like the Painted Swordtail that had over eighty babies and wasn't even that big around. She's a big fish though. I still see those adults hunting the area, you can tell when they've found live prey over food I put in, looks like I wont be feeding them much today. =( That kinda bums me out, but at least I found some. I have been scanning and moving things around in the areas the adults seem most interested, but I can't find anymore. But I've also learned to trust what they know, they know it's there somewhere. Maybe I'll find more, I'd be happy. ^_^

Yeah, my adults are mean, they do the fast move, swerve, stop, stare thing when looking for babies. =(
 
#132 · (Edited)
Unfortunately...yes. LOL I've been getting one or two batches a week since the 28th of December or so. Except last week I don't think I got any. lol

I told you I also have a few others expecting. One of my juveniles that I had separated for an extra month or two after she hit sexual maturity, she's pregnant as well. And my Gold Dust is expecting any day now, as well as my blue platy...I'm starting to think my blue platy is always pregnant though. And I am pretty sure my red neon swordtail is expecting, and I am happily awaiting the gold dust and platy, the younger one is going to have her first batch ever, so I'm a bit worried she may not handle well, sometimes they just don't. And the swordtail had that freak accident where she blew up a few weeks ago, so I'm worried she may not be ok to have any kids. Nothing I can do about it now though, I think she's been carrying since I bought her. ^^; I think my silver molly is expecting too, she's looking a bit plump. I haven't gotten babies from her in a few months now I think. =)
 
#133 ·
You might want to move her early mid and birthing time females reject new tanks and can build up stress this way so get her there as soon as you can
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#135 ·
@Sqbear46 That would be cool, I have some really nice swordtail babies. =)

Well, all the babies are getting pretty big. I ended up with more mollies than I meant to keep, I guess they hid well when Fish Guy came to get some babies. lol I have...six I think, one very interesting one that is bright orange with a good bit of darker powdering all over it, two or three that look just like mom and are all a light gold, and one or two that are more of a silver color. They all look just like mom though, shape-wise. lol Their really getting big! At this rate, it'll only be another week or two before they're big enough to go into the main tank with the adults. But I have room to keep them a bit longer to be safe anyways. =p And the swordtails are really getting bright! They're all a lovely red color. Some LOOK like they have blue eyes, but I think they're silver on top of that brilliant red coloring so it just seems that way. I've noticed a few are oddballs like my gold dust molly female I've had almost as long as my creamsicle. She has one silver eye and one black eye. I love it. Some of the swordtails came out that way..but no, there's no relation. lol The swordtails I got were pregnant when I purchased them, and they're all girls. But I love it when they come out with oddball eyes. X)

Anywho, my QT tank has gotten full. @_@ Had some odd issues lately. One of my cories died too. Never had sick cories before, that just sucks. =( I was told he had some sort of parasite so I'm treating my tank as directed by the petshop guy who knows all and is awesome. lol He's one of the few people at a pet shop I've ever met who will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about fish of all kinds. He sure gives me a lot of help, and he does it for free. ^_^ So it's not like he's after a profit. Isn't that cool?
Well anyways, my creamsicle has some odd marks on her I initially thought were from injuries, I still think they might be, they have't changed in weeks. But just to be sure I'm treating her with an antifungal and some broad spectrum antibiotics. I'm thinking she has the same issue Capone and my old dalmation male had a while back. It didn't cause them to act ill, but the other fish would pick at the patches on their skin and remove the scales, and they would just LET them all do it! I'm pretty sure at this point it's some-sort of fungal infection, but it doesn't seem to be causing them harm itself. o-o I dunno, but I'm trying to treat it like one. lol It does LOOK like the columnaris I had on a balloon molly a long time ago, but I never had a problem with other fish, the fish that had it came from a shop. c.c
Anywho again...lol, Capone seems to have it the worst. I'm not sure he had any fungal infections, but he let my other fish chew off the scales on his back! Bah! Just like what happened to my dalmation, and that was quickly fixed with the same treatment i'm giving them all now, so I hope that's gonna be it. They're both perfectly happy in my QT tank. lol It's also where I have my female bettas in QT as well. x.x They don't even pay the two newbies any mind at all, so everyone is happy. Getting a bit full though. xD But nobody seems REALLY sick, everyone is active and eating and messing around. Capone had me worried for a while though, he wasn't active at all and didn't pay any mind to the food...that's very un-him. But he's doing good now.

Well, wish us luck. =p I think I nipped it in the bud, no idea what it was or where it came from though. My water parameters are all "Perfect" as petshop guy said, and he gave them all to me so I can agree. lol I'm not sure what's been going on. ^^; I guess I'll put it under new tank problems, that never fails! Few weeks after adding fish something always hits. ^^;

Oh yeah, and no new babies lately. lol Although I THINK my gold dust gave birth...I didn't get any if she did. =( I can see little baby eyes in my little gold dust though, the younger one, my oddball eyed females daughter. Hopefully that goes well, still worried about the first time mother. She's a few months past breeding age, but I'm starting to wish I waited longer as she is still young and not full-grown yet. x.x What was I thinking, eh? I'm sure she'll be ok, most fish don't get the luxury of waiting a few months after they hit sexual maturity. lol
 
#136 · (Edited)
So, more babies. lol I went out looking for a panda platy yesterday and NOBODY HAD ANY, same with dwarf cories. My grandma wants some of those tiny pygmy cories for her betta tank, so I went out looking. Well, didn't find any panda platies or pygmy cories. I did, however, find some marigold hi-fin platies. I've been looking for hi-fin platies for a very long time. So I got myself one. It's an interesting little female, kinda a gold/green color with a red tail. Not pregnant...far as I can tell. lol
And I also got what was titled as a white gold platy, I'm pretty sure it's just a gold platy. She's a yellowish-white color also with a bright red tail and back, she also has the MM marking....and is currently giving birth in my nursery tank. >_>; Yeah, I know. lol I really wanted some pandas, but these two are pretty little things. The pregnant female was getting picked on, and you know I can't resist rescuing them. lol So far she's had 16 babies...well that's what she was at when I counted half an hour ago anyways. She's still the size of a large golfball.

Well, I've got some pretty babies to raise again. All of them came out white with black eyes so far. o= I wonder how they'll turn out. My calico platies also started out white, but now they're more of a pinkish-white with spots. Gotten fairly pretty, and my mollies are just about big enough to be in the big tank...actually they are big enough. I am just unsure about it because of the filter, not because of the other fish. I don't have anything I can put around it. =( They may end up in my other tank instead, they're big enough to eat my newborns so I gotta think of something...didn't really have my brain on yesterday when I went shopping for ma. I was so sick I was talking jibberish to the poor petshop lady. x.x I'm still a little blah as you can no doubt tell. xD

I kept telling petshop lady I want that pretty male! It was obviously a female. >>; But then again, they DID make me wait half an hour, NOBODY was there to be helped but me, and there were two workers, I kept telling them I wanted those two and they kinda blew me off. I hate petsmart, but Neptunes didn't have what we needed or wanted. T__T So my mother walks over and goes "Hey Jamie, are you going to get any fish or are you just gonna stand there all day?" So I finally got a little attitude back and said "Well I kept saying "I want these two" but I assume the two workers are busy." And the worker lady goes "Oh you really wanted some fish? I thought you were joking!" REALLY WHY WOULD I JOKE? Most people go to shop. LOL By the time I got home I was so sick it's a miracle I did what I needed to properly otherwise. I've got two pretty new fishies that look lovely, and some more babies. lol
 
#137 ·
Here's my new girl. =) She's kinda interesting looking and pretty, eh? You can see some of the babies as well. I have the thing in there odd, the divider thing, so she has a bit more room. She seemed happier when I did that for some reason. c.c You can also kinda see one of my molly babies in the first photo off to the side...big, aren't they? lol



 
#139 · (Edited)
No, that's my smaller breeder. That's the one that says it can "Comfortably" fit three fish. There's just no way, it's barely comfy for a single. My mesh one is about three times the size of that breeder...unfortunately it's being used right now. lol

She's a nice looking platy, eh? My hi-fin looks a little bit like your sick baby. =( And apparently there's been a lot of problems with hi-fins lately with similar issues. Unfortunately I never did get answers for you, Chesh. I was just so sick when I went out yesterday, I couldn't manage to get my words out properly. They did tell me they don't think it's TB though, I managed to squeek out "That's not TB is it?" x.x lol I still sound groany and like a drunk. e.e; I'm shocked anyone heard anything I said yesterday, today isn't looking much better. lol

Anywho, I gots videos of my platy as well. A lot of updates today. lol But she's an awful good sport about it, it'll be the first video of one of my fish giving birth...usually they freak easily so I can't have the lights on or be near the tank much, but she was good about it. She was visibly uncomfortable when one of the babies was coming though, and she really wants the babies below her...>>; I'm thinking my baby molly babies might eat them if I release them into the main nursery tank. I released three or four and they vanished. I did put one of my molly babies in the main tank and it was let be, but then it vanished when I went to...well, be sick and gross. =-=; I just can't do anything today. xD They're too big to be eaten, but the filter is really strong. So I think I'll leave the newborns in the breeder for a few days instead, let them get bigger and more confident and strong. We'll see...depends how many kids I get, and hopefully mom wont eat too many before I can move her once she's done. I'm thinking of putting in the divider again and letting her have a day to herself, but again...dunno. Maybe my grandpa will be nice enough to help me out, I really am brain fried. c.c

Anywho, videos! I think you only get to see two or three be born though. lol






Oh yes, and I got a little shorty short video of my long-finned BN pleco. It's not very good and there's a lot of noise, I was watching horror anime. LOL Sounds about right though, I have the flu, I could just claim alllll the noise was me. xD It's not very long, I couldn't really hold still...and I sorta just rolled out of bed and saw her moving about. lol
 
#141 ·
Hahaha, remembered that, did you? lol Eh, I doubt I'll ever have enough money for that! But if I did, I imagine it'd still take ten years or so.

Well, that new mama, she's doing just peachy...actually she stayed pretty big after she started having eggs instead of babies. She never had anymore babies, but she's still got a rather large belly. She seems to be perfectly happy though! Bright and active. I moved her into the big tank before bed last night after letting her have the majority of the day to herself. She seems to have bonded with all of my fish nicely, but mostly she hangs with the new hi-fin and Mister President, my betta.
I have Mister P. in there because my Orchid got sick and treating him in the big tanks didn't seem to be working, so I switched fish with grandma. lol She was pretty mad at me, but she's ok with it. My orchid has something really odd going on with his eyes, I think it's either a fungus or cloudy-eye, possibly an infection from the popeye. I dunno. He's looking better though, I've had him in the five gallon for three days and he's perking up. He also had a little fin-rot. I gotta say, tired of this happening to those beautiful betta. =( Once they get this bad it's always touch and go, we'll see if he fully recovers.

As for my newest babies: I thought mom was eating them all! I left for half an hour to go eat and when I came back over half of the babies were gone. I about cried. @_@ But then even after I removed mom they kept vanishing, I couldn't figure it out....and then I saw one of the babies bounce around and it went right through the vents in the breeder. lol So I looked about the tank and they were mostly in there. Oh well. I'm not comfortable letting them out myself, but if they get out, they get out. >>; The older babies are big enough to eat those little newborns, but they haven't paid them any mind. Regardless, the ones I can keep locked up, I will. At least for a few days.
They're cute little babies too, most of them have nice dark eyes, although I have seen a few oddballs(Ones that have a black eye and a silver eye, or just two different colored eyes I call oddball), and they're all pure white. I've noticed colorful platy seem to start out white. They're so cute, I just love having babies around! x)
 
#142 ·
Gah, sorry to hear about your Betta woes :/ I really hope your little Orchid gets better soon :(

It's funny (in a sad way) that you try SO HARD to save these lil' ones, and they STILL manage to get themselves eaten! Survival of the smartest ;) You should get a little pad of Java moss (or some kind of moss) growing on a peice of mesh - I've found they're THE BEST when it comes to fry - esp when they're in a breeder net. The moss at the bottom, and duckweed at the top, and they're happy as can be :)
 
#143 · (Edited)
Well, I was so excited about Twilight Sirius(My orchid betta, my older little cousin fought with me on the Twilight part, but I suppose it fits since I named him after a star), this morning I about scared grandma out of her cup of coffee. lol One of his eyes cleared up and his color is returning! He still looks a bit yucky, but he SAW his food and he snarfed it. ^_^ So he's not blind at least!

Now...my female bettas, all are doing well. But I seem to have one idiot in the group. They're still in QT, and my gourami and Creamsicle are with them, all get along fine and both of those non-bettas are fixing up nicely. Capone had that injury on his back as did my creamsicle, I'm not sure if it's fungal or actual injury, but it's healing...and I have my orange and blue betta Jack in there in a big net as well, he's looking better too! He had a messed up fin that started getting kinda meh.
Anywho, the idiot female betta...that big blue girl I got, she's gorgeous...She likes to jump in the net with Jack. x.x First time she did it when I was feeding them and had the lid off, second time I dunno...I assume the same way she popped in this time. She somehow pushed the lid over enough to squeeze in, and she has those markings that say she's ready to lay eggs, and Jack is making nests. I think I averted disaster though. She was very mean to him. She was picking on him and he just kinda took it. lol She'd fly at him all flared, then leave just as fast, and he just kinda backed out of her way and didn't flare. Is that breeding behavior for betta? She used to be timid, never really saw her flare quite that drastically before...infact I thought females only had a little flare in them, not big draco-face like the males.
Yeah, I don't want kids yet...how the heck are they getting the lid off?! I may have to move Jack early to his other tank. x.x; Last thing I need is betta kids! Although I intend to breed them eventually, just not any time soon. I only have a few cups and no other proper supplies saved up for betta babies. xD Whew, maybe she'll drop her eggs soon and get over it, she's very much wanting Jack. Jack went from tough guy to cowering in the corner under his rather giant bubble nest. >_>; I have a pretty heavy plastic lid on there, it doesn't latch as it's my mesh net which doesn't come with a lid...but they still shouldn't be able to move that, I snag it between the rope and it's flat on there. x.x Meh, I had no idea they'd do this. xD It's all good until one of the girls gets downward stripes and a big belly, then whichever girl has that tries to jump in with the boys. I had a divider before, but they were jumping it too.

Kinda funny really. I mean if anything does happen I can try my best, but I'm trying my best to keep them from breeding as is. xD Oh well. Pet shop guy said if I had any babies he'd take care of them. lol But I'd rather not do that to him either. Then again, he's got a place to properly raise baby betta. So eh, I do like raising babies myself, but I suppose if an incident does happen again, and I have the lid taped on this time so it shouldn't, I can give him a call. ^^; Crazy fish! The ones I want to breed refuse, the ones I don't want breeding jump dividers and move lids to do so! I wanna know how the heck she did it!
 
#145 ·
I was watching her today...I figured it out. If she can't jump up there, which she tries constantly, she will push herself against the net and kinda slide up...it's weird. And then she wiggles on the lid until it moves over enough for her to get in...which she can't now, so she actually stalked around the net for hours this morning trying anyways. @_@ I kept trying to get it on camera, but she fled to the other side of the net when she saw me move.
 
#147 · (Edited)
Well, I have more babies. Guppy babies. lol I went to the shop yesterday to pick up some medicine for my betta and saw a bunch of newborn babies in the female guppy tank being eaten. =( So I told the lady "I have a nursery tank at home, I'll take those babies! :3" She was like "Oh yay, that's good because they're getting eaten! I didn't see any babies earlier!" I told her they looked like they were just born though, they usually move the babies to a back tank and raise them until they're big enough, but sometimes they don't see them...and other workers are too freakin lazy. >_>; So yeah, fry are free at petsmart. I initially went to Neptunes, but they were closed. T_T
So, I ended up with 20-30 baby guppies, most are brand new, but two look to be about two weeks old or so. I also purchased a few adults. lol I got three females and two males, but unfortunately one of them died over night. My pregnant Cobrta female died. =( I am almost positive she was the one giving birth, the babies look like cobra babies, they have those markings on their tails coming in. It's hard to tell, I dunno. But I am assuming so and that she had one stuck and died. Darn. I have heard guppies are pretty fragile when it comes to having babies, some don't survive the pregnancy let alone the delivery. I am sure many do obviously, but I've heard more death stories with them than any other livebearer.
I am not sure I'll be replacing the female that died, I may just keep some of the babies. So right now I have one black and red pregnant female, one that is sorta a creamy gold color with lemon yellow shading, also pregnant, and one male that is also a creamy gold color and a VERY stunning blue male.
My livebearer tank is complete, I think I have them all now. LOL Mollies, Swordtails, Platies and Guppies.
 
#148 ·
Well, now my black and red female isn't doing too great. My girls are dropping like flies, but the males seem fine. I wonder if it was the tank they were in, they were in two different tanks. I didn't see any sick or dead ones in either, but eh. Great. x.x Yeah, I don't think I'll replace them, not there especially. -sigh- Such beautiful fish dying like that, and you know it's from poor care at certain shops. =( I have one female that looks just fine though. The other two started floating around vertically soon after getting them and then died soon after, but the gold female shows no signs of this. I wonder if it's a swim bladder problem or something. Nothing I can do for those two now though. =( This is why I didn't want guppies before, they're so fragile! @_@ Maybe some of the babies will survive though, and I'm hoping on the last female I have as well. Such a shame, really. I liked those fishies.
 
#149 ·
My Creamsicle molly has a dark spot and has been getting bigger over the last few weeks, and now she is laborey again, not to mention grumpy as all else...she took the tail off one of my female bettas so I had to remove them and she nips at anyone that comes near. =-= Let's see if I get more babies. =) Always a joy to get some from her! Speaking of her grumpiness...she's not the only one. lol Some of her month old babies have gotten her attitude. Haha, it just gets about fifty times worse when she's nearing the end of pregnancy. ^^; For a few days before...and occasionally for a day or two after she recovers from delivery.
She's now all alone in there with a guppy in a breeder, a betta in another breeder, and my hi-fin platy who is still acting sick so I can't remove him. She's clenchy. =( My Creamsicle is in there because she's got odd dry like patches on her...so moving her wouldn't be a great idea either, especially if it's like someone else suggested: Lymphocystis, which would be contageous...not sure that's what she has though, but I can't find any answers. Other than being a grump, she's perfectly fine. Acting normal, eating, being her regular creamy self and trying to bite everyone within a one mile radius... lol
 
#151 · (Edited)
No, they aren't looking up much yet. Something went through my main tank and killed all my female betta off(and Mister President), as well as my red tiger platy, orange dalmation sailfin molly, two cories, my bumblebee platy, two guppies, my albino long-finned BN pleco and my red-tailed black variatus. Sucky month really. Everyone else seems to be doing ok though.

Well, I suppose I sorta have some good news. lol My yellow guppy gave birth to about 10-15 babies, all are doing well. And my blue MM platy finally gave birth, unfortunately I only managed to save one, those fish were eating the babies while I tried to get them. @_@ But I got one! lol And my other blue platy seems to be ready soon, unfortunately I have all my adults in QT, nothing to be added or taken from the tank unless I catch newborns, and they go into a net since I want none of that yuck spread, if it's still spreading...so yeah, the odds of me getting many, if any, babies are slim in the main tank, even with only about ten fish in there, cories and plecos excluded. ^^;
I've seen no new signs of sick fish, but you never know at this point, only been treating for three or four days or so now. Haven't lost any fish other than the two I knew were going in a few days, but they showed signs for two days before passing. None of the fish like the place without the plants, I have the plants in a bucket of water with some fertilizer. Water got cold, plants seem fine though. I have no way to heat them up in there. x.x Well, they're actually in a trashcan I cleaned out for them in the bathtub, no bucket is big enough for them, some are fairly big. Do I need to do something special, or will the cold maybe kill off anything nasty? Tossing them would be sucky, some of the bigger plants I've had over a year. x.x Replacing anything, even something so cheap as a dollar is out of the question too. Especially after a near $8,000 vet bill from all the lovely fun this year with the cat and dog.
 
#152 ·
Man, Sylver. . . that's a real bummer. At least you have a few babies, and some surviving fish, though. You're so good at looking to the positive! I really hope whatever it is is gone, and stays gone. . .

For the plants, it depends on the type, some do better in cooler temps, some not so much. Room temperature, I suppose, is still fairly warmish, so I'm hoping most of them will be okay. . . If you have them alone for about a month, any nasties from the main tank should die off without a host (fish) to live on. . .

Hope things get better soon :/
 
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Well, I've found if you don't look at the upsides, or make them up as you go, you can't really move forward. lol Still no signs of any other sick fish in my tank. I am going to continue treating the whole tank, but lessen the salt content a bit. I'm worried about my cories and plecos, though they don't seem TOO bothered by it, they aren't liking it. Hopefully it's all cleared up.

My other babies are getting so big. =o Truly, they're getting huge. lol The molly babies are about an inch long and fairly big looking, creamsicles get pretty...I dunno, buff? xD The swordtails are not quite as big, but close, and the calico platies born on New Years Eve aren't far behind. Boy are they colorful too! Bright red swordtails with black tails. Either speckled black, striped, or just black. The calico's are getting their pinkish-white coloring with the darker pink/red on the tails and their spots. I'm hoping I get a male out of the bunch, I rarely do get any boys. >_>; Of all the babies I've raised in the past, I've only gotten ONE male! So I'm hoping either my blue platy baby is male, or I get one from the calicos. I no longer have a male platy in my tank, just a few girls. lol But then inbreeding wouldn't be good and I try to avoid it, even though it isn't uncommon in home aquaria or the wild...maybe the little bumblebees I got will be males. I don't have their mother anymore since she was one of the first to die from whatever went through my tank. Well, she was the first after my bettas. I am really wanting a tiger platy though, so in the future I may get another one. Or a bleeding heart platy, they look similarish. lol

Meh, well. My two male bettas that I have left aren't doing too bad. I have the big orange one in the ten gallon with my frogs, he's looking perfect. My Orchid betta is in my grandma's five gallon, he's still meh, but he's doing better than he was. I'm still not sure he's gonna make it, he did get rather slammed from dirty petshop care. One thing after another for the poor guy, but it was the same with Mister P. and I pulled him through until the main tank garbage. But the orchid has so far had far more issues. x.x Well, we'll see. He's gotten used to his feedings and likes to show off, even though he's not exactly pretty anymore. He's still got all his fins, though I imagine some of his tail will go, I think he's got fin-rot, one large part of his tail is see-through and brown, so I think it'll fall off. I hope it heals instead though, and the "Mask" he has is still there, that yucky shell he had on his face I assumed was some sort of fungus, but it's looking better as well.
 
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