Tag Archives: tank divider

Getting a mandarin, question about copepods…?

Can I put a tank divider in my tank to seperate the mandarin from some of the copepods so they can multiply? Would that work?
The pet store states the mandarin is eating brine shrimp, I just want to be sure it doesn’t starve. (Haven’t gotten one yet; researching in advance).
Thanks!
I have heard the 6 month waiting period.. can somebody explain that further to me? Is it because there are not enough copepods to satisfy its needs? If you were able to feed brine shrimp and supplement with bottles of copepods, could you bypass the 6 months?

Why are my baby Mollys suddenly dieing one by one?

I had about 18 baby mollys in a 2.5 gallon tank but they were dieing one by one in it. So i moved them into the 30 gallon tank with the bigger fish (i used a tank divider so they have about one fifth of the tank. There side includes the heater and a small artificial plant. I notice a baby molly with get slow and stick toward the bottom of the tank but swim up during feeding.I feed them live baby brine shrimp,crushed flakes, regular freeze dried brine shrimp, and i used to feed them first bites. I have had them for about 6 months and they are about half a inch, I just added 2 pregnet mollies to there side of the tank and a baby molly who grew up with them most of there lives (i could only find one baby guppy when i got home). I have it filtered, airstone,heated, and the nitate cycle is fine. I had the water tested with Ph nitrate ext. This is when all y angel fish died and it turned out to be a Ph problem but i fixed it. I also notice some baby mollys eyes look cloudy and swollen.Thanks
They are in a 30 gallon tank with a divider and it is heated, filtered and has a pump. I also balanced out the Ph level that killed my angel fish. I treated the babies for ick about a day after they got into the tank because they had the disease. I also used water condition for cloarine and just changed the filter.

What can you tell me about Dwarf Gourami breeding?

To go along with my main question, can I use a tank divider for breeding? Where and what kind of plants can I use other than those four common plants? Where can I get brine shrimp hatchery and stuff about it? What is infusria and where do I get it?