Fish - August 2006

2006-08-16 05:06:26 · 23 answers · asked by danceandbfree1 1

2006-08-16 05:00:30 · 9 answers · asked by c_mikilas 1

2006-08-16 04:53:02 · 5 answers · asked by c_mikilas 1

2006-08-16 04:49:09 · 16 answers · asked by c_mikilas 1

I have a male beta and have a couple of questions. First, what is the average life span? My son recieved him for a Easter present last year so he is well over a year old now. Second, this morning when I got up, he looked all puffy and was just kinda "sitting" there at the top of the water. Is he ok? I about a week ago, I put him in a tank with another beta, one of thoes that have the splitter in the middle. Do you think the new one made him sick? Any advise would help! Thanks!

2006-08-16 04:32:46 · 8 answers · asked by Minn_Girl_16 3

The most attractive ones are usually the least interesting.

No obvious crudeness, please!

2006-08-16 04:06:04 · 19 answers · asked by Al 2

2006-08-16 03:44:28 · 8 answers · asked by C live 5

2006-08-16 02:41:23 · 6 answers · asked by C live 5

I bought 8 feeder guppies last night and put them in the tank with my oscar and parrot fish there are only 2 left but I don't think the parrot ate any and now my oscar is barely swiming around what should I do?

2006-08-16 02:33:19 · 6 answers · asked by C live 5

I saved a pastel betta from walmart yesterday. I got him Hikari Betta Bio Gold, which I have heard is the best food for them. When I try to feed him he just looks up at the food and swims away. What am I doing wrong?

2006-08-16 02:31:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have spots of algae(sp?) running along the inside of the silicone. How do you get rid of it? or do we need to worry? A 55 gallon tank with a variety of fish (including algae eaters).

2006-08-16 02:14:56 · 2 answers · asked by hotblack_b 5

2006-08-16 02:08:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

my chandras (or indian glass fish) are slowly turning opaque one by one and some seem to have bloody lips but no sign of damage. they eat well to start with but they seem to lose the use of the upper part of their tail fin eventually they seem exhausted and lose their swimming ability before dieing. does anyone have any idea what they are suffering from as I have lost several of them over a couple of weeks and any treatment that could help. The water quality is fine but perhaps not as hard as chandras prefer but they are in a community tank and it is as hard as it can be without damaging my other fish and I have been told that the chadras don't need the water to be hard they just prefer it

2006-08-15 22:38:18 · 4 answers · asked by slrsandy 1

My plan one day is to have a room, with an aquarium above, below and to my sides, basically a chillout room surrounded by water ......

would I be allowed pets like great whites? or is it not legal?

2006-08-15 21:36:37 · 37 answers · asked by Morph 2

When I come home and see that my guppy lost some part of her tail fin. What's wrong? Is it te water problem or something else?

2006-08-15 20:45:59 · 7 answers · asked by Adam 45653 1

2006-08-15 19:54:11 · 10 answers · asked by rhey 1

I am setting up a 4-ft tank with ehiem professional 2 canister filter (model 2028). I intend to rear a arowana. The ph of tap water at my location is 7.7. After the set-up, the pH has shot up to 8.5! What is the cause of this? How can I effectively lower the pH to about 6.5?

2006-08-15 19:52:26 · 3 answers · asked by curositysake 1

I just dont know!!!

2006-08-15 18:30:07 · 18 answers · asked by allyssa 1

my fish is small and is big as your thumb and is a girl, it is swishing hear hed from left to right repeating again and again why is my fish doing that. please help me

2006-08-15 18:10:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 3 tin foil barbs, every now and then 1 tin foil get a red, sore-like, streak-thingy on its side...I know it's not Ick as it doesn't scrape on rocks, but what it does is twitch a little and swim fast from one side of the tank to the other...anyway it goes away when I keep the aquarium light off it seems to go away, but I don't think that's the reason it goes away though... any idea on what this could be?

2006-08-15 18:01:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i.e. how often and how much of a water change and how to clean and anything else I need to know about maintaining my tank

2006-08-15 16:42:44 · 13 answers · asked by cutie pie 5

I have a ................ and it needs a ..................!

Whats the best way of going about it?

2006-08-15 16:02:29 · 11 answers · asked by esp_nevada 1

One of my black moors has what appears to be a dust bunny (no kidding, it looks like a whitish bit of dust) or a cottony looking clump around one of his fins. He doesn't swim around much and when he does he doesn't use the "dusty" fin. And now another one has a small bit of fluff on its back fin. What should I do? Can I pick it off? Should I medicate? If so, what type of meds?

2006-08-15 15:31:46 · 9 answers · asked by Empress ~of~Roam 4

I let my fish out to get some fresh air outside I can tell it was excited because it started flapping around in my hand. then suddenly it stopped was it so overly excited that it hurt itself whats wrong with my fish I hope it's okay it cost me 20 dollars

2006-08-15 14:53:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-15 14:46:59 · 12 answers · asked by Mona D 1

Is it o.k. to turn off my filter while I'm feeding my fish? All the food gets sucked into the skimmer box, before the bottom fish can get any.

2006-08-15 14:33:23 · 4 answers · asked by androiddrew123 2

I have purchased Ick away and It says to remove the carbon from the filter. How long can I leave the filter off? The tank is only been running for like 2 weeks so I was under the impression that I needed the filter to be running to help the good bacteria grow. I also have very high ammonia levels which will not go down. I tried the Ammonia neutrilizers and the levels are still reading high. I just don't want another fish to die.

2006-08-15 14:27:24 · 7 answers · asked by gretchen856 2

Fancy Serpent Sea Star (Tiger-striped), Sand Sifting Sea Star and a Sea Cucumber (Tiger Tail)

2006-08-15 13:20:58 · 4 answers · asked by duece1989 1

I have a male betta, and today when i was about to feed him I noticed the fin just under his mouth elongate (spread out; extend)!! He was showing aggression! I looked around his bowl to see if there was any way that he could have caught a glimpse of himself.. like a mirror. No mirrors, and nothing that could cause his aggression. I watched him for a while and his aggression continued, until I finally dropped some food, and he calmed down and ate. I'm just wondering if this is a normal thing for Betta's.

2006-08-15 13:14:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-15 13:02:31 · 10 answers · asked by sweettigerbate 1