Fish - October 2006

I have read in several places that the bigger acrylic aquariums need to be supported on the entire base, and not just along the edges like glass tanks.

I am planning to use a stand with center brace for a standard 48", 55 gallon acrylic aquarium. Is this a safe thing to do?

2006-10-24 06:42:27 · 3 answers · asked by yayu 3

thank you

2006-10-24 06:40:56 · 3 answers · asked by terry 2

I have three in a small tank and all three randomly go to the surface of the bowl and breathe the air. I won them at the fair, so I honestly expected them to die before now, but I'm hoping they aren't trying to commit suicide...

2006-10-24 06:07:47 · 10 answers · asked by Eryn with a Y 3

I have recently bought a new tank, never had fish before so this is new to me. I noticed small white spots on my fish I have been told its ICH and I dont know how to go about getting rid of it any Ideas?

2006-10-24 05:53:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

hhhmmm...

2006-10-24 05:45:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a 55 gal tank.i put a 3 inch red devil and a jewell in the tank at the same time with no other fish.the RD claimed one cave the jewell took the other.no probs..then 3 days later i added a 4 in dovii. the dovii kicked out the jewell and the RD has since barricaded itself in by pushing gravel all around the cave,and it wont come out for feeding.the other two eat like pigs.the jewell will only eat flake food and the dovii eats pellets and flake. i had a RD years ago and my experience was it patrolled the tank like a demon and killed anything that it didnt like,but this one is skittish and doesnt leave his cave for food..will it starve ? what should i do.?

2006-10-24 05:40:27 · 4 answers · asked by khaymen2231976 1

it looks like a cobweb but its in side the tank also is it dangerous and what causes it ?

2006-10-24 05:27:51 · 4 answers · asked by bill w 1

just wondering... if so were?

2006-10-24 05:09:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend who has 7 goldfish in an aquairum 3 of them have lost there scales

2006-10-24 04:35:34 · 6 answers · asked by janice w 1

Need to know more about bettas and their care

2006-10-24 04:18:46 · 7 answers · asked by ivetterivas04 1

I have a fish bowl with 4 small goldfish and a black butterfly koi! -- Are there any other types of fish that do not have to have a filter, like a large tank would?... And that would get along well with the goldfish and koi? .. .. Maybe a little crab or sucker-fish??

2006-10-24 04:11:37 · 15 answers · asked by IWantToKnow 2

2006-10-24 02:54:26 · 21 answers · asked by Chianti Man 4

And no heater. Kept in daughters bedroom on her dresser. So I wasn't to concerned about if it was to cold. But I changed the water yesterday and this morning the water is clowdy already. They arn't fed much, I was wondering if it could be the water conditioner. Ive only used it per direction. What else could this be. Clowdy isn't very nice looking and Im not sure if its doing harm to the fish. Thanks

2006-10-24 02:14:13 · 6 answers · asked by Johns mom 1

how long does a fishes memory last

2006-10-24 01:28:27 · 25 answers · asked by newgar 1

Have a empty 200 gallon tank. Planning to keep either One Flowerhorn or Two Oscars. Would like to go for juvenile fishes anyway. Maintainance wise and other factors taken into consideration, which option is better ?

2006-10-23 23:09:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-23 22:35:07 · 5 answers · asked by Dr K 1

I've spent the past few months setting up a new 20 gallon saltwater tank. I thought I'd done everything right. I measured the specific gravity every few days, kept the temperature right, took regular Ph, nitrate, nitride and ammonia tests. I added live sand first, ages ago now, and let it run for a few weeks with just that. Then I started adding liverock, about 10lbs of it. I let it run with that for about three weeks, doing regular tests to make sure everything was in order. Feather dusters sprouted out pretty soon, along with other random tiny living things. I thought it was safe to add a fish, a hardy one, to help. I picked out a healthy-looking tank-bred Ocellaris clownfish, yesterday. Today I came home and couldn't see him. After searching I found him, dead, in a gap in the rocks. There are no traces of harm on him, he looked healthy. I had noticed some Aiptasia, two of them to the best of my knowledge, and I removed them at once. Why did he die? :(

2006-10-23 18:34:43 · 7 answers · asked by indygocean 2

not onto the floor just up out and back in

its so weird

2006-10-23 18:28:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just bought another guppie today and another crab and the nitrite shot up fast including the alkalinity ....why is this?? its a 5 gallon... i clean it normally it was FINE before i left

2006-10-23 17:53:48 · 7 answers · asked by sogullablegurly 3

i just bought another guppie today and another crab and the nitrite shot up fast including the alkalinity ....why is this?? i clean it normally it was FINE before i left

2006-10-23 17:52:53 · 4 answers · asked by sogullablegurly 3

O.k. I had 13 fish to start with for around a year, year and a half. I have 4 now! Thye just started to die one by one! I'm serious it's scary! This started 2 months ago and we've bene doing all we can including calling local pet stores, buying medicines, tank cleaners and that stuff! I'm very, very, very worried! Please help me and be as detailed as you can! I also noticed 2 months ago we got a new filter and we told the pet stores this who didn't mention it further in our conversations.. I'm begging you guys to help me!

2006-10-23 16:58:25 · 12 answers · asked by Musiqbaby 1

I have 2 goldfish and 1 shubunkin in a 10 gallon tank. They are the only survivors. The ghost shrimp got eaten. The Plecostomus has been the latest victim. The lady at the pet store said the Plecostomus would do well with the goldfish and shubunkin. I guess she was wrong.

2006-10-23 16:20:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-23 15:41:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

on sat. we fed them snails and now one of his eyes is as big as a marble and looks like it is about to fall off. please tell us if there is anything we can do for him. Ps we aslo have pecossamus in the same tank.

2006-10-23 15:29:55 · 4 answers · asked by milk_15370 1

2006-10-23 15:09:08 · 11 answers · asked by skbuzz 1

I recently purchased a male Betta fish and I put it in a fish bowl with gem stones. Not too long after I put it in the bowl the water became cloudy. The only stuff that is put in the water is the fish food and the drops which make the water safe for the fish. Should I change the water in the fish bowl every other day?

2006-10-23 14:58:33 · 15 answers · asked by Jules 3

20L tank has very high ammonia. We've done water changes, upgraded the filter and been careful about feeding (we use crisps because we can count them). It has about 1/3 the number of fish it's supposed to have. We added plants, used the white gravel, and added enzymes. Nitrites never go up and ammonia never comes down. We lost all our mollies.

The yo-yo at Petsmart doesn't know what more to do.

2006-10-23 14:21:15 · 9 answers · asked by jedi_n_dc 2

I mean do fish interact with their babies? Do they protect them from predators? Are there male and female salmon? Crazy question I know but I;m curious.

2006-10-23 14:13:16 · 11 answers · asked by Chris M 1

i want a low LOW matinence fish that is not a gold fish or a betta or something common like that, if u have any suggestions or ideas tell me..
i want to know fish tips and such, it is preffered tht it would be a colorful intresting fish..and that it isnt salt water

2006-10-23 14:12:28 · 5 answers · asked by paige_squirrel_goddess 2

I have a little koi fish that was going to turn 1 year old in November, but, for an currently unknown reason, he's bobbing around on his side and can't set himself right (I think there's some kind of parasite in my fish tank). I know he's dying because my other koi experienced the same exact symptoms right before he died, yet it took him about 5 days to finally die.
I don't want my fish to suffer for that long, so I want to put him out of his misery now. My first thought was to leave him out on a plate to suffocate, but I was afraid that would be even more agonizing for him. I want to bury him, so toilet flushing is not an option.
Please, does anyone have any other suggestions for putting a fish to sleep?

2006-10-23 14:08:44 · 18 answers · asked by Mari 2