Fish - December 2006

i believe the damage on his fins are do to an injury. theres no fuzzy stuff and the fins are not frayed. he really dont look to bad but he is a product of walmart and when i seen him i knew i had to rescue him. also because walmart dont usually carry the chocolate orandas. i have a big tank with red cap orandas in it. when should i introduce him into the big tank with the other guys?

2006-12-05 07:32:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i bought a yellow lab cichlid (1 inch) 3 weeks ago from Petco and i have read that they are pretty docile so i went back the next day to look at other cichlids. i found the cutist brightest colored kenyi cichlid (1 inch) and the manager said they would be fine so i got him and purposily the same size. they have been in a 55 with
1 male betta
2 female bettas
2 zebra fish
2 male guppies
2 pinkish zebra fish
1 male balloon molly
2 albino corys
and 2 fiddler crabs
now the funny thing is that the other fish beat up the yellow lab and doesn't bother them but he is mean the the kenyi and the kenyi wont nip the guppies but followes them around. WHY DO I ALWAYS GET THE MESSED UP FISH?? WHY DO THEY ACT LIKE THIS? ARE THEY A BAD MIX?????

2006-12-05 07:24:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know that is has something to do with salt and was wandering if someone could tell me the difference between saltwater and brackish??
what is the ratio?
the fish?
bonus if you know:::
can fiddler crabs live in freshwater????

2006-12-05 07:15:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i rescued a baby chocolate oranda that has his fins kinda messed up. ive been puting mela fix in the tank does anyone know if thats good stuff? so far he has been eating well and swimming around good. ive got him on a flake and vegetable diet.

2006-12-05 05:36:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

This fish can't fly like a bird , but it leaps into the air , upto 6m [20ft] then glides for about 400m [1,300ft] before splashing back .

2006-12-05 03:58:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

its tropical fish with heater and light, where are the flies coming from. and we have no plants near , and everytime we get rid of them they come back!

2006-12-05 03:34:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two fantail goldfish that were floating ontop of the tank most of the time & seemed to lose interest in their food. I was advised this could be a lack of oxygen, so got an airstone to blow bubbles into the tank - & now they just sit on the bottom instead! They do not seem to have any obvious signs of disease, so can anyone give me any ideas on how to sort them out & get them swimming again?! Any help would be gratefully appreciated as I don't like to think of my fish being unhappy or unwell.

2006-12-05 03:22:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Been keeping fish for 40 years and never come acroos this. Small cream coloured little things look like very small sesame seeds sprinkled everywhere.(pinhead size) They apear on wood rocks, even snails occasionally. Not any fish eggs that i have ever heard of nor snails. Never seen one hatch but after a few weeks they seem to be empty. Asked everywhere no one knows. ??????

2006-12-05 03:12:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-05 03:12:14 · 5 answers · asked by diggdoc 1

This question folows on to my original question about my siamese fighter fish dying. First of all thanks for all the replys. But now i am confused, is everyone saying that it is beneficial to keep a fighter in a smaller tank? The fighter that diedseemed to love the space of a huge tank and swim around every part of it. Am i right in thinking that in nature they don't have a choice as to how they live? I have got a new fighter, so would it be better for him if i took him out of the big tank and put him in the smaller tank? Is the reason that they feel safer in a smaller tank?

2006-12-05 02:32:11 · 14 answers · asked by Tanya W 2

I had three big oscars (agressive fish) I left for three weeks went out of town to visit a sick cousin my sister was to feed them...I came back their skin was peelin' off flowing in the water...were they eating each other?

2006-12-05 01:41:43 · 8 answers · asked by ms.yahoo answers 2

i want some colorful,medium-sized fish that would live peacefully and not eat the other fishes' young.
give me 4-5kinds.
i want them to multiply!

2006-12-05 01:35:16 · 3 answers · asked by numbah1 1

i need colorful fish that are nice to look at that would not kill other fish.
i want fish that would go well with my 2 turtles.
i want 4-5 kinds of fish that would not hurt other fish and the other fishes' young.

2006-12-05 01:28:49 · 7 answers · asked by numbah1 1

im from the philippines.
plans to have a pond.
i need fishes that would not kill others and others' young.
i need fishes that would go well with the other fish and my 2 turtles.

2006-12-05 01:27:05 · 4 answers · asked by numbah1 1

can you please give me 3-4 kinds of fish that includes koi fish that wont eat themselves?
i plan to have koi fish in a pond that i will make but i dont want it to have koi fish only so can you give me 3-4 more kinds of fish that i can put with my koi fish that wont make any killings while in the water?
oh yeah,i need freshwater kinds.
please give me some fish that i can put with my koi.
PS-dont tell me to ask someone from the pet store!

2006-12-05 01:25:09 · 3 answers · asked by numbah1 1

My siamese fighter whom i've had for three months and was previously fit and healthy died three days ago. About two weeks before his death he did seem a bit zonked out on occassions and would sometimes just swim into the plants and crash out for a bout five minutes, but aparet from this he was fine. My boyfriend said it could of been that he was eating to much, but we noticed that he had what looked like a white moustache, around his mouth (the night before he died) then the next day his whole head seemed really pale and he slowly passed away. We do water tests regulary and the water is fine, the tank is huge and not overcrowded, with loads of natural plants, it's not exposed to any noise and the all the fish are happy, so this is a puzzle. Does anyone know what could of caused this unfortunate death?

2006-12-05 00:34:20 · 5 answers · asked by Tanya W 2

I bought those 5 cm led lights for my fish tank, they go underwater in the bottom of the tank but they keep turning round. How can i glue them into a fixed position (not permanently). Would blue tac work?

2006-12-04 23:50:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there a way of telling if a black molly is pregnant?

It is not really like other livebearers that have a gravid spot.

I have a few black mollies that are fat, but i am not sure if they are actually pregnant.

2006-12-04 23:34:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 22:52:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 21:39:22 · 4 answers · asked by RONALD 1

I have a few ghost shrimp in an aquarium and was wondering what kind of live plants I should use? Preferably something that is relatively easy to take care of, like amazaon sword or maybe some micro sword?

2006-12-04 21:09:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 20:43:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 20:21:47 · 20 answers · asked by sriprakash s 1

i gt 2 mollies..6 guppies..1 red tailed shark..n 2 odr fish whose names i dono..

2006-12-04 19:30:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i live in the tropics (Philippines) i need fresh water plants readily available here

2006-12-04 17:30:58 · 4 answers · asked by Light bearer 2

2006-12-04 15:47:00 · 20 answers · asked by umrebels 1

Q:Ms. Kotara feeds her fish 2 1/2 Ounces of fish food every six days. How much food will she use in 18 days?

A: 2 1/2 X 3/1=5/4x3/1=15/4=3 3/4 is it correct?

2006-12-04 15:18:32 · 5 answers · asked by Luis H 1

Can I use it?? If so how much

2006-12-04 15:17:56 · 4 answers · asked by sogullablegurly 3

my fish is laying on bottom on its side i htink it is dead, i just got tank yesterday so hard time adjusting i dont know but my water looks kinda dusty i put in gravel 20 minutes before i put fish in there, i also have this liquid i ca nput in there called bio coat is says it reliefs stress, can i put it in while fish are in there? if u know a lot about fish please contact me on yim

2006-12-04 15:05:05 · 3 answers · asked by onthat_kryptonite 1

because the weather here in fla is hot on week and cold the next im wondering if my goldfish will breed in the winter. the males all ready have there breeding bumps on their gills. and my female is full of eggs.

2006-12-04 14:52:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous