Fish - January 2007

I ran across a saltwater fish once a couple of years ago. I was white with perfect black polka dots, and i don't know how else to explain it, except that it reminded me of a flowy silk blouse. I really want to purchase one, and cannot seem to find it online. please help....this is my dream fish!

2007-01-23 10:22:28 · 7 answers · asked by greenpixieshoes 1

2007-01-23 10:20:36 · 5 answers · asked by Mel 3

I has a question about one of my fish.

We have a 55 gallon tank with about 10 fish in it. One of my fish is acting weird. It constantly looks it is dead. It'll flost on its' side or upside down. But when get go in to get him, he swims away and has soo much energy. When we feed, he'll swim around like nothing wrong.

It's been doing this everyday for a month now.

I say he's hibernating, my husband says he had a stroke (:P) We now call him Jesus. Does anyone know what may be going on?

2007-01-23 10:18:09 · 4 answers · asked by Newsie2460 2

i got to 100-200 of them

2007-01-23 10:18:07 · 12 answers · asked by josh s 1

My daughter is doing a Science Fair project and we have many questions. The question is:" Do goldfish grow larger in a larger tank? " I have 2 fish bowls with everything in both bowls the same measurements, as well as two 2'' common "Comet" goldfish.
1 Goldfish is in the 1 gal fishbowl and the other in a 1/2 gal fishbowl . I need to know what temperate they should be kept at?
How much water do I change weekly?
How to chart the data I used?
How much square area is needed for our goldfish?
How often and how much do I feed our goldfish? In each fishbowl there is only 1 goldfish.(Both fish are about 2inches each)
Are the bowls large enough? (1 bowl is 1 gal. and the other bowl is.50 gal 1/2 gal.) I was reading up on it and I read that I shouldn't use a goldfish bowl. But why are they called goldfish bowls if you should not use them?

Anyone who cares to help with this, I want to say THANK YOU right now.
Thanks

2007-01-23 10:13:17 · 8 answers · asked by Just Me!!!! 1

I have a baby betta who's name is Star not Ruby but Star. Anyway I removed her from other fish so that she could ge better she has ick if you dont know that by now, but now I see what stuff floating on the top of her water and she looks and swims healthier and I dont know if it is strange but know she sleeps up top to the wather and stays at that spot is that odd for a betta to do that but she swims alround the tank and goes back to the same spot. can anyone tell me what is wrong besides ick and what is the white stuff that floats at the top of her tank please tell me I doing everything right to my baby girl and I dont want her to die please help and give me some good answer on the questions I just asked

2007-01-23 09:52:49 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3

I have a Betta (siamese fighing fish) and I keep him in a 2.5 gallon heated tank by himself. I was out of town over the weekend and when I came back he seemed to be having problems swimming, if he's not actively moving he sinks to the bottom of the tank. He's still active, eats, and reacts when he sees me, and hasn't turned gray or anything, so I don't think he's terribly sick or dying, doesn't have any external signs of infection. He just sinks. Does anyone know what's wrong with him and if I can do anything to make him better?

2007-01-23 09:43:39 · 7 answers · asked by CurlyQ 2

2007-01-23 09:15:18 · 3 answers · asked by daquietaznguy 2

i have had very little luck so far got a 10 gallon tank is there more i need to do please help if you know . i keep tank clean and filter on all the time don't have a heater but water temp is 70. i was told that was good not sure.

2007-01-23 09:13:42 · 10 answers · asked by bunny37_fran 1

What is fish conditioner for anyways?

2007-01-23 08:51:28 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-01-23 08:51:19 · 17 answers · asked by Chris 5

i had them for 2 or 3 weeks and i fed them yesterday and they are all dead on the floor!!! there are only 3 alive in the whole tank and there were hundreds before! what happened?

2007-01-23 08:50:26 · 13 answers · asked by guitarist2309 2

I need to know if there are any good freshwater fish that are peaceful and like eat by cleaning the rocks

2007-01-23 08:38:42 · 4 answers · asked by haildabears 2

I have a 15 gallon eclipse aquarium and i was wondering if i would be able to use it as a saltwater aquarium

2007-01-23 08:28:46 · 7 answers · asked by SED757 2

how do you set one up...how do you know how much salt to put into it...???

2007-01-23 08:11:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 08:08:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 30 gallon tropical fishtank with mollies, hatchetfish, neons, glowlights, etc. I was at the fish store and I saw freshwater dwarf puffer fish. I looked online and found that they sometimes bite of fins of other fish. When I went to the aquarium this past weekend, they had puffer fish that were larger than the one I had previously seen. The girl told me they were very aggressive and they actually eat guppies. The puffers were in a tank with other fish and they seemed to be getting along fine. I really want to get a dwarf puffer...what should i do?

2007-01-23 08:01:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

So about a month and a half ago I started a "fishless" cycle by just feeding the tank on and off for awhile. I've been testing it daily and everything's the same as when I started. Nitrates and nitrites are low, PH is pretty high, ammonia is low. There has been no spike in any of my readings. The water has been sorta cloudy for about two weeks now, but still no change in readings. Should I add fish to finish the cycle? Any ideas?

FYI its a 5 gallon tank, freshwater.

2007-01-23 07:36:05 · 6 answers · asked by MaryJane 2

2007-01-23 07:25:16 · 3 answers · asked by Alison F 1

I just bought 2 goldfish the other week and got the fright of my life when I seen Bob (my goldfish) lying upside down at the top of the water....I assumed he was dead but when I touched the tank he turned over and swam away!!!! Does anyone know if this is normal!! Scared the hell outa me!!!!

2007-01-23 06:51:12 · 24 answers · asked by prettywoman 6

2007-01-23 06:50:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have nineteen month old Silver Molly fry and one two-month old Black Molly fry.

1. What's the earliest I will be able to tell males from females?

2. What is the first obvious sign of gender they will show?

3. Do water conditions, feeding, et cetera affect sex at all?

4. How young do Mollies first become sexually mature?

5. Any other information on this topic. Give me everything you can find that relates.

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I have one adult female Silver Molly and one adult male Black Lyretail Molly. They usually are okay with one another, however, sometimes I catch him chasing her, biting her and depriving her of food. Problem is, I want them to breed. Is he doing this because he doesn't like her? Or is he trying to mate with her? I have her in a breeding net now. I'm afraid to put them together any longer. Again, please try and give me all the information you can find.

Thank you VERY MUCH in advance.
=]

2007-01-23 06:19:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 10-gallon tank with 1 male betta and 6 neon tetras in it. The betta does not seem to be threatening/chasing/engaging in aggressive behavior with the tetras (he just cruises around the tank, doin' his betta thing), but the tetras seem to be spending most of their time schooled up, hiding in the back corner of the tank behind some plants. Any thoughts? We don't want to have traumatized fish.

2007-01-23 06:03:49 · 6 answers · asked by ckmclements 4

I ran out of food, so i took someones suggestion of feeding oats to them, but i have done it for quite a while now. :-( Am I killing my fish?

2007-01-23 06:02:59 · 9 answers · asked by hot_sports_chika06 1

2007-01-23 05:52:15 · 9 answers · asked by scottin_fl 1

pics would be nice also

2007-01-23 04:54:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a wonderful girl betta fish she is like a child to me. I had her separted from my other fish and she was all good. Then I decided to put her in with the others and she was still good. if anyone want to know her name is Star because she is ruby red. Then one of my other fish got ich dont know how and she caught it as well and then she started acting strange and things. Like sleeping on her side but I she is still kind of healthy and i take good care of her and stuff. and i put her in her old bowl and she is doing better but I gave her an ich treatment like five times from last week to this week.and she still has ich and i loce her to death and I dont know what to do now. i dont want her to die sad. I want her to die happy and good spirted keep her bother Coco for a year and a half and was healthy die peacefully. Also give me your best adive and do you think I'm a bad fishowner or "daddy"??

2007-01-23 04:45:16 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

my boyfriend bought one of those "ugly fish" as my 3 year old calls it - that eats the algea and crap out of a fishtank because he was too lazy to clean the tank himself. well the beta fish that we had died and now my boyfriend says that i dont have to feed the fish - that there is still enough algea in the water for him to eat even though the other fish isnt there to crap all over. is this true? should i be feeding him or not?

2007-01-23 04:41:50 · 8 answers · asked by kd baby 5

I need to decide which I should buy, could you list the pros and cons. Could you also sugesst which type of snail/sucker fish I should get. Thanks

2007-01-23 04:35:30 · 24 answers · asked by Ryujin 3

if i think my oscar may be sick (fin rot) but i dont think so because it is clear fin on edges but not sure and im wondering if i can give him some tropical fish cure to prevent just in case and only use half or full dose??????

2007-01-23 04:07:29 · 6 answers · asked by Mikael 2