Fish - January 2007

I have a 80 gal. fresh water tank and I was thinking of adding some "Blue Rams". What should I ask when looking to buy some? Any place in the OC area that sells them?

2007-01-17 08:16:07 · 4 answers · asked by wet_jeanlouise 2

Just had some newborn molly babies this morning and do not know what to feed them, anyone help?

2007-01-17 07:55:28 · 8 answers · asked by Whitty 1

I have a 10 gallon tank it use to be a snake's cage but it died, that's what my neighbor said when i bought it from them for 10 dollars, so I'll need fish, food, tank supplies, I wnat to get goldfish, so can you tell me what supplies I will need, andabout how much money will it cost?

2007-01-17 07:45:25 · 10 answers · asked by Fire 2

I have a 10G fresh water tank that I will stock with around 4-7 small schooling fish such as guppies or tetras.

I would like one larger (not too large, mind you, but beefier than guppies, tetras, danios, etc) fish that doesn't require "brothers and sisters" of the same species.

Any suggestions? I'm aware of the 1" / gallon rule, and I don't plan to violate it. I'd like a fish that is large enough to stand out in a crowd of guppies or tetras.

Thanks!

2007-01-17 07:36:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister went to the petstore and discovered bettas in little bags with dirty water in them,and the bettas were not even fully covered in water. Something needs to be done about this.

2007-01-17 07:26:26 · 7 answers · asked by Heather.Feather 2

2007-01-17 07:11:53 · 4 answers · asked by sdc 1

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those are the pic of the female i just got her for about a week.she fat look kind of like pregnant.the area is brow.she was little smaller when i got her.(my aquarium:2 male guppies,1 male platy,3 females.)


oh i got a 5 -6 gallon aquarium.so how many fish i can get .and some time i see my male guppies keep chasing my female platiesand when they get close to her they start to do stuff and she ran away.is it ok to let guppies and platy mate?


sorry about the picture.

2007-01-17 06:27:47 · 4 answers · asked by B.J T 2

those are the pic of the female i just got her for about a week.she fat look kind of like pregnant.the area is brow.she was little smaller when i got her.(my aquarium:2 male guppies,1 male platy,3 females.)


oh i got a 5 -6 gallon aquarium.so how many fish i can get .and some time i see my male guppies keep chasing my female platiesand when they get close to her they start to do stuff and she ran away.is it ok to let guppies and platy mate?

2007-01-17 06:24:56 · 1 answers · asked by B.J T 2

he/she has suddenly begun rolling over onto the left side it's spine has developed a twist. This all happened today, I am following advice i found on the net about shallow water and controlled feeding of non floating foods but im not all that certain that i have the diagnoses right, any advice appreciated, thankyou

2007-01-17 06:22:26 · 15 answers · asked by Tops 1

I have never had a snail before. I understand that they only come out to eat. When I put him in the tank,(around noon) he came out of the shell for about an hour then pulled back in and hasn't moved since. How often do they come out? Is he dead?

My water tests all came back normal and I am not having any trouble with the fish.

2007-01-17 05:22:05 · 8 answers · asked by Fish Lover 5

2007-01-17 05:14:42 · 2 answers · asked by dipnz40 1

im a beginer to tropical fish i have two fish in my tank at the moment, i have two male platy's i started off with six fish and now have only two left i get regular water safety checks and get told that the nitrates are a bit high and got told to use nitrates minus to take the nitrates level down im doing that but it does not seem to work any sugestions.

2007-01-17 05:04:27 · 14 answers · asked by jillscotty2003 1

brand? # of watts? completely submersible? price range?

all info appreciated

2007-01-17 03:49:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i dotn know i think they live up to like 50 years i dont know any thing

2007-01-17 03:28:22 · 11 answers · asked by inzo 1

her/him to a tank that has tropical, silver dollars, geromies, tetras and a beta for awhile, don't have an extra tank, heater and filter yet?

thanks for answers.

2007-01-17 02:43:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two Mickey Mouse platie fish. (Along with a few other types of fish) My female is pregnant although I am not sure how far along. I noticed she was pregnant 2-3 weeks ago. (I was told its about 30 days till birth from start) So I imagine she is due pretty soon as, I am sure I didn’t notice immediately. Yesterday I set up a new tank for her to give birth in. I put her in alone and she seemed very stressed out. So I put in the male with her so she wouldn’t be alone. I was told that you should always have a pair together. (I plan to take the male out when I notice new birth or impending. I will take her out once she seems done) When I set up the tank I did put in start right and the temperatures where nearly identical in both tanks. Looking back I think that I should have floated them in a bag anyways because looking at the male he seems blotchy in color. Maybe now white spots? I don’t know as I don’t really know if his skin seems more blotchy or spotty. Anyways reading on the net it seems that many say they need a bit of salt in the water normally. Also I’ve seen it say that live bearing breeding tanks/nurseries should have salt in the water as well. And since he may now have a disease many articles say salt will kill the disease. I don’t want him or the mother/babies to have this.
I called my local pet store they say no salt. They said start right is all that’s needed. Apparently start right has a bit of salt. This is my question, dose anyone knows for sure? I am new to this. I really like the idea of watching livebearers have fry. I think it will be fun to watch them multiply. Oh, also I was wondering. My two tanks don’t have a heater. They sit at about 72. I was told that they should be warmer. I’ve had my fish about 3 months they always seemed fine. Should I put a heater in the new tank? If so why and what temp? Oh and also if I should use salt can I use sea salt or table salt instead of aquarium salt? I have these already.

2007-01-17 02:28:34 · 6 answers · asked by Little bitty 1 2

I have a 6-year-old black moor. He’s in a 15 litre, filtered tank with living plants, a grow light, one small fantail, and a sea snail.

I saw he had white spots on his gills, so I treated the tank for ich.
Turns out the spots are just a sign that it’s mating season, so the treatment was an unnecessary stress to the fish.

The medication dyed the gravel of the tank so I replaced it, and gave the tank a cleanout. I replaced the plants, added the snail, and removed some (not all) of the green algae for aesthetic reasons.

Everything was fine for a day or two, (still is with the small fish) but now my Black Moor has dropsy. (Bloated, pineconeing)
His tail, and fins are also ragged, but I caught him fighting with the other fish, so I’m pretty sure it’s war wounds.

He’s only slightly sluggish, (the ambient temperature around the tank has risen from 22deg C to 27deg C, which might account for it) and he’s still eating very well.

Could the dropsy be linked to stress, or mating?

2007-01-17 02:10:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just added my 2 guppies to a tank with 3 tetras (and others) and one of the tetras is attacking them. One guppy had lost all of its beautiful tail in the last 24 hours and is hiding the whole time. The fish shop told me all my fish were compatible with guppies. Whats going on and what should I do?

2007-01-17 01:47:06 · 8 answers · asked by nurseyed 1

is there anyone that has had a beta fish for that long

2007-01-17 01:21:43 · 12 answers · asked by Pat B 1

I just bought me a fish tank with fish and they are holding up well, but I ended up with 2 problems: Two of my fish died cause they got stuck onto the suction area of the filter. So what can I do? Cause now I'm worried that they are going to get stuck . My 2nd problem is my water is cloudy and I bought something last night to clear it but it hasn't . I changed out the water recently and it didn't last very long that it looks cloudy. I'm having to change the water outevery other day.... ( They are goldfish)

2007-01-17 00:34:03 · 8 answers · asked by liontiver1992 2

Cause i already have three fish but i want more and i want another type to make it look cool in my fish tank!

2007-01-16 23:40:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ive had my blue betta for a year and hes been totally happy and healthy. then one day i noticed a little white dot maybe 1mm accross on his body. now it has grown to about 3mm accross and distends a mill from his body. it looks like the scales are peeling away from the white bit. What is this? How can I fix it? At first I thought just white spot but there was only ever teh one spot?! He still is acting normally swimming around and eating fin waggling what is this growth thing!? HELP make him better!

2007-01-16 22:04:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 60 litre community tank with 4 sunset platy's, 2 silver sharks (tiny), 5 baby albino cory's, 6 black phantom tetra and a small angelfish

2007-01-16 21:27:25 · 10 answers · asked by tlagden 1

Ok.. it's going to sound gross- but do Betta go poo?( You know how Goldfish look something hanging out the bottom,) my Betta never does. And sometimes I find something gross in the tank.

2007-01-16 20:57:18 · 8 answers · asked by Rae 1

Still waiting to hear from anyone who has done this who has the plant thing.
Seems almost impossible to me.

2007-01-16 20:45:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-16 18:08:59 · 2 answers · asked by itzfobolous 1

2007-01-16 17:00:42 · 7 answers · asked by dana z 1

2007-01-16 15:55:44 · 18 answers · asked by Leah O 1

I noticed 3-4 furry-looking dots on each side of my fantail. Is this normal for fish? If it is...what does it mean?

2007-01-16 15:31:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have freshwater fish since today and wanted to double check what the store recommended. I have a few tetras, guppies, a beta fish and a few others, all kind of small and easy to tend to.

The store told me to keep the temperature at 78 degrees and the light on only during the night, and not the day.

I was also told that the PH should be set to 7.

Is that information correct?

2007-01-16 15:26:19 · 8 answers · asked by JeremyK684 2