Fish - February 2007

2007-02-21 11:04:47 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

we just bought a new tank and set up. We have had it about two weeks now and we have hard water where we live so the ph is high and nitrates are high. We recently bought 2 plecos and one died. Not sure if he was sick from the store or not. Bought nitrite and ammonia read stress on the test strips. My husband went and bought driftwood for the surving pleco. Hoping that will soften the water and pet store told us to feed him salt free green beans. Hope that will help out, and we will do the water change this weekend. any suggestions?

2007-02-21 11:04:27 · 4 answers · asked by dbs7275 1

I bought a small common goldfish the other day for $0.28 to go with my other one. I noticed that his dorsal fin is rarely upwards. Is he alright?

2007-02-21 11:03:47 · 5 answers · asked by Mizzy 3

2007-02-21 10:57:15 · 4 answers · asked by shawty_in.da_house 1

I have 1 29 Gallon Tank Containing The Following:
-5 platies(4f, 1m)
-4 neons
-4 white cloud mountain minnows
-2 Otocinclus
-2 pearl danios
-2 red blue columbian tetras
-2 serpae tetras
-1 pleco(planning to find it new home when it hits 6")
-1 chinese algae eater(not ful grown)
-3 dalmation mollies(2f, 1m)
-1 balloon molly(m)
-2 female bettas
-3 bronze cories(2m,1f)
-2 peppered cories(2f)
-4 guppies(2m,2f)
-3 rosy red minnows
Yes I know the tank is way overcrowded, it wasn't me who got all the fish and some incompatible fish species.None of the fish get in fights, even though some shouldn't be with others, they are fine.The water is at 80 F, have a 55 gallon filter, & do 1/4 water chnge every weekend w/ gravel vacuum. Anyways, I am planning on getting another 29 gallon tank within 3 months, this is how I was planning on dividing the species.The new tank will have a temp of 70-72F, lowering the old tanks temp to 78F.

2007-02-21 10:28:52 · 5 answers · asked by ? 4

Can you? I tried to breed misquito larvae but it won't seem to work. I set two plastic bowls outside. I've had them out for about 3 week. No larvae yet. How can I attract mosquitoes to lay their eggs in the bowl so I can feed it to my female betta? Also how can I make sure the larvae is healthy?

2007-02-21 10:16:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a cherry barb from Petco when it was on sale for a dollar. I've had the cherry barb for about 1.5 months and it still looks pretty small. How long does it take for it to reach its full adult size?

2007-02-21 10:12:38 · 2 answers · asked by chamelean75 2

2007-02-21 10:11:09 · 7 answers · asked by black moor 1

2007-02-21 10:10:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 10:04:25 · 10 answers · asked by PHIL 1

My mom went out and brought back 13 (lucky 13) common goldfish (the ones that are pretty thin, are gold, silver, white, or calico, and can be won at carnivals) in 3 little plastic bags filled with gravel. Naturally, I was outraged. Did she remember the 20+ goldfish massacre of my childhood? But, she had inadvertently killed 2 already. So we kept them. We are gunna' give quite a few away, maybe keeping 5 or 6. I've researcher and found that a 30 gallon tank would be best, but I don't know, since these are a pretty small variety. Any tips for keeping them for a long time? Best tank? Filter? These fish are like 2cm long.

2007-02-21 09:45:57 · 9 answers · asked by Blu 1

i have a fish that looks very pregnant but she is the only one of her breed in the tank and ive had her for over a year. is it possible that one of my other fish got her pregnant?

2007-02-21 09:34:25 · 7 answers · asked by iluvspaghetti6 1

2007-02-21 09:33:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi! I have thirteen one month old baby guppies and I am wondering when I should separate them. Also how do you tell them apart when they are so younge? They seem to be growing great and they are showing colors! Thanks!*

2007-02-21 09:25:15 · 4 answers · asked by guppylover 2

taste like and now i have horrible bloody diareahh.. ive had it for like 4 weeks now and ive lost 13 lbs.. has anyone had this before? what should i do?

2007-02-21 09:17:06 · 20 answers · asked by midi_junkie 3

there are mollies, platies, and tiger barbs in the tank

2007-02-21 09:13:44 · 6 answers · asked by ohsnapitscharity 1

my last one was growing a furry substance all over him. i feed them tropical fish food, and i have the heater set at 79 degrees. can you help me?

2007-02-21 09:05:22 · 1 answers · asked by Megan 1

And why would anyone spend that much money on a bowl?

2007-02-21 09:03:24 · 4 answers · asked by April 3

I'm thinking about getting red platies, black mollies, silver mollies, zebra danios and cherry barbs. My aquarium is all set up now so I'm just waiting for two to three weeks before I start to add the fish. Do you think all these varieties of fish will be ok together? Also, how many of each should I get? My aquarium is a BiOrb (60 litre). Thanks for your help!

2007-02-21 08:48:11 · 18 answers · asked by Hotpink555 4

2007-02-21 08:29:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 08:24:14 · 6 answers · asked by jessica.t 1

I have an Angelfish that any fish that I put in the tank with him he kills. I tried other Angelfish and smaller fish.

2007-02-21 08:23:30 · 14 answers · asked by calalily82 1

2007-02-21 08:03:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 08:03:04 · 8 answers · asked by dancer_chick 2

15 gallon Tank? how many goldfishiess can i fit?
well. im actually not sure if its 15 gallons.
but majority of ppl here say it is.
cause its...
2 feet across. 1 foot back& 1 foot up.
so how many litle goldfishies can i fit!

2007-02-21 08:01:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 08:01:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Also if you have any suggestions for fish to put in that would be great too. I want to get some angel fish and I have some serpae tetras I might move into it.

2007-02-21 07:55:24 · 6 answers · asked by T 4

2007-02-21 07:51:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

First, has anyone ever had one of these and did you like it? How big does it get? What does it eat? Can it live harmoniously with:

2 catfish
1 silver dollar
1 blue gourami
2 albino rainbow sharks
1 paradise

in a 55 gallon tank? Also, are snails good, or bad? I've heard so much conflicting information.

2007-02-21 07:41:38 · 5 answers · asked by manatee lover 2

so
ive got a couple questions

ive got a little fish tank
in it there is;
- a betta fish
- a african dwarf frog

the fish tank is pretty small
but i wanna get some more fish

i was thinking
maybe one of those sucker fishes
and another cool looking fish

any recommendations for fish?

size for a new tank?
[probably hold about 5ish fish, the smallest tank possible]


id prefer that all the fish eat the same type of food

2007-02-21 07:40:30 · 9 answers · asked by Lawrz 2