Fish - March 2007

What do I use to clean the salt deposit or calcium build up on the filters and other parts of tank

2007-03-24 09:23:54 · 2 answers · asked by Monica J 1

my fish have ich, ive been treating them since monday and have yet to see any kind of change. infact i fell that some have got worst! my loaches are covered in the stuff and acting abit wierd! and my mollie has the white spots but shes been acting kinda wierd, (like sitting on the gravel inbetween my rocks) which she doesnt usally do. but there all still eating and swiming around! i was just wondering if it would be ok to change there treatment? as i dont feel the one im useing is working at all.
thanks

2007-03-24 09:17:26 · 4 answers · asked by *mommy to 3 boys* 4

I am using Strart Right, and my fish are guppies. The tank is a five gallon tank

2007-03-24 09:04:09 · 5 answers · asked by John S 2

2007-03-24 08:59:32 · 5 answers · asked by CH3Y3NN3♱D∆RLING 2

So there doing ok but I want my crab to come out more! It comes out some times.. What should i do????

2007-03-24 08:46:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my fish have ick/ich!
ive treated them 3times now, i started the treatment on monday and done it every other day from then! my fish seem no better. my clown loaches are covered in the stuff and acting really wierd!!! i really dont want them to die! should i be seeing an improvement by now? the rest of my fish seem ok, there still have the white spots, but there still eating and swiming around. please help!!!

2007-03-24 08:08:59 · 6 answers · asked by *mommy to 3 boys* 4

My last betta fish died after having him for 3 years. Then I went to this weird pet store and got another. He's really small, like half the size of my old one. When I got my frist fish he acted strange too when we put him in our tank [3.5 gallons + chlorine removey stuff] he swam to the bottom and layed down on his side untill he got used to it. Now my new fish is doing the same only he floats to the top and is on his side, hes not dead because he flips to take air from the surface. Im really worried and I love him cause hes purple plz help :[

2007-03-24 07:37:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank you all. You all have very good advice, even if it differs a little.

I don't know what possessed me to start an aquarium by the seat of my pants. They are the most complex ecostructures I've ever been involved with.

Your advice, knowledge and references make it very hard to choose the best answer to my questions. I would like to have you choose for me but can't figure that out either.

Don't want to offend anyone but I guess I'm just a "Dumb Blonde"

Thanks Again,
Ann

2007-03-24 07:17:50 · 3 answers · asked by Grace 4

around the neck area he looks white. i feed him betta food that is supposed to held enhance the color but i think its doing the opposite. the day after i got him my sister put a LOT of food and i immeadetiay cleaned it all out.

i use bottled water and i keep him in a fish bowl under my lamp. i dont dont now if it might be the food or the light or the water thats making him sick, but i really dont want anything to happen to him. i lve him, he was a present from my best friend so he means a lot to me. can anyone help me? please?

2007-03-24 07:10:12 · 8 answers · asked by Polly 4

What fish is the easiest to take care of (no thermometers, filters, all that jazz), lives the longest (1 year or more), and costs between $0 and $20?

2007-03-24 07:02:39 · 6 answers · asked by blondie ;-) 1

What fish is the easiest to take care of (no thermometers, fileters, all that jazz), lives the longest (1 year or more), and costs between $0 and $20?

2007-03-24 07:01:02 · 4 answers · asked by blondie ;-) 1

2007-03-24 06:54:06 · 6 answers · asked by cutekc8 1

i use to have over 22 fish in my fish tank now i only have about 5.

2007-03-24 06:46:57 · 6 answers · asked by kimberly p 1

What pet shall I have? A goldfish or a betta? Give me reasons please.

2007-03-24 06:24:19 · 10 answers · asked by ???????? 1

2007-03-24 06:23:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone advise where I could get a hood tank light for a 30 gallon long tank. I have two tanks but both lights are out. Local shops are outragious in price.

2007-03-24 05:48:45 · 3 answers · asked by Michael P 2

2007-03-24 05:46:11 · 11 answers · asked by hattaboy 1

2007-03-24 05:32:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-24 05:23:58 · 9 answers · asked by bullwinkle 1

Can ya keep a male and female betta in the same tank, but not spawn? But to make the bettas LOVE each other?

2007-03-24 05:23:21 · 9 answers · asked by ???????? 1

I bought some kind of fern-like plant for my freshwater aquarium two or three weeks ago. This morning, I noticed the top of the plant had fallen off, and there was a small yellow insect (it looked like a caterpillar, and was the same size) emerging from the bud.

When I moved it away from the plant it was crawling towards, it ducked back into it's bud.

It's a light, almost transparent yellow colour, with small hairs/spikes covering it's body.

I have an African Dwarf Frog in the tank as well as some fry, and am worried on whether the bug will harm the ADF if she eats it, and if it would be better to remove the pest.

I tried Google-ing it, but came up with nothing. Thanks for you help!

2007-03-24 04:43:27 · 1 answers · asked by Em 1

Our standard pet shop gold fish has been living in his bowl since september and seems to like to sit at the bottom of the bowl for a majority of the day - is this normal?

2007-03-24 04:40:27 · 6 answers · asked by lilmommo 2

2007-03-24 04:35:19 · 7 answers · asked by songcatcher 1

I want to get some fish - i dont want to get heaters and pumps just yet, just a nice bowl, what kind a fish can i keep with out heaters and pumps?

2007-03-24 04:28:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, does anyone know where I could get a six week auto fish feeder? Mechanical. Not another human like my neighbor. I'm going on a trip, and I need HELP!

2007-03-24 04:21:51 · 4 answers · asked by ???????? 1

I have an 80 gal freshwater aquarium with a Top Fin 30 and a Top Fin 60 filter. I have four large goldfish and one pleco. I've had the tank since Sept and never had an overflow problem but all of the sudden, it started to overflow. I changed to the Top Fin Bio filters to see if that would help and it didn't. I've taken the pump and filters apart and cleaned them. The cartridges are all clean as well. I don't know what to do. Please help!!! Thanks!

2007-03-24 04:17:31 · 4 answers · asked by Carole B 1

The tap water tests at zero, so that's not it and my test kit is a tube with chemicals to test the water not a test strip. I've tested the prepared water before I change it and it tests at zero.

The tank is a 4 gallon Biorb with filter that I changed 2 weeks ago.

I don't have a nitrate test kit so I don't know the answer to that.

Should I remove him from the tank? If so when? I just treated 2 gallons with the smallest amount of stress coat which claims to remove chlorine and chloramides. (It's the only dechlorinator I have). Should I wait 24 hours on the water? What if the ammonia continues to rise? Should I use the ammolock for now until his other water is ready? He's swimming around the tank now but Who knows when he'll get sick?

If I remove him from the tank, should I remove his plants with him?

A Lot of Questions--Thank You

2007-03-24 04:04:03 · 3 answers · asked by Grace 4

Because I have a betta and I want to put another fish in there with him.

2007-03-24 02:53:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Day before yesterday I sought advice for this at an ammonia level of 1.0. I was advised to do a water change until the ammonia level went down. Have changed the water twice, once each day. Now the ammonia level is up to 2.0 after the water change. It was almost at 3.0 before. This is a new tank. I overfed the fish at first. I've been changing 50% of the water once a week until two days ago then daily for two days. Before I changed the water two days ago I used ammolock. Have used stress coat to treat water and then stress zyme with each water change. Please help me. I don't want to lose my friend Michael.

2007-03-24 02:46:09 · 6 answers · asked by Grace 4

2007-03-24 02:44:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous