Fish - March 2007

Anyone have any suggestions what I can do? My Black Ghost Knife fish is dying. Before I left for work this morning he was stuck to the water filter so I thought he was dead, now I am back home and was going to pick him out and he is laying on his side at the other end of the tank. He is alive but just laying there...what can I do to help him survive???

2007-03-28 13:30:13 · 18 answers · asked by El Tigre 3

2007-03-28 13:22:19 · 5 answers · asked by nicoley 2

2007-03-28 13:13:04 · 10 answers · asked by Michelle 3

can some body give me some facts

2007-03-28 13:06:02 · 2 answers · asked by Sarita* : ) 2

I'm going on a vaction and there's really no one I can count on to feed them or clean their tank. If I feed them well up until the day I leave and do a big water change, will they be okay without food for 7 days? I'd rather no one feed them during that time away, because their ammonia will get too high. I've had the aquarium for about a month now, I wonder if it's cycled yet..

Presently I'm changing their water every 4/5 days, otherwise my Goldfish gets veins in his tail, signs of bad water. Such a messy Goldfish he is! :P Perhaps I'm feeding him too much?

But like I said, what I plan to do is feed them alot up until Saturday night or Sunday morning, then that morning do a water change and let them fast until I get back the following sunday. Is that okay? Approximately 7 days.

2007-03-28 12:59:09 · 20 answers · asked by Mizzy 3

Its not a fighting fish its a male single fish

I need how to take care of it, products,food,cleaning materials,etc

2007-03-28 12:10:37 · 12 answers · asked by Emily F 5

2007-03-28 12:10:29 · 4 answers · asked by rzupa568 2

Is this true? I hear 25 to 50% all the time, but I have wayyy tooo muuuuch food left over after cyphering out 50% of it.

2007-03-28 12:08:58 · 13 answers · asked by TJ 2

im thinkin canister

2007-03-28 11:54:17 · 4 answers · asked by Bubbles KissyQuails 3

I just changed 50% of my water with a cypher and there is tons of food left over and I mean tons! - Can I change more right now?

2007-03-28 11:53:46 · 6 answers · asked by TJ 2

one of my freshwater tropical fish is doing wierd things. the water is clean and he is getting enough food. he is doing everything else that the other fish are doing except for the fact that he is doing something wierd. he does this thing where everything past the middle section of his body pulls to one side. it kind of looks like a human strech. his body twichtes and he stays this way for a few seconds and then goes back to normal. i wouldn't worry about it if he only did it a few times but he does it a lot, like at least once every 5 minutes....does anything know what is wrong with him and what i can do about it?

2007-03-28 11:49:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a female malawian kenyi cichlid and it's color is fading very badly and it seems to be turning a bit yellow, I took a guess that it is turning into a male, am i right?
can fish actually change their sex?
and if so do you know how?
if not what is going on with this drastic color change?

2007-03-28 11:47:18 · 11 answers · asked by serrsly 3

or do i have to feed him other stuff too?any answers with help

2007-03-28 11:44:21 · 6 answers · asked by MICHAEL S 1

what kind of anemones do tomatoe clownfish like?

2007-03-28 11:41:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-28 11:35:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-28 11:26:46 · 3 answers · asked by BOBBY M 2

I have two aquariums. 4 gal for my betta and 16 gal for my goldfish. My betta tank has been running for 7 weeks now but I had to replace all of the water 4 days ago. His ammonia is at 1, nitrite zero, nitrate zero. My goldfish (two weeks running) is doing better with ammonia and nitrite at zero and nitrates just starting to show at <10. Plan to move in about one month just up one flight of stairs. I can carry the betta, taking out a gallon or two of his water. Have read in previous answers that I can do this leaving the fish in their tanks. What are your thoughts please?

2007-03-28 11:20:04 · 5 answers · asked by Grace 4

how long do gold fish live, because when I bought the three gold fish that i have, the person at the store told me they were going to live for up to 3 years. but I have had my 3 fish for 7 years, and they just keep getting bigger and bigger. so how long do they live? and how big do they get?

2007-03-28 11:19:17 · 7 answers · asked by char 1

2007-03-28 11:18:50 · 2 answers · asked by Go girl 1

My betta fish, Murphy lives in a three gallon tank with an apple snail and, more recently, a corydora catfish. It doesn't sound like there's room, but the dimensions of the tank are pretty spacious. Anyway, about a week after I introduced the catfish, Murphy started acting really strange. He sits on the bottom of the tank alot (which he never used to do, he's always been very active) and I catch him flaring up at absolutely nothing. Literally, nothing. Nothing is there. He's ignored the catfish completely and the catfish himself is pretty perky so I don't think he's sick. What could it be?

2007-03-28 11:18:00 · 7 answers · asked by Jennie V 1

What is it and what should I do to get rid of it???

2007-03-28 11:17:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

im thinkin canister cause its cheap and u dont sea the filter anywhere and u dont need to buy media cartridges for a saltwater tank

2007-03-28 11:16:50 · 1 answers · asked by Bubbles KissyQuails 3

2007-03-28 10:59:06 · 3 answers · asked by Jennifer P 3

2007-03-28 10:57:57 · 3 answers · asked by jarrett t 1

My baby bala shark (1 1/2-2 in.) is sick. It's fins are red and slightly tattered. It has been acting lathargic and swims slightly downward. It was only noticed two days ago. It has no white spots and had been quite healthy before.

The bala shark lives in a 30 gallon aquarium with three other slightly larger bala sharks, 5 small tiger barbs, 2 dojo loaches, 2 plecostamus, 1 albino barb, 2 large snails, and a docile siamese fighting fish. All the other fish seem fine and are showing no symptoms. I have already done two water changes and added some stress relief medication.

I am wondering if my bala shark is just suffering from battle wounds, an ammonia spike, or if its something else and if I need to quarantine the fish right away.

2007-03-28 10:57:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need to find out who discovered the mandarin dragonet,(other names for the FISH include mandarin goby,striped or spotted mandarin,phycodellic fish ECT.)

2007-03-28 10:24:00 · 3 answers · asked by ROBERT F M 2

this morning i woke up at 6:30 and i went to feed my fish and turn on the tank light and i noticed that billie-jo (my sucker fish) was missing!! i checked the filter and he wasnt there, i cheked all around the tank and nothing. there is only two places he could have gone if he floped out and that was out my window or down my air vent. soo really my question is, is there any way to check my air vent or do i just have to wait untill i smell something ?? my dad isnt comming home unitll saturday night and he is the handy man around the house. soo what do i do?? im freaking out.

2007-03-28 10:16:03 · 14 answers · asked by ♥Poots♥ 2

Provided that she likes it, can I feed my 1yr old dog starkist chunk light tuna? Yes, the ideal thing would be actual dog food, but I have NO $$, and limited food until tomorrow. Also, I have pasta, would this be ok? Thanks

2007-03-28 09:50:10 · 10 answers · asked by Johnny5 1

anything at all would be helpfull. thanks

2007-03-28 09:44:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How often should you clean the tank

2007-03-28 09:04:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous