Fish - April 2007

Is betta Flaring at another fish in his tank a sign that he might attack them?

2007-04-21 04:04:21 · 7 answers · asked by grim107 2

the rest of the fish in the aquarium are fine and I test water regularly and water change. I had two Plecos about three inches long. One died and then the other about a month later. any ideas?

2007-04-21 03:52:40 · 7 answers · asked by goodolelady 2

Hi, I have a 5 ft heavily planted tank with platties(20-30), mollies(15-20), neons(20), glass catfish(10), clown loaches (2), and angolan elephant noses(4). Tank is fuctioning superbly, plants go great (2x150 watt metal halides and CO2 injection) fish never have any problems and filter is fine.

Since introducing the elephant nose I have started feeding a lot of frozen bloodworm, brine shrimp and community diet. The clown loaches have become very effective at out competing the elephant nose to the food. I usually bury it under the gravel about 1cm in four or five spots at once but the clown loaches seem to get most of it before the elephant nose have a chance. If I try to feed the elephant nose by hand (they are pretty tame) the platties will push them out of the way. Any suggestions on how to help the elephant nose get a good feed? (Other than ditching the clown loaches altogether...)

2007-04-21 03:49:04 · 3 answers · asked by Bigfalla namsul 2

they look kind of like spidery things and they cling to the tops of my plants that stick out of the water

2007-04-21 03:38:52 · 4 answers · asked by btimmer30 3

I need info. on building plywood fish tanks. I want to build a 150 - 250 gallon fish tank. What might be the total price of all this stuff?

Need Websites.

2007-04-21 03:29:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have Male Betta. And i was wondering if i could house them with my other fish. I have 1 Silver Molly,1 Platy, 1 Guppy, and 1 Snail. In a 5 gallon tank.

2007-04-21 03:21:34 · 9 answers · asked by grim107 2

Every time I change his water, he gets all sluggish nd pissed-off like. nd when the water gets dirty he is so happy nd swims around reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaly fast. nd also, when I got him his fins (the ones that they flap) were completely blue nd not there's only a little blue nd its mostly clear. Is This fin rot? nd if so how do i treat it? nd is it normal 4 my betta 2 act this way?
I need answers. Thanx!

2007-04-21 02:52:23 · 4 answers · asked by Ur Mom 2

Usually tubifex worms causes this prob and i had just been feeding my babies this.I did melafix for sev days but app and isolating behavior persisted.Euthanised my beautiful neon and white cloud w/kinked body same day. Anyone know if i was correct or if i murdered my own babies?? scared to hear the truth,but must ask Susie Q

2007-04-21 02:30:38 · 3 answers · asked by nofplotes 1

i want a 150 - 250 gallon fish tank. need info. on building fish tanks. wut tanks are easier to build: plywood or glass? wut is better on $?

need websites

2007-04-20 18:33:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just purchased 2 new angel fish for my 10 gallon aquarium. There are no other fish with them. The aquarium has been established for a long time. One of the angels is at the surface looking for air it seems. Is the aquarium too small? I have an ammonia tester in place and I had the water tested for everything else at the pet store and they told me it was fine.

2007-04-20 17:36:18 · 10 answers · asked by janster 1

My Betta is 2" long.

2007-04-20 17:34:03 · 6 answers · asked by grim107 2

well its more the water than the actual fish, my male betta got Pop-eye about a month ago, he recovered about 2-3 weeks ago, but the problem occured (at least i noticed it) about 1-2 weeks ago , the problem is the ABSOLUTLEY HORRIBLE SMELL! it is simalar to the smell of a snunk i guess, i cleaned his tank yesterday and within a few hours, the smell was back, It is smelling up my whole room up so PLEASE help my figure out what this is! the 2 things i can think of is either 1 the pop-eye or2 i changed his food about a month ago he is now on Hikari,i will take the water in to be tested tomarrow and see what they say! but for now, do you have any ideas of what this could be? ever hear of this before? please help me!

2007-04-20 17:25:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

im trying to ask this question so you can undestand it i just got a fish tank and i usally clean it by taking out the fish i know your not suspposed to i only have 5 fish i shipon the dirt then add fresh water then add fish but what i want to do is shipon the dirt with the fish in the tank then add declrinated water but how can i put alot of declorinated water all at the same time because i dont have anything big enough to hold that much water or can i add the water then put the declorinter in right after i put the water in sorry if it sound confusing its hard to explain.

2007-04-20 17:13:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey my mom got me a fish but ever since i got it (5 hours ago) it's on it's side gasping for air??!!! what do i do? i tried helping it breathe by lifting it up and having it mouth gulp air in and it'll perk up but it still gasping for air??

2007-04-20 17:00:02 · 14 answers · asked by yamato i 1

there are 7 fish male and female in the same aqarium.

2007-04-20 16:58:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My parents wont let me get any fish even thogh i luv fish advice?

2007-04-20 16:52:07 · 12 answers · asked by Jenavive 1

2007-04-20 16:35:02 · 5 answers · asked by Carl W 1

2007-04-20 16:31:51 · 7 answers · asked by Carl W 1

I already have the tank ready its just that i have no idea how much salt.

2007-04-20 16:30:24 · 1 answers · asked by Tank 1

For more details, see my previous question.
My problem is, my tank has suddenly gotten unbelievably cloudy!! This morning, it was pretty clear. Now, suddenly, by night, it's so cloudy I can hardly see my fish through it!
I have water sitting out to be used for a partial water change (which might very well be 100%) but it needs 24 hours!
What should I do now??? Will my fish be okay in such cloudy waters?? What's causing all of this??

Any help widely appreciated! Please reply ASAP!!

2007-04-20 15:44:53 · 8 answers · asked by tien 3

I have an african clawed underwater frogs and I am sure that my female has swallowed 3 pea sized pebbles in my aquarium. Is there anything I can do that can make her reveargatate (sp?) or other means not including cutting her. She is about 2 inches with the legs. I am sure she swallowed it. Thanks, This question is open to all but state if you had experience with theese frogs. Oh, and frogs aren't reptiles.

2007-04-20 15:39:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My fish has been what I thought was pregnant for over two months. The fish eats just as much as the other two and acts the same as the others. But the fish is really fat. Does it even matter? When I bought them over 6 months ago they were all the same size.

I have 3 dwarf platys and an apple snail in a 3.5 gallon tank. I feed my fish once a day with flake food. They have air bubbles and the temp stays in the 70’s.

I am new to fish and have a few other Q's.
How long do dwarf platys live?
How long does a fish stay pregnant?
How can you tell what gender a fish is?
And any other tips a new fish owner should know.

Thanks for any information.

2007-04-20 15:24:43 · 11 answers · asked by Mallory 3

2007-04-20 15:21:13 · 10 answers · asked by JacketMicke 2

Like does it cause health problems? I have brown algae and it keeps coming back so I'm wondering if I should just keep cleaning it or bleach the tank. But I really want this question answred: It is bad?

2007-04-20 15:15:32 · 10 answers · asked by PinkPuff 2

2007-04-20 15:13:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-20 14:45:04 · 13 answers · asked by answersonyahoo 2

My betta is moping around. It seems like he's sleeping. But he does this all day and he's barely eating. I hope his injured tail, isn't hurting him in anyway :-(

2007-04-20 14:33:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

how do i get these levels down? i have a 10 gallon tank. ive been doing regular half water changes and keeping the light off most of the day and reduced the amount of food i feed my fish. [i have one fish, a pretty large sasara comet goldfish] my tank is about 2 years old and i havent had any problems until about 2 weeks ago when this started. my tank is extremely cloudy. is my fish in danger because of the levels and cloudiness?

2007-04-20 14:31:50 · 11 answers · asked by shelly thomas 1

I recently brought 2 black moors from a pet shop and when choosing a suitable tank was reared towards the Iborb 15L, being told it was suitable for the 2. Since set up I have had hell with amonia and nitrite levels, amonia is now but a trace though nitrite is at 5.0 and nitrate high also, I understand new tank syndrome but every other day water changes don't seem to help much, will this process balance soon, approx week 6 now, also cloudness of water and now my smallest blackmoor seems to have swim bladder, bouyancy issues mainly sleeps at top as floats to surface after struggled swim, a bit worried, and the larger blackmoor has started nipping and eating all the food, have cut out flake/pellets and started with peas, ordered swimbladder medicine, looking into larger tank as I believe the pet shop owner lied, but am low on cash due to the expense on setup so far, I have a small 3 gallon tank from childhood, should I quarantine smaller fish or do full treatment in main with meds. help

2007-04-20 14:31:41 · 3 answers · asked by stevene7uk 2

my siamese fighter fish sinks to the bottom of the bowl and has problems swiming to the top.

2007-04-20 14:28:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous