Fish - April 2007

Today I got 4 Fancy Tailed Guppies and all they do is hang around the top of the tank! I have 3 Angel Fish and 1 small Cat Fish in the tank with them. I have a bubbler, "Penguin" Filter, and the tank size is 22.5 gallon. Are they just hungry or are they scared of the fish at the bottom of the tank?

2007-04-03 16:38:02 · 8 answers · asked by Answer It! IQ...... who cares?!? 1

I have a fish tank that I am trying to kill the algae in. I have worked on the lighting and bought an algae destroyer that says it is used with live plants and fish. Seems to be safe except for use with shell fish which we dont have. Is it safe to the other fish? I heard after I put it in it could be dangerous to them.

2007-04-03 16:16:34 · 8 answers · asked by schwalmy 3

i have a safrain/dalmation molly (male) that mated with a a regular molly(female) will i gte some regular molly babies? and some just dalmation babies? and some just safrain babies? and will i get some with all of it mixed?

2007-04-03 16:08:43 · 2 answers · asked by Susan H 2

2007-04-03 15:55:33 · 8 answers · asked by cr_stwrt 2

Hi all,
I've been given some thought of getting my own tropical fish tank..I am not an expert but did have a 20 gallon tank growing up..so I have some experience.
I live in a small studio apartment so I thought a 20 gallon tank would be out of the question..I didn't want a plain gold fish tank either..
I looked at the retail stores and was amazed that they sell those desktop versions..the 5 gallon tanks..but they seemed kid oriented and I am not sure of their quality??/
just wondering if anyone here had any experience with them..do you think they would be too small..really not worth my time/money..are they just crap??
should I just get a standard 10 gallon instead
it isn't like I want a billion fish
just a couple..perhaps 4..

2007-04-03 15:43:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a yellow super delta male with 6+ rays and a steel blue with a little red short tail female which i had breed. she got 2 rays.

her mom and dad were pet store bettas. dad was a short tail and when flared it was almost a halfmoon but he only had 2 rays. dad's colour was purple red

so when i breed them i want to know what is the out come... will any of the youngs be super deltas? and what is the possible colours what they will have?

2007-04-03 15:41:15 · 3 answers · asked by michael h 1

Just bought a comet goldfish 2 days ago. Her tank mate has already died. She is floating near the bottom and hiding under the plants and castle. She is constantly twitching her pectoral, dorsal and tail fins. I've checked the water and the pH and ammonia is normal. What is wrong with her?? How can I fix it??

2007-04-03 15:38:49 · 5 answers · asked by iamworried22 1

I changed close to 80% of the water last night, I know, I know, I'm stupid... my betta is now at the bottom of his tank not moving , he comes up just to breathe. Is this ammonia poisoning? and if it is how can I help him before it's too late?

2007-04-03 15:15:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anna 3

or is it even possible? I'm not sure if you CAN buy those... I'm not the one who wants them.... But somebody I know asked me to set up a tank for her...

2007-04-03 15:12:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

im thinking of getting one but i have sand in my tank so i want to know

2007-04-03 14:27:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wouldn't be stocking it with koi or goldfish or anything, amazingly. I will be stocking it with amazonian fish! We are building it 6inches into the ground, and three feet above ground. Three sides witll be covered by walls and supported with brick. The front will be plexiglass supported by brick stablizers. We figured that we would just make a very large tank out of plexiglass, stick it all together, build the walls around it, and fill with water, install the gigantor filters lol(a lot of steps are missing, I know lol).

My question is if I do this, would my fish be encouraged to spawn since they would have 1,832gallons of water to do so? I plan on silver dollars, 3 pacu(or one, not sure because they are fin-nippers), many neon tetras, some rainbow sharks, and other amazon species that will do well in such a large community tank lol

If you have suggestions on amazon species, tell me. They are my fav. fish(besides chilchids). Also, please answer my Q.

2007-04-03 14:16:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

remember the fish have to be reef and shrimp safe. I also want to understock the tank so that the maintence isn't as hard. I have 70 pounds of live sand and 10 pounds of live rock(will stock to 40-70). just want some good ideas.

2007-04-03 13:37:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Betta is sick so I have been reading about betta diseases and I can't find information on thermal shock and septic shock. What's the difference and how do you know if your fish has any of those conditions? how do they react?.

2007-04-03 13:12:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anna 3

For some reason he keeps swimming on his back and wont eat. He was fine until last night at half time of the final march madness game when i started to clean out his tank and since i couldnt find the stopper for the drain i layed him on the counter. the game came back on so i watched the rest of it and then i put him back in his tank. im worried what is wrong

2007-04-03 12:56:13 · 10 answers · asked by dukefanwhentheyaregood 1

Is this dangerous?

2007-04-03 12:49:04 · 13 answers · asked by mrhuangsta 3

i dont really know how it happened but one of those things on his lip is missing?!?!?!? will it come back ever!?!?!?

2007-04-03 12:34:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 12:21:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The question pretty much is explained in the title. I'm treating a betta in a 2.5 gallon tank. I removed his live plants and his filter but am leaving the bubble stone in. I'm using Coppersafe to treat velvet and Melafix for fin rot/any secondary infections.

2007-04-03 12:19:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

We got 1 pleco... sucker guy, 4 goldfish which have no signifance with their live/die ratio b/c of price, but them black moors are cool, but we want to add some "tropical" fish.

2007-04-03 12:08:27 · 6 answers · asked by Fishead 1

so the base will be re enforced inside and outside the tank

2007-04-03 11:47:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have quite a few fry, all almost a month old. They are starting to show some black spots, but I'm wondering when their colors will first start to show up.

2007-04-03 11:38:36 · 2 answers · asked by Sara C 2

I have a 36" marine tank, it is about 6 weeks old. I have a yellow tang, 2 tomato clowns, a long nosed hawk, a cow fish, a cleaner shrimp, a decorater crab and a red leg hermit crab. I also have 2 soft corals. I use a skimmer, a hagen external pump, 2 powerheads and T5 lighting 99 watt white and 21 watt blue. the water tests as near perfect every time using 3 or 4 different testing kits. Anyway, my yellow tang is acting very strange. It has stopped swimming and lays on the bottom of the tank, if you touch it with the net, it wakes up and tries to swim, but soon sinks. It looks ok, no colour change, no spots or anything that looks suspicious. can anyone suggest anything please. p.s. I don't have a quaranteen tank yet. BTW, the last fish I put in was the cowfish. and all the rest of the fish are great.

2007-04-03 11:27:05 · 2 answers · asked by steve_luigi 1

Could they be kept together? And there is only a airpump in the tank

2007-04-03 11:24:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Uncycled tank, cloudy water, goldfish dead. Prior to the fish's death, it was covered with fuzzy (cotton like) white stuff (not ick).. is this cotton like stuff from the uncycled tank? do i have to flush the tank out or just continue to cycle the tank out??

2007-04-03 11:10:35 · 5 answers · asked by Happy.Ending 2

what do i put in the tank????

2007-04-03 11:10:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

MY MOM PICKED OUT THESE NAMES I THOUGHT THEY WERE CUTE WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2007-04-03 11:04:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two betta fish and I keep them in the same tank but I have a shield in the middle so they can't fight. I keep a lid on top and I keep the tank on my dresser. I normally have stuff on two sides of it. I want to know if they will jump out. I have heard of some types of fish jumping out.

2007-04-03 10:57:56 · 14 answers · asked by Call Me Crazy 2

Ok so today i got a tank. Its just a 30litre (How many gallons?) with an airpump. I already have to goldfish in a fishbowl, will transfer them over a few weeks. But except those 2, what other fish could i keep in that tank with them? So that i have a few ideas some day when i buy new fish for the tank.(How many and of what type?) So just basically tell me what u would get.

Thankz!

2007-04-03 10:33:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a cold water fish and over the past week its mouth has decayed away and I don't know what to do. Can i treat it or do i just leave it to pass away in the tank. I'm pregnant so i'm very emotional and need help.
Hope to hear from anyone soon
Laura

2007-04-03 10:03:45 · 16 answers · asked by LAURA P 2

ok i think this will be that last time i ask a question about my fish tank.....maybe
i recently bought a new aquarium so i moved all my fish into a smaller one and set the new one up my question is how long should i wait til i add my fish to the new tank???? i added the starter liquid and then i added 50 percent of the old water from the original tank and also added stress enze . i used the same filter and cartridge so that it would still cycle the old bateria in the new tank .... so how long til i add the fish

2007-04-03 10:00:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous