Fish - May 2007

I have had my Betta for 3 years, he has done well untill now. He is in a 10 gallon filtered and heated tank. I don't know if he is constipated or has some sort of disease. I have contacted the vet and I have medicated him with melaluca. I have also added a salt treatment to his tank. Does any one know what might be wrong with him? I feel it is intestinal.

2007-05-17 08:14:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi my fish bowl is just small but big and i have four fish in right now and i was wondering how many i should have in please help

2007-05-17 07:49:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know Cichlids grow pretty big but I know I can keep at least one or two in a 10 gallon. What are your takes on this? What Cichlids could I keep?

2007-05-17 07:35:16 · 8 answers · asked by pnoiz1 2

3 days ago i bought 6 tilapia fish ,then i placed them in the aquarium tank,they do not want to eat, i gave them fish food but they still doesnt want to eat,so after 3 days 1 among them die,i worry about the remaining 5 more because they also doesnt want to eat, in the aquarium ,i have setup a place to hide and they seem to fight each other for teritory,and finaly another die,so i setup more place to hide ,which each fish have their own teritory ,but they still not eating , the water is fine, and i see them like so thin & skiny ,,,,i worry they all gonna die. HELP?

2007-05-17 07:00:11 · 5 answers · asked by psyha 2

Give the list in descending order from costliest to least expensive, excluding all hybrids.

2007-05-17 06:53:31 · 5 answers · asked by hhhhhhh 2

by put the earth worms in the filter tank,the worms can eat the waste ,& leftover? and also can provide additional food to the fish (earth worms egg?) and reduce times of changing new water and clean the filter? is it healthy for the fish? do earth worm can really do those function? help carry research and support

2007-05-17 06:46:26 · 6 answers · asked by psyha 2

After treating my betta with BettaFix, I woke up this morning and he had many holes in his tail that wernt there last night. He is in a 10 gallon tank, by himself, and it is filtered. I did a 75% water change today. he is swimming normal, eating like a pig. I heard mixed reviews on treating betta's for tail rot with aquarium salt. Does anyone know some great advise for this situation? Please help! =)

2007-05-17 06:17:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two black neons, but it only happens to one. It's also less active than the other, but it eats and seems healthy otherwise. My tank is a 10-gallon with 10 small fish.

2007-05-17 05:46:58 · 3 answers · asked by Amy 1

Is it okay to have a mix of say 2 moonlight guaramis and 2 powder blue guaramis...basically, is it okay to have a mixture or just the same type - and if you have more than one of each type together or just all one type - will they coexist?

Thanks!

2007-05-17 05:41:46 · 4 answers · asked by lightnin1541 1

My green terror about 5 " is affected of bloat, it is in second stage of disease with bulging abdomen. I have seen in a site that they wont survive in second stage. Please if u r experienced, give me in detail how should I treat my fish, I really want it to survive!!!!
If the flagyl I add is in tablet form 400mg, how much is required for a 10 g hospital tank.

2007-05-17 05:29:54 · 6 answers · asked by hhhhhhh 2

I have a 10 gallon tank. Five small fish (platys, zebras, little fish like that). Tropical.

How much and how often should I feed? I was doing a pinch but the water is nasty so I think that's too much.

2007-05-17 05:26:18 · 13 answers · asked by MysteryWriter 3

I did want a pair of convicts to go in my aquarium, but now ive heard what a nightmare they can be to get rid of the fry! I have come across another fish thats i would really like as a pair - Green Terrors, Does anyone know anything about these, and if and when they breed how difficult is it to sell or give the fry away? I would like a breeding pair as I would love to see the behaviour of cichlids when they have their young!!

2007-05-17 05:03:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

unless he may be a female in stead of male.

2007-05-17 04:29:41 · 5 answers · asked by dalicea34 1

I just wanted to ask everyone out there what fish do you keep and what size tank (tanks) you have.
I have 1 55gal salt water tank with 40lbs live rock 3 damsels
and 1 125gal fresh water tank with 9 Red Belly Piranha
so what do you have?

2007-05-17 04:23:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-17 03:45:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-17 03:37:08 · 9 answers · asked by anne 3

it has only been set up for just over a week-it is 2 foot and i'm keeping coldwater fish. a few goldfish, 2 carp, a catfish and a couple of tiny fish. the carp and the tiny fish seem to be scraping themselves across the gravel and the ornament. what can this be? and how to treat?

2007-05-17 03:31:29 · 10 answers · asked by me plus 4 3

I have an aquarium that I kept cold water fish in they all caught an illness and died.
It has been a while since I last kept fish, but I would like to use the aquarium again for cold water fish.
What is the best thing for me to clean it out with to ensure my new fish are not infected with any germs that might still be in the tank.
obviously I will put the in clean water with the appropriate stuff to take all the nasty chemicals out of the water.

2007-05-17 03:23:09 · 8 answers · asked by WyvernGal 2

is there a way of doing this without having to remove the fish from the tank and if so do i need any special equipment.

2007-05-17 03:22:13 · 9 answers · asked by taz17milo 1

Was just wondering if this was a fact or myth?

2007-05-17 03:05:57 · 14 answers · asked by sweetansassy 3

We have had our tank for two years and it seems that it doesn't stay clean for more than a week. The white gavel gets brown on the sides of the tank very quickly. Would it be beneficial to change the gravel?
Also, our fake plant decorations have turned black. I clean the plastic ones every other week. But the cloth-like ones are totally black now and I can't get the scum off. Should I just replace them? Or do they even matter?

2007-05-17 02:38:56 · 10 answers · asked by Deb G 2

i got fed a guppy fish almost one month already..she lay her baby on 14th of may...i taught she is going to lay egg..buy i saw her passing the fish out from where she had pass motion...i feel so surprise because small fish like guppy not suppose to lay egg but small fish??? and one thing make me happy she lay out 30-40 small fishes...hehe

2007-05-17 02:12:30 · 7 answers · asked by Chreyl S 2

2007-05-17 01:12:57 · 5 answers · asked by gorgeous_tine23ph 1

I have had goldfishes for the past 1 1/2 yrs(60 ltr tank). Veil-tail, shubunkin and 1 month ago got two orandas. They have all been getting on well. Yesterday I noticed one of the orandas on the bottom barely breathing and most of the fins torn(It was completely fine 24-48 hrs ago). I also noticed that the other oranda is constantly chasing the veil-tail.

I am worried that it might nip other fish's tails.Should I return the oranda? I am not sure what killed the other oranda?

2007-05-17 00:49:36 · 3 answers · asked by sasha 1

It seems that some of my fish get one bulging eye before they die a few weeks later. What could this be from? The eye is still there but it looks like there is a white ring around it and it looks swollen. The rest of the fish look fine and there is no white on the rest of the sick fish except the eye. Any ideas?

2007-05-17 00:26:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two 25 watts light bulb, is this too hot or is it too low. What's in yourS?

2007-05-16 23:46:02 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 5

i got a fluval 404 but its not sucking the water. do i need to suck on the end of the pipe?> it does havea pump...i have pumped the hell out of it but still nothing. i filled the filter up with water.

2007-05-16 21:20:04 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous

A way of getting rid of them without treatments would be great we tried Sterazine which claims to treat parasites but it is rubbish.

2007-05-16 21:19:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a salt water tank and 3 clown fish and a few discus fish have already died in the past week from (suspected) swim bladder disease because they were swimming irregulary and vertically before they died. I have other fish (damsels) in the tank and they are fine. What caused the other fish to develop swim bladder disease? Did I buy them that way? Was it the water? Too little(or too much) oxygen/nitrates/ammonia? Pls help.

2007-05-16 20:31:12 · 5 answers · asked by BiskwitMamaw 4

I have a 75 litre tank that has been astablished for over 2years now and did house community fish, but a couple a months ago I bought a 200 Litre tank also and started to keep Malawi's and now Im hooked!! And find the community fish rather boring now, so now I have given away most of my community fish but kept my favourites in a 30 Litre in my Sons room, But I cant seem to be able to find any adult Convicts the have proven to breed! I live in the South West of England and all I can find are Fry or Juvenilles? Sorry Ive rambled!! Any Ideas Please???

2007-05-16 20:27:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous