Fish - May 2007

My mom told me thisi was also wondering if a catfish could SHOOT poison out at you? ( i dropped one one the ground then some squirted me in the eye)What would you do if it does?

2007-05-30 12:49:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My pet oscar that I got from the pet store about a week ago just sits in the corner of my 10 gallon tank. He's like 2 inches. I had him in my bigger tank with my 2 sucker-fish and 2 larger oscars and he swam usually following the oscars but the next day when I woke up he was all beat up so I put him in my 10 gallon by himself but now he just sits in the corner. I've seen him eat only 2 little pellets of food since I got him. Is he sitting in the corner because he's beat up, or because he's lonely? When I had him in my bigger tank with my oscars he was always swimming with them. Also how long will it take for his body to heal.

2007-05-30 12:40:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i got a baby cooter out of a creek. ive had big ones that were easy to keep in small pools but this one is about the size of my hand and ive got him in a ten gallon tank with rocks to get out of the water. will those little sucker fish at walmart clean up his tank a little leaving me less work? or do i need to get carp?

2007-05-30 12:36:58 · 2 answers · asked by DSP6669 2

i hae a big aneough tank but will they fight or be fine

2007-05-30 12:28:32 · 9 answers · asked by ryanderhino 1

What's the easiest way to move my tank, and what's the safest thing to do with my fish in the process. It's a 30 gallon with african cichilds.

2007-05-30 12:11:39 · 7 answers · asked by Ms. J 4

2007-05-30 11:55:29 · 9 answers · asked by Bill D 1

hey so yeah, is that to many fish for a 5 gallon tank?

i originally only had 2 guppies, 1 dwarf, and 1 honey gourami
but when i went to our more fancy aquarium store today to buy one fancy snake skin looking guppy, they said i had to buy a female with it, adding my guppy count to 4
is this ok?
or if its not, what should i kill/ return lol

2007-05-30 11:52:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've had him for about a week, and after I got him I read that clown loaches do better with mates, so I got another one. Before that he was shaking violently and hiding all the time. But with the introduction of the second clown loach he seemed much better. But today I came home from work and he is swimming at the top of the tank, in a vertical line. He will go down now and then but spends most of his time up there. When I googled it, this seemed to mean imminent death. Is there a way to stop whatever is wrong?

2007-05-30 11:43:53 · 3 answers · asked by Lauren H 1

2007-05-30 11:43:41 · 4 answers · asked by najohodo 2

2007-05-30 11:36:39 · 14 answers · asked by don c 1

I'm about to start up a salt water fish tank. I have all the filters and heater and whatnot to use already. It's a 40 gallon octagon tank. I guess my question is what's the best way to get all the supplies such as salt, sand, testers, ect.. I don't want to spend a lot of money on this, just a live rock with a few fish for now. Is there a place online where I can buy everything in one kit?? That would probably help the most instead of getting ripped off by a pet shop. I have helped my brother set up his salt water tank but he bought all of the items individually.

2007-05-30 11:08:26 · 6 answers · asked by smokinjoe2122 2

whats a good cleaning type shrimp that i can get from petsmart?

what kind of invertabrates do they have at petsmart(please list as many as possible)?

what kind of tetras;danios and other similar sized fish do they have at petsmart?(please give as many as you know)

what kind of plants do they have fro aquariums at petsmart(as many as possible please)?


much appreciated!

2007-05-30 11:00:05 · 5 answers · asked by ziddyziddy 3

2007-05-30 10:38:48 · 2 answers · asked by deveritt_124 2

i have a pair of blue gourami's , the male is getting really territorial with his partner so much so i'm seriously considering getting him another home, is there anything else i can do to remedy this problem ?

2007-05-30 10:20:37 · 10 answers · asked by ANN B 2

I want to know all of them, cuz I added Ph to the water yesterday and one of my freshwater fish (a shark) died. He was blue and red....poor thing! :( I need to know if he was just stunned or not, although other fish were picking at him like cannibals.

2007-05-30 10:11:06 · 5 answers · asked by najohodo 2

1)i have a female betta and a male betta and i have 2 tanks and feed the female daily with pelets .I placed my female betta in my males tank for a day and they still havent bred.what am i doing wrong?

2)how do i know when she is ready to be bred?

3)please answer?

2007-05-30 09:33:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a fish tank which is a cold water tank therre filter air system but the fishes keep dying i feed them every day and clean regulary but they keep dying help

2007-05-30 09:26:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have done all the water changes, tested my well water and the problem is still in my tanks. any thing i can add to my water to bring it down into range, im about a 40 now but need to get lower.everything else is okay, no2 is 0,alk. is 80,ph is 6.8 . i need help all fish are dead and im trying to get water where i can put some back in my tank. thanks

2007-05-30 09:19:38 · 4 answers · asked by tara y 1

My fish keeps dying. Their fins deteriorate and they sometimes get white spots. Its mostly the fins that worry me. We checked the temperature, so it can't be that. They are well fed and have enough oxygen. The tank is automatically filtered. Does anyone know what's killing my fish?

2007-05-30 09:02:21 · 17 answers · asked by Alexandra 2

2007-05-30 08:36:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is laying upside down in a plant, occasionally thrashing its tail fin, and breathing regularly. I wish I had a paramedic fish in there!

2007-05-30 08:28:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 07:58:45 · 13 answers · asked by grandmasunshinebud 1

My dear hubby has a 3,000 gallon koi pond in our back yard, and I want to get him a color underwater video camera for Father's Day - I have seen these marketed as "Koi Cam" so you can watch your fish 24/7 just by plugging a cable into your TV or computer monitor. Does anyone have one of these Koi Cams, and if so, what do you think? Would you recommend it? Also, there are lots of surveillance cameras out that film in color, are suitable for an underwater application, etc. - what brand/features do you recommend, and what price range should I expect to pay? Any advice would be MOST welcome!

2007-05-30 07:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by Poopy 6

I'm pretty sure my Xingu Pike, "Itchy" has gill flukes. Is it okay to use Jungle Parasite clear on him? He doesn't look like he has scales (or they're tiny) kinda like a loach's smooth skin. I know this can make fish more sensative to medications. Is he in that category & Is that an okay medication to use?

2007-05-30 07:16:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm doing a research report and I need some help please answer the question above! Also, I have a BONUS QUESTION!!!!! The BONUS QUESTION IS: Are goldfish harder to care for than tropical fish? Please answer the BONUS QUESTION & the question above!

Thanks !

2007-05-30 07:13:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 07:11:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 06:30:18 · 13 answers · asked by Laurenzo O 2

I am currently cycling my 2.5 gallon tank with two little fish in it. It has been about 8-10 hours since i first put the fish in, and so far the ammonia reads 0.25 nitrite 0.3 and nitrate 12.5.

When should i change the water, at what levels? and what levels should i not let the water reach?

When changing water or siphoning it out should i keep the fish in the tank or place them somewhere else?

How should i prepare the water i will be adding to the tank?

Also i have some java moss in the tank, how will that affect the cycling process?

2007-05-30 05:38:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife recently gifted me a fish tank , and my fishes are dying one by one , had been to a few aquarium shops , they told that the ammonia levels are too high . Is there any way to reduce this ammonia levels medically.

thnx

2007-05-30 05:27:04 · 14 answers · asked by +abhi 1

I want to get 2-3 guppies for a tank that isnt heated, and I'd like some sites about guppies.

2007-05-30 05:17:51 · 7 answers · asked by orangegrrl55 2