Fish - May 2007

I have had my saltwater tank up and running now for over 3 months and everything looks great except my PH level is a lil low. I have a 75 gallon tank.

2007-05-13 17:16:23 · 6 answers · asked by sctrooper2795 2

do I need to buy some kind of test strip to keep my salt level in the right level or should i put 1 tablespon every week? I got figure 8 puffer that I want to keep happy

2007-05-13 17:13:20 · 7 answers · asked by PUFFER MAN 3

my male betta is bloated. matbe it eats too much cause in the morn, i give it 5 pellets and at night, 4. how many pellets should i feed him for now on? and is feeding once or twice daily?...

thank you for your answers!
::first fish::

2007-05-13 17:02:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw this fish it was flat and diamond shaped at petsmart. It eas $14.99 (I think) but their was no care sheet so I could not get a name. It kind of reminds me of the silver dollar fish and I want to get him and put him with my bala shark. Thanks for the help. On a side note, will bala sharks (not really a shark at all but still semi-agressive) eat feeder fish? I doubt it but anyone know for certain.

2007-05-13 16:49:26 · 4 answers · asked by steve 2

I have a three year old zebra danio. I noticed he was bloated two weeks ago, I thought he was pregnant, but someone told me danios don't get pregnant. His belly is so huge. He has cuts by his belly. He has trouble swimming. All the pet stores are closed, I tried to give him peas, but he can't eat them. I don't have another tank to put him in. Please help me. I don't want him to suffer.

2007-05-13 16:33:54 · 3 answers · asked by warriors4ever 3

im testing my water with QUICK DIP 6 IN ONE today it came like this Nitrate 20 Nitrite 0 Hardness 300 !!!! Alkalinity 120 ph 7.5 but look at this hardness WOW how can i take it to be soft again? and now i know why i got white mineral deposits on top of my water. help. I did add some auqarium salt today but i dont think that salt would do that

2007-05-13 16:16:23 · 2 answers · asked by PUFFER MAN 3

What I am looking for is a link to any e-commerce stores that sell reliable digital testing kits for water chemistry. Quick run down of problem. 75 gallon tank crashed about 3 weeks ago due to overload in bioload. I evacuated out the ones I could, and the others I couldn't move died, including all my Arowana, parrot's, cat's and plecos. Have restarted the cycle since with danio zebras, guppies, mollies, a couple cories, an asian cat, and a pleco and all doing fine. My testtube kit is reading DARK green almost into midnight blue which I'd read that as about a 7.0 in ammonia, BUT my live meter reader is showing it only to be a light green, .25 slightly stressed. I cannot tell which one is reliable, and I figure the testtube misreads as I tried to level out the ammonia three weeks ago with ammo lock and stress zyme to by time to evauate the rest. Have done three 40% water changes, and I still read over 5.0 on the test tubes. Get digital or any other ideas?

2007-05-13 16:03:46 · 3 answers · asked by I am Legend 7

All of the blue gills (sunnies) in one of my ponds are dead and floating. Cleaned them up and saw no obvious causes of death. The bass, frogs, other creatures are all fine and seem quite content. Just the bluegills died. The Pond is located in the northern Catskills of New York is about 100 feet long, 30 feet wide 6 or 7 feet deep in the middle. the fish look to have been dead for a week or so. the only thing I have done out of the usual was soaked some bare root apple trees in the pond overnight before planting a few weeks ago, but cant see how that would have an impact. Any ideas???

2007-05-13 15:54:11 · 2 answers · asked by Ken W 2

The shrimp is just lying there on his/her back like it is dying. Is this normal or is it sick. Someone please help because if i can save him/her i want to. Thanks in advace!!!

2007-05-13 15:30:36 · 6 answers · asked by sctrooper2795 2

My temperature is currently at 80 F, and I want to lower it. I can't afford to buy a heater, so if I set the heater at a low temperature (68), will it cool down the tank?

2007-05-13 14:58:12 · 6 answers · asked by ZooTycoonMaster 6

I was feeding my flowerhorn 6-8 pcs. of these XO Super RedSyn pellets which enhances color and the hump of the head. I feed him 3 times a day with the same amount(6-8 pcs. per feeding). My cousin whose quite an expert told me that my fish had a color burn and its color (dark red almost black) will never return normal. Is he right? Or can still do anything about it. Lately I've been feeding him with XO Humpyhead which enhances the hump and body. I've not feed him XO Super RedSyn since.

2007-05-13 14:56:02 · 5 answers · asked by Sef R 1

There are 6 Koi fishes, ranging from 3 inches to 11 inches.
There are algae in the 50 gallon fish tank.
The gravel is about 1 1/2inch thick.
is this part of the problem?

2007-05-13 14:53:40 · 4 answers · asked by Gru1mplyDistort3d 2

My kribensis cichlids just had babies. What are some foods I can give the fry besides crushed flakes and liquid fry food?

2007-05-13 14:50:33 · 8 answers · asked by DiRtAlLtHeWaY 4

I went to feed my Betta Fish this morning and its gone... I looked on the floor and under the couch and everywhere I can think of... :( where could he have gone?

2007-05-13 14:45:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a betta and i named it Flower thinking it's a girl. and now i want to know if it's a boy or girl!? Help!

2007-05-13 14:23:47 · 19 answers · asked by ? 2

Hi,
I have an octagonal fish tank. Each glass panel is 12cm wide & 28cm tall & the width of the tank is 30cm.

How do I calculate the volume of water the tank holds, in litres?

Thanks.

2007-05-13 14:09:06 · 13 answers · asked by merril444 1

10 gallon tank. came with water filter. home for two small Ryukin

2007-05-13 13:54:58 · 18 answers · asked by fr1sc0m21 2

Both fish to me look a lot better. but there both swiming at the top of tank more than did. I belive they ate some food tonite. Is this something to worry about or they just like begin togerther at the top of the tank Thank you

2007-05-13 13:48:06 · 4 answers · asked by sweetansassy 3

my bass isnt eatin minnow what else is there

2007-05-13 13:45:58 · 8 answers · asked by josh h 2

I just bought a test kit, even so I owned fish for a year ( even though I just found out about the nitrogen cycle..). Anyways, I found that I have no ammonia problems, but that I have a high pH, and High water hardness (380-420). And my fish are taking an abnormally large amount of craps. I'm not sure what my fish species are, but I also found that there are now baby minnows in the tank, so some of the fish must of mated =). Any advice on how to lower the water hardness and possibly any side comments on what to do with the baby minnows? Oh, and none of the fish are big enough to eat them (hopefully). I keep fresh water fish.

2007-05-13 13:36:09 · 2 answers · asked by worldboy90 1

I have a new 90 gallon this is my 4th tank. I want to get a wet dry filter for this 90 gallon but do not want to spend $250-$300 for one. I was thinking of getting a filstar XP4 canister filter instead. Do you think they are good for saltwater tanks? If anyone has anyother filter suggestions please let me know as well. This is a reef tank will have corals and inverts.

2007-05-13 13:18:21 · 3 answers · asked by Satan Lives! God must Die 4

Next weekend I am transporting fish from Greeley-Denver, about an 11/2-2 hr drive. There r the following fish:
-2 white cloud minnows
-3 bronze cories
-2 peppered cories
-2 blue&red columbian tetras
-2 serpae tetras
-1 pleco(4")
-1 chinese alagae eater(3")
-2 sunset platies
-1 red dalmation platy
-3 candy platies
-3 dalmation mollies
-1 balloon molly
How should I transport them, in containers or zipbloc bags or something else? I have a small cooler, one 5 gallon bucket, a bunch of tubaware, and zibloc bags that I could use.All the fish except the chinese alagae eater get along with others.
Please Help!!! :)
Also, can anyone give me an article to fishless cycling?
THANKS!!!!

2007-05-13 12:48:31 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4

2007-05-13 12:36:55 · 7 answers · asked by ryanderhino 1

my man is interested in a salt water fish tank...I try to support him on these ventures although he does not always follow through with them...anyway, I was wondering if there was a way he could practice having a salt water tank? He has already had fresh water fish...could I maybe give him a five gallon tank with one fish and work him up to the size or number he wants? Neither of us has ever had a salt water tank...where is a good place to research care and what not? I already know that these tanks are EXTREMELY expensive and hard to maintain; however if it doesn't work out for him I am willing to step in and care for the tank, as long as I can research it first and know what I'm getting myself into...anyway, any one who has owned or knows anything about these tanks please feel free to post any knowledge that you have on the subject-it would be greatly appreciated.

2007-05-13 11:48:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-13 11:44:26 · 7 answers · asked by vannamaybe 1

i need to now how long it takes to hacth koi and bettaeggs

2007-05-13 11:43:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

because im breeding kois and bettas plz help me somebody

2007-05-13 11:36:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now that we're going to have a cichlid tank, I want information on the cool looking cichlid I've seen in a local fish store. It looks like a black cooling lava surface with cracks running through it showing the molten lava flowing beneath.

2007-05-13 11:31:10 · 5 answers · asked by Jen 1

dose it mean she has eggs? yesterday she and my male and her where fliping around and huging each other .

2007-05-13 11:31:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

how would a betta fish look if it were bloated? is it the whole body or like, just under the gils?..

thank you!

2007-05-13 11:27:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous