Fish - May 2007

I own a 20 gallon long fish tank. I now have two percula clown fish, one being the biggest one the pet store had, and the other the smallest. I know the smaller ones are usually gender-neutral or males, and the bigger ones are usually females. I would really appreciate some advice on breeding them. I have a gigantic sebae anemone about 10 inches across in my tank. Will this help with the breeding? What are the chances of them pairing up? The pair has never mated before, so I'm not 100% sure if they will. Also I was thinking of getting a gobie, a tang, and a maroon clown (yes I know your not supposed to have two of the same type of clowns in your tank). I currently have the sebae anemone, a condi-lactin anemone, a hermit crab, and a pepermint shrimp. Will any of these fish/inverts go after the clowns eggs including the fish I was planning on getting?Also, what do I do to take care of the fry when they're born? As you can see, I have a lot of questions. Thanks for your help.

2007-05-04 15:09:04 · 5 answers · asked by Carsource77 1

Okay, I have a tank with some feeder fish and a fantail. I'm just about done treating my tank for a horrible case of ich, with the temp up to 88 degrees and using Rid-Ich. I changed 75% of the water, not adding any more salt as I was also using a 1% salt method. (1 TB/gallon).
One of my feeder fish started turning brown a week ago, like oil jammed into the scales or something. Now it is almost completley covered in black, and my other fish are turning brown too, including the fantail. I do water changes every day, took out my filter cartidges but still have pmp on. I took out all plants and only have a couple rocks in there while I'm treating the ich.
Does anyone know what is causing the brown spots? I've heard it "might" be salt burn, but I have changed a ton of the water, and the fish are twice as bad today as yesterday! Wouldn't they be better without the salt in the water?
Can anyone help me?
Heather~

2007-05-04 14:46:22 · 10 answers · asked by teddikisses 2

My sea monkies tank has sort of a white fuzz at the bottom for a couple weeks and today like 4 of my seamokies died? Is that normal? I feed them every week and i areate their water every couple days. HELP PLEASE

2007-05-04 14:13:06 · 2 answers · asked by johnnyramonelover 1

i herd i should buy a bottom feeder but i dont have ne room in the tank i have 11 fish diffrent kinds all small fish

2007-05-04 13:49:43 · 7 answers · asked by princessangelgale 2

I realize that in a year or so, I will have to either buy a larger tank, or donate some of my tropical fish that will outgrow their current tank. Will these pet sores take a larger size fish in exchange for a smaller one, store credit, etc?

2007-05-04 13:42:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

P.S. I know I could ask the petstore people.

2007-05-04 13:06:29 · 7 answers · asked by Dov B 1

I have a 29 gallon fish tank that is over run with moss, i've been trying to just pull it out, but it's growing faster than i can get rid of it , and now it's over whelming, is there anything i can put in the water that will kill the moss but not bring any harm to my fish? the fish that are in this tank are LOTS of guppies, 2 african frogs, 2 coridoras and an algea eater. i also have another tank. NOTE: it's NOT algea, i have some of that too, but that is easy to get rid of. i just clean it off the sides, this moss, is about half an inch long and mushy. it's growing off the rocks, and the decorations, and everythinng in the tank, but not off the glass. anyways, any help is appriciated.

2007-05-04 13:01:07 · 9 answers · asked by codylynn_03 3

2007-05-04 12:27:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-04 12:14:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering, would they (clams, oysters, mussels) live well with them in a large tank, with the temp at 78 degrees...

2007-05-04 11:47:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an a 20 gallon tropical aquiruim. I bough females to go with it cause i all i got are males, for some reason only the males survive from the young. So 1 female and about 7 males. So wemt to buy some females. i did but they all died in less then a week. I found out why they were infected with fungus but inside their moutn? the weridsest thing i ever saw. So i though every thing was over. I disinfected the tank with that medication.but a few days later my platy who is a male and quite big had a huge funle infection i think?...... see he has this huge patch on his body but all the scales their are crushed and out of line. It also kind of lookes like the meat of the fish. I treated it again. But now he's getting white dots on his tail. So i raised the temp to about 85F. but my qurintuiine tank is broken and i have o leave him in the normal tank. So any tips. My other fish seem to be ok though........ Dumb petsmart they messed up every thing! My advive local pt staores is where you

2007-05-04 11:46:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so my swordtails have ich.. a few spots on their tail fins and I have noticed my male betta Finnie has a few on him. He is watching his eggs in his nest. Can I treat his tank? Will it harm the eggs? Also my swordtail and my platy are pregnant and will the medication harm the fry? My betta is in a 10 gallon tank...the swordtails and other fish are in a 36 gallon tank. I also put the aquarium salt in the tanks. TIA!

2007-05-04 11:33:37 · 3 answers · asked by LuvinLife 4

10 gallon tank
algea is caked on everywhere! bad

2007-05-04 11:20:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm going to try to breed the paradise gourami but before I start I want to make sure of a few things. I know I need a floating surface for them to lay their eggs on and I am going to buy the female this weekend. I am worried that my filtration is too rough and that it will just pop or destroy the eggs. It is a 200gph filter on a 20 gallon standard. Also, will the gouramis defend the eggs because if they don't, my other fish will eat them. Should I remove them? If so, when?

2007-05-04 10:39:52 · 1 answers · asked by Sam 2

I cant use my siphon gravel cleaner because is sucks up the sand.

2007-05-04 10:37:44 · 6 answers · asked by jamiesm2481 3

2007-05-04 10:25:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some platties, tetras, and a cory cat. The salt I bought says to add 1 tablespoon for every 5 gallons, but the clerk at the store said I should add a small tub of salt with rocks over the salt. I know this is what they do in the store, but they have larger aquariums. Thoughts?

2007-05-04 10:02:08 · 3 answers · asked by Lost OC Boy 3

Okay, my friend gave me a goldfish 2day but idk what kind it is.
Here's a pic:

http://www.tumori.nu/~tumori/nenga01/goldfish/goldfish.jpg

nd what should the water temp. be? nd do they live long?

2007-05-04 09:45:56 · 12 answers · asked by Ur Mom 2

shiners like fishing bait. i have them in a fish tank. do i just feed them regular fish food?

2007-05-04 08:59:59 · 5 answers · asked by phil a 1

2007-05-04 08:53:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-04 08:48:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to get fish but I don' know what to get. Where on the web can I look at different types of pet fish???

What fish do you recommend?

I want a variety of fish. What fish go good together??

2007-05-04 08:45:45 · 13 answers · asked by MusicalHeart 5

hi mi fish is also having black spots in the top of his tail, he lives with anotner gold fish, and they have plenty space and always change tne water too, so why is this happening?

2007-05-04 08:24:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

just bought two gouramis and would like to know if enyone knew how to breed them.thanks for your time

2007-05-04 08:10:20 · 3 answers · asked by krn_dix 1

wanting to breed my bettas and was looking to use almond leaf, but can't find any

2007-05-04 07:56:48 · 1 answers · asked by countrygal8302 2

2007-05-04 07:52:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, yesterday I bought small fish feeders from a pet store and fed about five to my flowerhorn. Five hours later my boyfriend notice alot little white worms floating around the tank. We didnt think it was the feeders. So quarantine our fish, and did clean out tank and add new water. We saw that the feeders were dying quickly so split them up in 3 of our tanks, w/ none of our flowerhorns in the tank yet. Minutes later, my boyfriend saw one of the feeders spitting up tiny white worms. Then we started to assumed the parasites came from the feeders. The next day I confronted the fish store owner and he said the worms wouldn't of grown so fast. And it wasnt from his feeders. The worms are in all 3of my tanks and start seeing them after I put the feeders in..Could it be the feeders that cause the parasites to grow in such a short period of time? Or is my tank contaminated already? What should I do now to treat my flowerhorns I dont really want to see anything happen to them. Thanks

2007-05-04 06:58:01 · 2 answers · asked by ABC123 1

I have just given my lovely crown-tail betta a burrial at sea. He was only about a year old.

I have a regular betta who is about 3. He's quite smart and one time he was actually floating on his side and I put him on my desk while I worked andwatched him & he'sdoing fine nearly a year later.

Are crown-tails just not as hearty as the regular bettas?

2007-05-04 06:57:35 · 4 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

2007-05-04 06:51:39 · 10 answers · asked by nunes_judy 2

2007-05-04 06:49:19 · 11 answers · asked by somethingGood 2