Fish - May 2007

anyone use carbon chips in their fishtanks? i've heard that it makes the water very clear , but also heard linked to hole in head. anyone?

2007-05-29 12:52:34 · 3 answers · asked by tyrone c 2

i am a new fish owner. i have four guppies. they don't eat very much of the food before it falls to the bottom of the tank. will they eat it off the bottom? i am afraid of over feeding them but i don't want them to starve either.

2007-05-29 12:51:59 · 16 answers · asked by amanda l 1

I know my Ammonia should be at 0 would should my Nitrite and Nitrate be at?

2007-05-29 12:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard that rule (1 in./gal) in stocking freshwater is not always reliable, whats a good way to stock one's tank then?

2007-05-29 12:26:53 · 10 answers · asked by Movie.Junkie 2

Thanks in advance to all!!

2007-05-29 12:16:34 · 15 answers · asked by "THE GOLDEN NUGGET!!" 1

10 gallon rectangular tank- 22 inches in lenght, 11 inches in width, 10 inches in height. I have two cherry barbs, two bronze cory and a betta. Would an angelfish be suitable for this tank?

2007-05-29 12:14:47 · 9 answers · asked by Chris 5

I bought a betta splenden and i heard that the pH should be 6.8 - 7.4 but how would i know the pH of my tank water, like is there a special thing i need to test it? And is the water conditioner for that?

2007-05-29 11:54:40 · 7 answers · asked by babyinluv03 1

For the moment my second 10 gal. tank is a nursery for my guppies. In a few weeks my guppies will be mature enough to keep in the main tank where all the guppies and other fish are. As soon as i move them back into the original tank i want to get a male Betta, then after a month or a half I want to get a female. i know they'll breed, and though they will eat their children, I'd like to have more than one to save space. If by any chance one of the babies survives and it is a male, will he and the father fight and kill eachother? Or will that baby have to be a damn good hider to be able to mature? And if the baby is female and it survives will she and the mother fight? Also, I dont have real plants in that tank for the bettas, so will they still be ok if they get fed Betta food? One more question: will the Betta be ok and not agressive to a Plecostomus Catfish in that tank with them? http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottkinmartin/377302275/ and do people sell female Bettas at pet stores?

2007-05-29 11:47:38 · 11 answers · asked by Morgan 2

2007-05-29 11:42:28 · 8 answers · asked by bazbog 2

I have lots of fish and tanks! An addiction,more of the hardy type, guppies,platies,bettas, simple fish, I reccently bought a 36 gallon tank and was thinking of getting 3 black mollies 1 male 2 female, Iv read somewhere that they get ich or whitespot easily, Is this true, And are they as hardy and easy to care for as guppies and platies, And do they require Salt in the water?, Thanks

-AS

2007-05-29 11:39:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will say one thing, diagnosis and diseases are not my strong points in any way and I need HELP. This is pretty much an emergency I think. My Yellow tailed arowana who's occupied my 75 gallon tank, established, water chemistry reading 0's across the board started to develope white blotches on his scales about 10 days ago I think. Arowanas will sometime go through a color change as they grow. Last night I noticed one of the scales in that area appeared to be a little red as if cut or bleeding. I got home from work today and found him to have more redness over the majority of that side, his eyes appearing to shrink back in his head. I have mailed MM direct but if anyone has seen this before please I need to know what to treat and how.

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This is how I found him when I got home..HELP

2007-05-29 11:31:55 · 5 answers · asked by I am Legend 7

I read in a book that if a fish is really sick and it probily wont recover you should cull it if its suffering , By puting it in a bucket of frozen water and ice cubes,They said it is not painfull, Is this true, I dont have any sick fish i was just wondering, I dont think i could kill or cull a fish

2007-05-29 11:15:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi, i hav a tank with 2 goldfish in it, it kept getting cloudy and dirty so i was advised to get an algae eater, i got 1 from the same shop, dont know wot kind it is,,but it was small and dark grey/blackish,, i had it in the tank for 4 days and it died,,, does any1 know why??

2007-05-29 10:49:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

my fish have white strands coming out from them what is it and how do i get rid of it its a freshwater tank

2007-05-29 10:44:27 · 3 answers · asked by goldfish 2

i also have 4 tiger barbs and 1 cichlid 1 red tailed shark and a pleco

2007-05-29 10:03:58 · 9 answers · asked by tkerbag 4

I recently moved, so the fish tank became very cloudy, now it is a dark green cloud, seems like alge. Been changing 20% of the water twice a week, not sure if it is working. Is there a faster way to fix this without killing the fish and starting over?

2007-05-29 09:56:19 · 12 answers · asked by nekoboymax 1

2007-05-29 09:46:35 · 6 answers · asked by tkerbag 4

I've been feeding them pellets and blood worms, is there anything else they need?

2007-05-29 09:24:15 · 10 answers · asked by Ms. J 4

Today i took a look at the loaches,
i noticed that all their fins were clear :)
their skin was clear :)
but one of them.. the black stripes were PITCH black
and the other was gray

the one with the ptich black stripes startled me more than i might have startled it xD
but whats with the sudden color change???

2007-05-29 09:22:50 · 5 answers · asked by FishyQuestions 2

I noticed one of my guppies were missing today i have taken all the deco oout and looked on gravel about 4 times and cant find him, Iv checked the filter not that he could have been sucked in, And i cant find him, Where is he ? It is an all guppie tank

2007-05-29 09:18:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a pet fish and was just wondering.

2007-05-29 09:15:16 · 15 answers · asked by Adriana F 2

Hi I would really like to fill all my tanks with water lettuce as I think it looks really pretty, I have 3 tanks and know all about the rate this plant grows, but I dont want to buy if my cichlids will eat it! I have one tank with malawi's, another with green terrors and another with community tropical but this one is only 50Litres, so i know i can put it in this one but its too small, I want it in my big tanks! Does anyone know the answer to my question Please??

2007-05-29 08:52:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 3 Green Terrors, but only juvenilles at the moment, but my tank looks really empty, I have a cave and plenty of live plants but it just looks like I have a tarted up fish tank and no fish, I would like maybe some small busy fish to accompany the green terrors. Any Ideas Please?

2007-05-29 08:47:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter has a 39 gallon tank and she is considering what to types of fish to buy. Here's a list of what she wants :

1 male betta
4 lyretail swordtails( 1 male, 3 females )
4 gold barbs
2 dwarf gouramis

Any advise would be appreciated! Thanks!

2007-05-29 08:43:04 · 10 answers · asked by sbellcha 2

I know you can get pot bellied mollies but is there such a thing as a pot bellied platie/?

2007-05-29 08:42:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

whatiis the average amou7nt at a pet store (u.s money)

2007-05-29 08:37:09 · 6 answers · asked by ryanderhino 1

It's a 40 gallon tank...

I have... 5 male Guppies, 4 Balloon Mollies, 5 PLaties, and 2 swordtails.

I also have a 46 gallon tank with...

1 Male Betta, 1 Black Ruby Barb, 2 Rams, 3 Corydoras, 6 neon tetras, 2 otocincluses, and 6 serpae tetras.


thanks!

2007-05-29 08:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Malcom in the middle 1

My goldfish is sick. He's in a tank alone, which is big enough, and lies on his side and just floats up & down the tank. We've had to turn the filter off because he keeps getting sucked up. No slime, cuts, or anything of the sort. Help?!

2007-05-29 08:15:05 · 7 answers · asked by Rio 2

I Have a Betta and a apple snail in my 20 gal fish tank and my freind just gave me a goldfish about 1 inch long can i put them togother until i get another tank

2007-05-29 07:57:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 70 gal. tank and a 23" bubble wall. The package the bubble wall came in says that a 40 gal. pump can operate this. Would that size be sufficient, or do I have to worry about getting a larger pump to overcome water pressure? The tank is about 26" deep. I don't have anything else to hook up to it. I am considering the Tetra whisper 40 or 60. Would there be any problem hooking up the stronger 60 to the bubble wall? Thanks!

2007-05-29 07:51:20 · 5 answers · asked by Diane D 1