Fish - June 2007

My hose that redirects my canister filter output to the bottom of the tank fell off yesterday & it ended up creating a circular current of air bubbles in the water, mashing them up & diffusing them in the water. The water has got millions of tiny air bubbles in it sorta like what you get when you pour hydrogen peroxide in the water. Could prolonged exposure to all of these tiny air bubbles harm the fish or irritate their gills? There's no way for them to breathe without getting some in their lungs. They're big fish (oscar & xingu pike) if that makes any difference.

2007-06-27 02:57:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My molly fish is biting all my baby fish and the other fish I already have in a tank. Should I take that one molly that is biting all the fish, out until the fish are grown a little? But I was wondering if it was alright to put him in a vase with no heater? Would that be good? Please Answer!

2007-06-27 02:41:22 · 8 answers · asked by M 1

I've just bought my first tank and have had it all set up for the reccomended two weeks and now at last i can buy fishes! Anyone have any advice on what type to start with, i prefer the more colourful ones

2007-06-27 02:18:36 · 18 answers · asked by Forever~Changing 3

My clown loach, that i recently got, infected my tank with white spot. thats been treated and the spots have gone and no other fish looks like they have it. but since then my loach seems really depresssed and unactive. he just hides and doesnt come out, not even for food!! he has never been like this. And yes i did put the correct amount of white spot medication in. i have done a 50 - 75% water change and clean everything. Also my betta isnt lookin very well either he has a white line above his mouth. i dont think its mouth fungus. he hasnt been well for a while. i dont know what to do. im thinking ab0out putting him aanother tank with less agressive fish but then i think the stress of moving him might kill him. please help. i want to sort it out today if possible. I recently got a pakistani loach, could that be one of the answers? And also does anyone know why he changes colour, sometimes he has no pattern other times he has?

2007-06-27 02:16:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 30 gallon with the one male betta, three glass cats, and 3 cories. I think my betta fish got the fungus from another fish that was doing sickly, which we already quarantined.
Yesterday night, it was only a small white fluffiness at the side of his face, so I thought it might just go away. Today, it's covered almost his entire head, and his one eye is completely white now!

I've moved the betta into a much smaller tank and I've given him a dose of BettaFix Remedy, which says it can cure fungus. But a few questions... Can it overdose? What are the chances for my Betta to survive? Should I still try to feed him? And what about the rest of my fish?? Another cory of mine died just yesterday, but I never really knew why. Are my other cories in danger? What can I do??

All water parameter checks are okay. Nitrates under 30 ppm, no Ammonia, etc.

Help please!!

2007-06-27 01:43:41 · 2 answers · asked by tien 3

i posted a pic on my 360 account its the only pic on there. I am refering to that bubbley stuff growing off the live rock. Can someone identify this? i searched wetwebmedia and i cant really tell between some of the bubble coral and bubble algae. i even found some leathers that looks kinda like this. So if anyone has any idea, id love to know whats growing in my tank.

2007-06-26 22:01:51 · 3 answers · asked by craig 5

About 4 days ago, I set up a new aquarium. I used new gravel, new (fake) plants, and new ornaments. The heater, lights & filter are also all new. I used a water conditioner as per the instructions, but no other chemicals/salt in it at all. The next day, I placed my male Betta in there. He's doing fine, but now the tank really smells awful. The smell has wafted through the whole house, and almost smells like rotting vegetable matter mixed with sour milk. The water was slightly cloudy yesterday, but is clear today. I've not fed the fish too much - he has eaten everything I've put in there. The tank is a 10 gallon (40 litre) tank. My fish was previously in a much smaller tank, and had only one ornament in it and no gravel. It never smelled at all. Any ideas from anyone fish-savvy?

2007-06-26 21:54:01 · 5 answers · asked by MJF 6

I have one of those filters that sucks up water and runs it through Bio balls and some black charcoal things (probably cabon, not sure) and some foam. Last time I cleaned my tank, I noticed the black charcoal had reduced in size so my filter is probably not as effective as it could be.

What exactly is this back stuff, so i know what to ask for at the store and should I replace the foam and balls as well? Should I replace them all together or would that get rid of all my benificial bacteria?

Is there anything else I should know when replacing my filter?

2007-06-26 20:16:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been doing water changes once a week in my 24 gallon tank. I do 4 gallon changes every time. Any ways, my algea keeps getting worse! And i even have 2 turbo snails! Now its on my glass and its green and i CAN'T take it off! i even scrub it with my nails! Its starting to get hard looking in my tank! Please help! Thank you so much!

2007-06-26 20:06:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-26 19:46:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

This week I will be adding fish to my tank. The employees at the fish store listed off some fish that would be compatible with a betta. The other night my friend added a rope fish to hers, and I was wondering if they would go well with a betta?

2007-06-26 19:14:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will be setting up a fish only saltwater tank and I have a question about the substrates. What are the benefits of using products such as live aragonite substrate , and what is it? Is it better to use live substrate compared to regular crushed coral?

2007-06-26 18:52:01 · 3 answers · asked by Ryan N 3

Hi, over the last 3 weeks my pondfish have lost their appetites and I have had 5 fish die. There are no obvious problems except that a couple of the dead fish have some red spots or streaks on the body. Some fish have been jumping -but no more than usual. Water chemistry has been tested for ph,ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate and all OK. Water is filtered and UV for algae, plant growth is fine. Any advice welcome.

2007-06-26 18:29:20 · 5 answers · asked by hagleyron 1

I have nine fry from my guppies and i think they are all girls is that normal or is it just way to soon to tell. Is there normally more girls then boys

2007-06-26 18:28:58 · 9 answers · asked by Marie 1

my fish stay under the filter for hours just swimming there to they just like it?

2007-06-26 18:24:41 · 6 answers · asked by Marie 1

I would love to have a saltwater tank but don't think I could afford it and would probably mess it up! I need ideas for types of fish and color schemes. I also would like bright colored fish. Any decorating ideas would be welcomed as well! I wish saltwater fish would be easier maintained! Oh well any suggestions??

2007-06-26 17:49:16 · 7 answers · asked by jbabysgma 2

Ok so i have a 5" red belly piranha in a 35 gallon tank and the piranha always stays on the left side of the tank and does not swim at all. the only time i see him swim is when i feed him at night and when he is really scared. Why is he not the active during the day or when not being fed or scared?

2007-06-26 17:26:40 · 13 answers · asked by oBEA5To 2

I understand that Water Hyacinth has purifying characteristics. If kept in an aquarium, will it absorb the fish waste and ammonia and whatever, from the water making it more healthy for fish to live in? I also know that it absorbs a lot of oxygen from water, so adding a good aeration system in the aquarium should provide enough oxygen for the fish and the plant to breathe. Is that correct?

I am hoping this is the ultimate solution to aquarium maintainance where water changes arn't necessary. I brought this topic up, since I don't find people talking much about this plant.

2007-06-26 16:58:30 · 6 answers · asked by Bradford 1

2007-06-26 16:55:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

a friend told me there was.........are there really such things?
can i find one at my local petstore

2007-06-26 16:51:32 · 5 answers · asked by Chris L 1

I have a Malawi cichlids tank. I read Cichlids like alkaine water. So I bought cichlid salt from aquarium shop and added to the tank to raise the PH. Do I need to add normal trophical salt as well? or is it fine with the cichlid's salt?

2007-06-26 16:48:25 · 1 answers · asked by suresh 1

I have 5 basic fish in a 10 gallon aquarium. The filter is for a 10-30 gallon tank, so it is slightly oversized for this tank. It seems to create a strong current that the fish have to struggle against constantly to hold their place. So, do I need to run the filter 24 hours a day, or can I just run it, say 8 hours/day.

Thanks.

2007-06-26 16:37:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

He swims from the bottom to the top real fast then almost swims upside down

2007-06-26 16:04:53 · 16 answers · asked by cizaloc 1

all my fish ahve been healthy since i bought them all 1 month ago. The problem is that as of like 2 hours ago all of my fish are at the top, it's the weirdest thing, and 2 of my fish within the last 30-60 minutes " blood parrots" have lost there color and turned pale. I need help because i don't wan tthem all to die.
Thank you

2007-06-26 16:04:49 · 12 answers · asked by Gengis 6

My red tailed shark died this afternoon, and I think it's because of my dwarf gourami pestering it. It had the symptoms of fin rot (not eating, laying at the bottom of the tank, getting picked on). I do not want the gourami anymore. He is way too aggressive towards my three barbs, and I do not want it to happen again. I don't know what to do with the gourami though. Any ideas?

2007-06-26 15:20:48 · 13 answers · asked by Willi 2

My father has a 10 gallon fish aqaurim. He wants to know if it really matters to have the fish light on or off in the night time. Fishes don't have eyelids, so does it really matter? I think that the temperature of the light will make the water warmer, but what do you think? On or off?

2007-06-26 15:03:24 · 14 answers · asked by Midget 2

2007-06-26 15:02:04 · 5 answers · asked by Spencer 2

I use to have African Dwarf Frogs, but they jumped out of my tank and crusted over. I'm wantin' to get more of them. Do they need oxygen, a filter, etc... just like fish?

2007-06-26 14:26:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sea horse has white stuff and i know its parasites but now what do i do becuase my other one is fine

they share a 30 gallon biocube with plenty of frogspawn,a galaxea, a grass like coral and a gorgonian and i feed the brineshrimp with garlic

2007-06-26 14:18:41 · 3 answers · asked by Mark L 1

I don't care about any ph levels or any kind of that crap.
1 ryukin goldfish, 4 neon tetras, and a fish that cleans the tank, one of those that sucks stuff.

2007-06-26 13:44:16 · 13 answers · asked by Scott 1