Fish - June 2007

So, my friend looked after the class crawdads back in elementary school, and one morning when we checked on them it looked like one had exploded. There were two live crawdads left in the pool and then tons a little floating bits and mush, from the third.

I'm just wondering - is this something that goes wrong with crawdads often? And did it really explode? I just remembered this and was hoping somebody could explain what went on. Thanks!

2007-06-20 16:54:46 · 4 answers · asked by Cedar 5

There's a "bubble" looking tissue hanging on it's body; is this an "egg" sac waiting to be released? or it's some kind of a fungal infection? ; or if it doesn't lay eggs- do the babies come out from it's body (from the sac clinging to the fish)?

2007-06-20 16:52:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My betta fry hatched 4 days ago...as i learned on the internet, it's better to have a batch of betta fry foods ready once they are free swimming already. I've been very diligent in feeding them. I have microworm culture ready and some infusoria for back up. the problem is, they don't seem to be eating/feeding at all. i can see a few that wander about, searching for food and gobbles up the first squiglging microworm they see...but for the most of the fry, they just stay together as a group in 1 corner or stay at the surface of the water, and won't budge even w/ microworms squggling nearby...is this normal or something's wrong w/ them?

2007-06-20 16:52:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

please help, im out of fish food.

2007-06-20 16:39:56 · 12 answers · asked by J_Dawg 2

I have had my Betta for about 2 years. He recently had a sore on his face that looked cottony. So I tried Fungus Clear (which did nothing) then I tried Maracyn. The Maracyn seemed to make him feel better, but didn't really clear up his face. Now he has been pretty much paralyzed for the last 4 days. He hasn't eaten that I know of. And the only way you can tell that he isn't dead, is by tapping on the aquarium glass and he moves. I now have him in a little net (loose so he can move)close to the top of the water so he can get gulps of air (which he hasn't done.). Is there anything I can do? Or is it too late? Also, his back is curved and he can't use his tail fin.

2007-06-20 16:32:38 · 11 answers · asked by euphoriarevelation 4

Saltwater (for those who don't know)

He was fine this morning, very cheerful.

My blue hippo tang is lying on the bottom of the tank dying, he has lost all his coloring. What is going on? None of the other fish seem sick, just him. I checked all Ph, nitrate/ite and others and they are all within normal range. The temp is 77 degrees...What could be happening? He has only been in our tank for 3 days.

2007-06-20 16:17:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have 1 black moor. and how do i no if my black moor is a male of female?????

2007-06-20 15:59:33 · 3 answers · asked by Hick Chick<3! 2

I currently have one now. I think i red something about you cant put 2 males together. Can you put 2 males together or was it 1 male and 1 female. thanks for your help.=)

2007-06-20 15:58:03 · 10 answers · asked by Kurt Son&trade: 2

i will soon be setting up my 55 gallon tank, my first, and would like the top half of the tank to be planted. what are some good beginner floating plants? and plants in general. would like y'alls opinion.

2007-06-20 15:57:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I added a spotted green puffer & 6 mollies to my 55 gallon tank this past Saturday (June 16). The other day, one of my albino cory cats came up missing.....Found him yesterday almost completely eaten!!! I have the tetraodon nigrovidis not the tetraodon fluviatilis, which is the venomous one to my understanding.

Today, my sucker fish is dead. :( I fed them and saw my sucker swimming along the bottom. An hour later, I found my sucker dead with his sucker eaten OFF and his eyes eaten too. :(

I've NEVER seen my puffer snip at any of my fish. I've seen the mollies chase a few around, but not enough to hurt any. Everytime I feed the fish, the puffer stays away. In fact, I haven't noticed him eating at all......Do you think that the puffer is the one killing my other fish or could it be the mollies? Everything was peaceful in my tank until they came along. :(

2007-06-20 15:47:23 · 5 answers · asked by Karen W 3

2007-06-20 15:43:38 · 5 answers · asked by smith85922 1

I've bought 7 neon tetras, 3 kissing gouramis, 4 angelfish, 3 bala sharks, and three parrot cichlids, and one baby oscar. I've put all these fish already in the tank for about 2 days already.

2007-06-20 15:43:03 · 14 answers · asked by Patrick M 2

my male and female is readly to mate. what do i do next

2007-06-20 15:25:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

am doing everything correct its on my java fern and anubias how can i get rid of it

2007-06-20 15:17:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is my first tank. what fish get along with each other.

2007-06-20 15:10:59 · 8 answers · asked by favorite_aunt24 7

I have a pleco, betta, and 8 small neon tetras that all get along VERY well with absolutley no problems. I bought an angel fish yesterday and the man at the pet store said they should get along fine. I was watching my fish this evening and i noticed that my betta was VERY unsettled he generally just floats around the top or he will stay near the school of tetras. I watched more closley and realized the angel fish was following him around and nipping his fins. My betta fins have colors in it I have never seen before in a betta. They are BEAUTIFUL, as you may or may not be able to tell I am not willing to let my betta(who I love and adore the tank revolves around him and what mixes well with him) get his beautiful fins shredded. I also am not going to be able to take him out of the tank since I A) don't have any distilled water and B) don't have a tank to put him in. Is my angel fish just nasty or is this normal behavior? I have him caught in the fish net and it is set so it can't

2007-06-20 14:48:37 · 14 answers · asked by Visio 2

i always thought you could keep a goldfish in a fish bowl. now, i read that you have to have a filter and stuff. i dont really want to buy all that stuff for a fish! my daughter wants a goldfish but i cant buy all this filter stuff! what do i do?

2007-06-20 14:46:36 · 14 answers · asked by Hey Love...♥ 2

hi, i purchased "Tetra Vacation's" 14 day vacation feeder
the directions stated that i should drop apprx 3 "blocks" of this
but when i took a look at it
it was all one giant circular piece
what do they mean by this?

2007-06-20 14:41:43 · 4 answers · asked by FishyQuestions 2

http://www.cichlids.com/uploads/tx_usercichlids/22_1.jpg but having allot of trouble with them

2007-06-20 14:41:35 · 3 answers · asked by juanevegatorres 1

Ok I got 4 gupys the other day..2 males and 2 females...one of my females is half black and silver and she stays down on the gravel alot just kinda hovering there.I dont think she is pregnant but I cant really see seeing she is black and I cant tell if there is a black spot behind her or not.Ne one have ne ideas on this?? Thanx!

2007-06-20 14:39:36 · 6 answers · asked by ((^}Jesshorty^{)) 2

i have always thought you can just keep a goldfish in a fish bowl and clean it often. but, i just read you cant keep it on a bowl. whats going on??

2007-06-20 14:35:42 · 20 answers · asked by Hey Love...♥ 2

I know I've probably misspelled "anemone." :) My daughter is dying for a saltwater tank (I'm thinking 30 gallons, max) and some clown fish. My knowledge of clownfish is pretty much limited to Nemo. Do they get along with one another? Are they better off alone? Do you need one of those anemonme things for their home? What's the care involved with that? We've had a freshwater tank with goldfish... how much harder would you say saltwater will be? She's been talking about getting clownfish for over a year (since we gave our other tank to neighbors when we moved cross-country and I promised her we'd get another fish tank after we moved). Well, it's a year later and I was hoping she'd forget, but alas...
Any advice is much appreciated.

2007-06-20 13:52:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found few small starfish on the beach. I'm gonna wait until they die to put them in the fish tank. What is the best way to preserve these starfish? How do I put them in the water without them being so stink when they die?

2007-06-20 13:36:32 · 6 answers · asked by Ryder 1

once i had a goldfish in a ten gallon tank with one golfish in it and after a couple of months I added a black moor. Of course, I thought my goldfish was totally pissed about this but they seemed to get along well enough. But when I woke up........well, the black moor was at the bottom with most of his skin ripped off and the goldfish was upside down at the top just barely alive looking totally torn up and he had a huge gash on his side! How does a frigg'n fish without teeth do that!?!?!
( my mom made me flush the gldfish alive):

2007-06-20 13:26:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-20 13:20:28 · 12 answers · asked by goldfish 2

I am thinking abot getting a hermit crab.I dont know diddley squat about them.I have did research but I dont understand it.Some one plaese give info about them and tell me what kind of enviroment,food,water,bathing,molting,and what kind of stuff I will need.Also about traveling with them.I want to know everything and any thing. Please help.If you really want to help tell me good toys and stuff to get. thnx

2007-06-20 12:43:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know I've been asking a lot of questions concerning my fish but I have not been precise enough.

I'd like to know everything I need to know about caring for a single male Betta. Including what snails, plants, food, lighting, tank size, and anything else you guys know about them.

2007-06-20 12:21:30 · 3 answers · asked by Stewey C 4

My female betta is ready to mate i can see her white tube. She has white lines going left to right. My male made his bubble nest. What to do next

2007-06-20 12:12:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

a friend of mine cleaned off my drift wood today while I was at work, well my angle fish had layed eggs on it, I replaced the drift wood, I got attacked by the anglefish, mama, I hope she will lay more eggs, I told him to keep his hands off my acquarium, he thought it was fungi, will she lay more eggs again it took over a year for he to do this, it has me upset.

2007-06-20 12:11:04 · 6 answers · asked by kanei 6

I just bought two fish and I forget what they're called.
There are big ones but I bought the smaller ones.
They're back and small and chubby with buldgy eyes.
I'm almost positive their name started with an M.
Any ideas?

2007-06-20 12:09:43 · 6 answers · asked by pyroconverse 2