Fish - July 2007

My husband and I are going out of town for two weeks, we've had the fish for two weeks, so that will be a total of a month with no cleaning. Is this going to be a major problem? Right now the tank is very, very clear with no signs of cloudiness or dirtiness whatsoever. I guess I just want to be sure they will still be alive when I get home.

2007-07-17 16:57:19 · 11 answers · asked by Muffin 5

I have had my first fry of delmation (or marble) mollies. I have put then in there own tank for protection from other fish (although i have put a ghost shrimp in there to wein out the population some, I hope). But what should I know or expect from this as thing is my first fry. Can I just sell them off to a local fish store for some quarters or would I be better off letting some friends have them to start a tank? and info is well received

2007-07-17 16:37:08 · 5 answers · asked by CresFresh 2

I got a couple goldfish...
One of them eats food from the top of the water and throws it up..
it continues to eat and throw up.. idk wut to do...
it also floats most the time... is it dying??????

2007-07-17 16:03:19 · 4 answers · asked by babygurl_279 1

we feed it a pinch a day and it only eats two flakes is it sick!?

2007-07-17 15:59:57 · 5 answers · asked by ms.shhh 1

Please provide me with the top of the line in making tap water safe, and also any other products to keep the water quality great. Please specify brand names.

2007-07-17 15:48:33 · 10 answers · asked by Stewey C 4

what kind of cichlids will breed easy

2007-07-17 15:45:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

or will they fight for rank,dominance and territory?and Will they possibly kill each other?

2007-07-17 15:28:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's been two months and now snails are poping up all over. Is it bad to have so many? Will they hurt the enviroment of the tank?

2007-07-17 15:07:07 · 9 answers · asked by Big D 3

Ok I did it! I so far (knocking on wood) successfully converted my fresh water talk to salt. It's been almost a month. Right now I have two damsels doing their job and keeping me well entertained while the tank is still cycling. My question is how do I know when it's done? Everything went crazy a couple weeks ago and now my nitrite levels are going back down, the salt looks normal, i'm getting some alge growing, and the tank is pretty (somewhat for salt water). I have a live rock, and used some live crushed coral, and some other live stuff in a tube (can't remember what it's called). So what happens when it's done? There isn't a dinger or anything on my tank and I haven't thought to ask anyone until now how do you know it's ready for fish.

2007-07-17 14:56:29 · 7 answers · asked by Lori S 2

ok i have a red male betta fish and he is not agressive at all. he lives in a 1 gallon tank with a bubble tube.he has a green fake plant the he sleeps in an it has normal brown tank rocks with blue marbles mixed in. also he has 2 sea-shells. i couldn't find a background so i drew one with fish and he was fine and now he is stressin over the fish. should i take the background off? also, what is some other tank decore i could use to make scooby (my fish) more comfortable and make his tank feel homey? please send websites other than pet-co. does he need a bigger tank?

his tank
http://www.petco.com/product/12788/Marineland-Eclipse-Hex-5-Fully-Integrated-Aquarium-Kit.aspx

his plant (sort of)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneyutt/83205749/

his rocks
http://www.generalexcavating.com/images/landscaping_images/126brown_pea_gravel.jpg

his marbles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65429206@N00/62538669/

his seashells
http://www.naplesseashellcompany.com/irish_deep_seashells.JPG

2007-07-17 14:33:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think my goldfish is afraid of the light on his new tank. His old tank didn't have a light and now any time I turn the light on, he goes and hides behind a plant. Is it possible for a fish to be afraid of the lights? He isn't afraid of the filter...

2007-07-17 14:15:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

around the first of July my female Betta Flame got Popeye. I took her out and gave her all the treatment I could but she passed way. It wasnt time to clean the tank out yet and I still havent.

But now my fish, Creamella won't eat and doesnt bother with the other fish. She's very fat, but she's been for quite a while and it's natural that she doesn't bother with the other fish but I'm worried that it's because I havent cleaned the tank yet. She's showing no signs of Popeye but I'm still worried.

This is my second post but I forgot to put up the part about Popeye.

2007-07-17 14:13:00 · 3 answers · asked by - 3

OK, I have a 33gal tank with a large piece of driftwood, a large rock, and three live plants. In the tank I had an angel, three bolivian rams, a bushynose pleco, and ten copper rasboras (very similar to harlequins

About a week ago I did a water change and I forgot to put the chlorine meds in and the entire school of rasboras was wiped.

Now I need new fish but I don't think I want another school.
What I think I would like is at least two better sized more active fish with more character then the sheep-in-a-herd mentality of a school.

What I need is some suggestions for new fish that would be able to withstand a slightly acidic water (around 6.7), not eat live plants, and be able to "chill" with the angel, three bolivians, and the pleco. Please give any suggestions you can think of, any kind of species, I just need few guesses to starting running the names through fishprofiles.com and googel to get me started.

Thanks alot for the help ahead of time

2007-07-17 14:01:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cut the light off my black finned shark also known as Columbian Shark. its aquarium is dark and its completely dark everywhere...some people say that its good to cut the light off

2007-07-17 13:52:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got some fish from pet smart and about a week later i noticed little baby snails I was excited thinking my golden apple snail had babies. WRONG my tank has been over taken with rams horn snails I have put lettuce in the tank scooped them out that way, I have even scooped them out with just a net , I have scrubbed all the plants and decorations in the tank and cant seem to get them under control. I looked for some kind of snail remover at petsmart but no luck in finding anything and the girl in the fish area looked at me like I was asking for a million dollars and had no idea what i was talking about. Now to the root of my question ... Is there something I can get to control my snail population and if so where can i get it ?

2007-07-17 13:42:57 · 4 answers · asked by charlenenc26 2

It has increased dramatically. It was fine yesterday.

Okay, do I need to do a 10 percent water change? I did it yesterday.

Is it okay to use boiled water - as this will not contain chlorine.

2007-07-17 13:40:54 · 2 answers · asked by jimmy 3

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2007-07-17 13:21:16 · 9 answers · asked by werdna963 3

I thought I'd ask first before I purchase a newt.

Hi.
I went to the pet store yesterday and saw a newt. I thought it looked cool for an aquarium. I was thinking, since it was in a water with african dwarf frogs, that I could put one in my aquarium. I have a couple question about them.

Would they settle well in a community tank with fish?

What do you feed them?

What should the lay-out of the tank be?

What should I do to make them happy?

Could I keep a solitary newt in a community tank?

How do you care for them (tank size, temp and ph, etc.)

Here are the fish I have: 4 Cherry Barbs, 2 Corydoras Catfish and 1 otocinclus. Also, the water in my tank is all the way to the top.

Please list any preparation that I would do.

I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK FIRST BEFORE PURCHASING!!

Thank you very much for your help.
Christian Coleman

2007-07-17 12:33:25 · 3 answers · asked by Chris 5

I have a 33g tank with 3 kissing fish, 4 angel fish, school of zebra fish, a few neons and 2 algae eatters.
With real plants.
Will my tank do ok?

2007-07-17 12:21:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it ok to pet it with my finger???????? i really really really RREEEAAALLLYYY wanna touch it and pet it!!!! will i hurt it???? i am VVEEERRRYYY gental. yes i am. do i need to wash my hands first?????????



sorry. i'm HHHHYYYYYYPPPPEEERRRRR!!!!!!!

2007-07-17 12:19:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

where i can find a female crowntail betta at??

2007-07-17 12:15:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My fish are awake 24/7!!

My parents are getting tropical fish soon :)

2007-07-17 11:56:52 · 6 answers · asked by take me to the kittens 4

50 long
30 high
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2007-07-17 09:33:14 · 6 answers · asked by Paintballer 3

On the bottle, it usually says 4 tbsp of water conditioner for each 10 gallons of water. What if you only need like...a cup of water. Do you think one drop will suffice?

In other words...

___ drops of water conditioner for each 1 cup of water?

THANKS!

2007-07-17 08:30:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a breeding pair of convict cichlids today and put them in my 4ft tank with my oscar that is about 5 inch long. The male contvict is about 2 inches the female is 1 inch. My major prob is that my oscar wont leave them along and im worried sick he gonna kill them. i have a tank that is 20 x 10 x 12 that i have some sword tails guppies and platy. I know this tank is way to small for my convicts but would they be ok in there for a day or 2 till i bought and set up a new tank. I dont want them to be killed!

2007-07-17 08:13:02 · 6 answers · asked by Pete 4

I am getting a very large tank soon and looking for ideas on what would be the best type of fish for us. I don't really have alot of time to devout to the tank but I do not want a bunch of guppies either. I want some big cool fish but not real sure what I am doing. I need some ideas please!!

2007-07-17 08:08:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a 10 gallon tank.. my male has built bubble nests and my female has vertical stripes on her body but when i put the female in the male seems to be attacking her and actually like biting her fins what could be the problem here? (he's not actually wrapping around her)

2007-07-17 07:46:12 · 9 answers · asked by thelittlelim 2

Possibly within the next 10 years, i know it's a long time but i'd really like to do it. I'd like to have some advice off of people who have their own aquarium shop. Thanks

2007-07-17 07:24:26 · 2 answers · asked by bettaz_2007 1

i put my fish (2 cockatoo cichlids 2 ram cichlids 2 clown loaches 1 skunk botia 2bala sharks) in a 5 galon tank for5 now because im fixing my 10 and 50 gallon.the 1 ram died the 2nd day and the cockatoo female isn't doing to well.they are breathing very rapitly and laying in one plays till i give them food.the water was 26 degrees c i put it up to 29 and they are doing much beter

2007-07-17 06:51:47 · 5 answers · asked by bobby 2

If not do you have to top it up because of evaporation

2007-07-17 05:16:57 · 6 answers · asked by janorth1 2