Fish - July 2007

Today I did my daily routine of checking my Betta and there is this white stuff on him that kinda floats when he swims. (It's attached, but long enough to trail). Is it ick? I put some Cure-Ick in. 10 drops per gallon.

2007-07-14 08:26:03 · 4 answers · asked by Stewey C 4

What happened is that I was given 2 goldfish..i thought she was a goldfish...anyway, she was way fat yesterday and today there are a dozen very small brownish babies! 2 days ago there were no fish at all ever in that water!!!! someone please help!

2007-07-14 08:06:36 · 3 answers · asked by Lori B 1

i have a pleco, upside down catfish, and two dojo loaches and every time i see them they are always in the back of the tank so you can never see them. I feel like ive wasted my money on them bec of this. Is there any way to get them out of hiding ????

2007-07-14 07:55:00 · 5 answers · asked by gillottt07 2

I have two goldfish. One became ill initially, just very lathergic but has since shown strong signs of a bacterial infection. The other has shown definite white spot symptoms with the salt grain like spots and hanging at the surface. he's also very lathergic.
I've moved the fish with the internal bacterial infection to a separate tank and treated him with the appropriate medication, and I've treated the other for white spot but I'm not sure if he may have an internal infection also. He is very lathergic and kind of has 2 small swollen areas at either end of his tummy, not a definite swelling but more making him look like an odd shape! His colour looks ok (except all the white specks) and he is eating ok. Should I be treating him for white spot or would I be better treating for bacterial infection? I dont think I can do both, I am using interpet 6 & 9.
I have checked the water and all levels are fine.
can anyone help?

2007-07-14 07:40:32 · 5 answers · asked by CD123 1

I have my betta fish in a ft tank, With female guppies and platies, But sometimes i think he is bored or somthing, Sometimes he lies on the plants (real ones) Its like hes resting there or somthing, Is this normal? , I have check my ph,ammonia and its at normal levels, He looks healthy, Do you think he would be happier in a breeder net/box? ,Or just leave him in the community tank, None of the fish in there pick on him,

2007-07-14 07:32:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two guppies and one black molly. I was just wondering, what does a guppy look like when its pregnant. One of my guppies seems to be fatter and bloated in the stomach. Can anyone tell me what their guppies looked like before it had fry? Thanks for the help!

2007-07-14 07:03:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

With the hot weather and the air conditioner running, the water level in my 20 gallon tank is evaporating. How long should I let the pitcher of water sit before adding it to tank ? I did add the chemicals to it.

2007-07-14 06:54:24 · 8 answers · asked by vivib 6

i have a wisper filter in my five gallon mini bow with a recently purchased betta (to add onto my collection of 4) and 2 otto cats. how do i restrict the flow of my filter, right now i have two fake plants on the rampie-thighingy and its working but its not so pretty. oh and i dont want any air-heads saying my betta will kill my otto cats beacuse he acctuallly like them, funny story actually he likes to nuge them with his nose while the attached to the glass so they dart around!!

2007-07-14 06:49:43 · 3 answers · asked by ShadowCrested 2

I have a 2.5 gallon fish tank and 3 very small fish that won't get much larger. I have a filter, gravel, and 2 small plants in there. It's all brand new so I havent put my fish in the new tank yet. It says the filter should operate 24 hours prior to putting the fish in the tank. How often should I clean it once my fish are in there?

2007-07-14 06:46:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was thinking just boil it or something

2007-07-14 06:39:16 · 6 answers · asked by Aerol 1

i have a 2 gallon fish tank with one betta fish and i was wondering if there was any other type of fish that i could put in there?

2007-07-14 06:30:30 · 7 answers · asked by Pop 1

i have a 10 gallon tank and all my guppies are getting stuck to the filter. is there any way to get them away from the filter.

2007-07-14 06:15:31 · 8 answers · asked by vampire_thirst 4

I picked up a used aquarium and it included what I was told was gravel, when I bleached and boiled the rocks though it turns out it wasn't gravel at all but charcoal, is this done for some special reason in a freshwater tank or were they making a mistake with it's use? I've always used regular gravel myself and have never heard of using anything else.

2007-07-14 06:13:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a pair of german blue rams and i am trying to get them to breed, do they prefer live plants or are plastic plants going to be enough? i also read that they like a cave to be able to breed in is this true? i have some more jagged rocks in the tank should i get more smooth rocks or does that not matter? thank you.

2007-07-14 05:44:50 · 6 answers · asked by Justin 1

How do you breed bettas and how long does it take?

2007-07-14 05:26:39 · 10 answers · asked by Lea Ann H 1

It states in the profile for the Leaf Fish on Pet Solutions-"The best environment for the Leaf Fish is a well planted 20 gallon tank with live rock present." It is freshwater, too!! Freshwater live rock-I've also heard about it with those aquababy things. Please answer??

2007-07-14 05:02:24 · 2 answers · asked by chaazums 2

like a gold fsh or sea fish?

2007-07-14 04:56:50 · 3 answers · asked by happytohelp 2

My babies betta are three weeks old, but they stay at the bottom of the tank all the times. i wonder if there anything wrong with it, please explain.

2007-07-14 04:56:20 · 4 answers · asked by Seyla 1

Question about guppies?, So i was wondering if i take a female guppie (who is 2-3 weeks prego) and put her with a new male(Gerry) i have and he inserts his gonopodium into her, When the fry are born... will gerrys sperm be used for the next batch of fry, So they will be simular to him, the colours anyway,

P.s i dont name my guppies i just callled it gerry to explain it better, Thanks..

2007-07-14 04:51:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a either 20 gallon or 10 gallon tank, with 2 zebra dianos, 1 dwarf gourami, 2 mollies, 1 sucker fish, and a tiny sunset platy.
The tank is starting to get dirty, like the rock has a lot of green stuff on it, but not a huge amount. so does the plant and the pot. I don't know what to clean the rock with, i already tried with a clean rag and water but none came off. i want to make sure that i don't clean it with harmful chemicals that will hurt my fish, but i want to clean it because i looks bad. I have a filter, but i only clean the WATER in the tank. What do i do?

2007-07-14 04:28:16 · 6 answers · asked by ~♥~♫~Jess~♫~♥~ 2

2007-07-14 04:16:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 03:35:43 · 9 answers · asked by GONG 2

2007-07-14 03:19:21 · 7 answers · asked by strawberry 2

Hi one of my female guppies gave birth to 12 baby guppies what I want to know two things really first is it ok to let them out of the breading tank(they are with there mother) and into my tank witch has 3 Black tetras 2neons and 5male guppies and 1 female guppies (excl the mother)and the secound what do I feed them any help would be helpful thanks

2007-07-13 19:48:49 · 8 answers · asked by SpikeandTusken 3

My goldfish has been in a hospital tank for about 2 weeks now b/c I am trying to treat her lethargy and cottony growth, eye cloud, etc.

she started out with lethargy and her scales being all peely, I treated with melafix and coppersafe and that problem healed. However, now she has this cottony growth that won't stay away.

I have been doing frequent water changes, aquarium salting, and using a mix of melafix and pimafix now for about a week. the pimafix really helped at first but now it seems to only lessen the cottony growth and eye cloud growth for days 1 and 2 but then starts to come back again on day 3.

any ideas on how i can make her better? she's fighting really hard and obviously does not want to give up, so i really want to help her out and get her back to normal in her tank w/ her other buddies.

thanks in advance!

2007-07-13 18:08:16 · 3 answers · asked by mozthecat 2

I had a betta and 3 danios in my tank. One danio was nipped to death by another, and my last friendly danio is being pushed around by the larger one. Its fins and tail are really battered, and I'm not sure if it'll live. On the other hand, I don't want to leave the aggressive danio in with my betta if it's going to kill my betta too. I need to get rid of one; which one?

2007-07-13 16:52:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anita 5

A.K.A brine shrimp.

2007-07-13 16:28:41 · 3 answers · asked by Nara 1

I am treating my tropical fish for ick with salt and higher temperatures. Is it safe, and will the salt continue to be effective if I put my carbon filter back in?

2007-07-13 16:22:54 · 3 answers · asked by Sarah B 3

I was thinking of getting a couple, but they are kind of expensive, so I wanted to make sure they can live in that type of water condition.

2007-07-13 16:21:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have what i belive to be a molly, when i got it, it was solid black with a yellow strip around the rim of it's back fin. now when it goes under the light it has red, gold,sliver, and orange in it. and now more than ever the sliver is showing through, even when it swim's around the tank away from the light. maby it could be a platy, i'm not sure but every one call's it a molly. it like's to attack the two smaller fish, my red eye tetra and barb. does any one know what type of fish it might be?

2007-07-13 16:10:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous