Fish - July 2007

Quite a few of my fishes have died over the past month, and they all seem to be doing the same thing before they die. They sink to the bottom of the tank sideways in an arch shape, with their head and tail touching the bottom of the tank, and their bellies slightly higher then the rest of their body, they don’t seem to be moving or eating, but you can still see their gills and mouth moving a bit, then they die after a day. Does anyone know what’s wrong with them and what I can do to stop this?

2007-07-06 23:14:29 · 19 answers · asked by ^_^ 3

The white spots are slight on his torso, and slightly more so on his tail, it doesn't look like a horrendous infestattion (yet) it it IS ich, but I'm not sure it is.

The reason for my suspicion is "he" suddenly and coincidentally has taken a sudden massive interest in the one other goldfish in the bowl. I know nothing of fish breeding but "he" is displaying the classic courting signs of any animal, increased interest, non-aggressive 'chasing', rubbing himself against the other fish, etc.

Is it possible that white spots around the body can indicate breeding time for "him"?

I don't want to start treating a healthy fish if "he" indeed doesn't have ich.

2007-07-06 21:10:26 · 5 answers · asked by crazeetaxi 2

what is your opinion about this? and which fish is that?

2007-07-06 20:18:24 · 13 answers · asked by Bavani Thamothram 2

Please tell me ALL pod eating fih (salt water fish) that you know, do tangs eat pods

2007-07-06 19:58:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard they are hard to keep, please tell me stories and how you keept your mandarins

2007-07-06 19:43:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

best answer to who can find me the cheapest 1 online!

2007-07-06 18:54:47 · 3 answers · asked by Sean M 2

I have a pair of Amazon Cichlids that are breeding but they kill most of the fry off after they hatch. Just after they start swimming on their own. just need more info on the proper time to remove them so I don't kill them.

2007-07-06 18:51:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 18:01:45 · 6 answers · asked by Hellfil2e 1

2007-07-06 18:01:33 · 11 answers · asked by lucky 1

How tall/deep and what would the width be for an average rectangle 4ft long tank (I KNOW ITS 4FT LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

2007-07-06 17:52:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

in a 90 gal tank with just 1 oscar and a pleco using 2 40 gal filters and a 10 gal underwater filter?

2007-07-06 17:38:55 · 5 answers · asked by Sean M 2

Saltwater fish

2007-07-06 17:33:56 · 2 answers · asked by catsfinal4 1

2007-07-06 17:23:27 · 5 answers · asked by keisha s 1

thanks, but the thing is i only have two super small tanks, maybe that holds a quart or less! and i saw the sucker fish chasing my frog, so i dont know if he wants to hurt him or what? please help on my situation since i have such a small tanks!

2007-07-06 17:02:24 · 5 answers · asked by colinm_1 1

I went to my grandmas creek and caught a sucker fish, crawdads, and tadpoles! what would get along with a African dwarf frog between these, and what do the crawdads eat? and what do the tadpoles eat?

2007-07-06 16:47:28 · 3 answers · asked by colinm_1 1

So I had 10 goldfish in a tank. They had been fine for a couple months, but then 4 of them died... I realized it was because the ammonia levels were through the roof. I added ammo-chips, ammonia removing solution, and have been regularly doing 20% partial water changes with a gravel siphon to remove the excess ammonia. However, I just realized that the females are all getting chased by the males and trying to lay eggs--which I read can cause the ammonia levels to become very high if they are unfertilized/in improper coniditions (because they just become decaying matter). I don't want to breed the fish, I don't have the time and I definitely don't want more goldfish... do I just have to let them have the eggs and hope I can keep the ammonia levels under control, or is their some other solution? I don't want any more fish to die!

2007-07-06 16:16:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My African Cichlid keeps producing eggs, but then puts them in her mouth and eats them!! What do i do?

2007-07-06 16:15:28 · 5 answers · asked by Kyle 2

Gouramis
Guppies
Mollies
Platys
Bali or Bala Sharks
Tetras

I am told these are compatible fish but would like more opinions/feedback

Thanks

2007-07-06 16:15:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i already have 4 fish in my bowl

2007-07-06 16:06:11 · 8 answers · asked by sweetbaby_aaliyah 2

So, I bought this goldfish, just one of those little 25 cent guys from the pet store. Although he is a goldfish, he was brown...up until about two weeks ago, then he completely transformed and now he is a gold goldfish! Why did he change colors like that?

2007-07-06 15:54:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 15:40:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you keep male guppies in the same tank?
Can you keep male neon tetra in the same tank ?
Can you keep male Neon tetra & male guppies in the same tank?

2007-07-06 15:36:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering

2007-07-06 15:33:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 15:29:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

asap

2007-07-06 15:25:59 · 8 answers · asked by enza 1

I am going to step up a 55 gallon community tank. Which one:
1 bushynose pleco or 3 siamese algae eaters? Their diet will be supplemented:)
the other fish will be 6 cardinal tetras, 6 glowlight tetras, 6 corydoras panda, 6 dwarf neon rainbowfish (praecox), and 6 beckfords pencilfish in well planted tank.
Thanks for your opinions!

2007-07-06 15:19:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 2 plecos 2 goldfish and 1 angel fish i just found out that thatts a bad combonation but my pleco changed from black to a light grey kindof

2007-07-06 14:50:41 · 2 answers · asked by d12552001 2

I have a Betta fish, aka one of those chinese fighter fish, and I was wondering if it was ok to put him in poland spring water, from the bottle. I have not done anything to the water, and it is room temp. Is that ok, or does he need some pet store chemicals?

2007-07-06 14:46:04 · 12 answers · asked by Lydd ☂ 2

Where the air tubing connects to an air pump (Dolphin Three-Star) the tubing turns a brownish-yellow over time (2-3 weeks). I have not seen this happen before. Is it likely to be air quality or the pump, or is this normal?

2007-07-06 14:29:27 · 5 answers · asked by Rafael 1

i had a small bichir in with 6 zebra danios and a baby zebra danio. i recently changed the fish food i was feeding my fish and my bichir attempted to eat one of my danios. the danio got away but its scales are sticking up and some are falling out. a few days ago i came home to a dead bichir with a dead danio stuck in its mouth. i read that bichirs wont eat fish that are bigger than their mouth, but in my case that wasnt true. and even if he was hungry, why didnt he eat the baby danio?

2007-07-06 14:29:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous