Fish - August 2007

I set up my new cold water tank 3 weeks ago,left it for 2 while it developed and now my fish are in,i was wondering when do i start the 25% water change,i know to do it weekly but do i have to leave it a few more weeks.

2007-08-25 22:11:44 · 10 answers · asked by Dooby 6

2007-08-25 21:34:15 · 7 answers · asked by adrian c 1

I have a 55 gal. mixed cichlid tank/aquarium. I went outta town for a month and had a friend do the feeding. When i came back everything in the tank including the glass and filters had a brown film on it, looks like rust but is very gooey. none of the fish died though I did a 50% water change and cleaned the filters. What happened? Do i have to clean all the decorations to get it off?

2007-08-25 21:23:16 · 3 answers · asked by Omar185 1

I have 4, i suppose small/medium, i normally feed them first thing in the morning, then last thing at night. but whenever they see me, they all go crazy and swim to the top like they're waiting for food.
Anyway... my question is how much should i feed them, not how many times.

2007-08-25 20:48:27 · 8 answers · asked by Clare 5

2007-08-25 20:42:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 18" arowana laid eggs and idon't know what to do with the eggs. I've read , that a male arowana should incubate them inside his mouth for 60 days , but i don't have a male arowana. should i transport them to a male arowana at the petshop?

2007-08-25 20:02:01 · 2 answers · asked by Janelyne D 1

I have one bubbl eeyed goldfish and two dwarf puffers and a 2.5 gallon tank. i just got them today as a gift and i dunno what to do. I kno wi have to set up the tank and dechlorinate the watera nd stuff but what do i do with the fish in the mean time? they are in two jars [puffers in one, goldie in the other]. But what should i do when i do set it up? will i be able to keep the three fish in a 2.5 gallon tank [with dividers to keep the puffer from nipping at my goldie], or shoul di get the puffers a seperate tank?

2007-08-25 19:42:25 · 2 answers · asked by Mayface 1

I put my pregnant guppy in a separate tank and I noticed all she did was hold very still she didn’t swim around like she did in the main tank (but there is another boy guppy in the tank with her and he’s all ways sort of chasing her) Is there something wrong with her or is this normal when she is about to give birth I made sure the temputure was the same before I transferred her and I put 50% of the main tanks water into the other tank so she would not go into shock but I don’t think that’s the problem please help me!!! ( and ANY tips about guppies would be much appreciated!)

2007-08-25 18:16:12 · 5 answers · asked by ♪♥ ♥♪ 3

ok well about 20-30min ago i went to petco(were the pets go >_<) and i got a red wag platy and its tummy was a bit bigger than the rest so we got it and took it home it lookd pregnant and about 2-3 weeks ago my black molly had 13 babies and about 12 died from a freak watertubeing accident and so only one servived(named it nemo) and so the brreder tank was open so i desided to go ahead and plop the mama in there and about 5 min later i see little blobs on the bottom which i thought was just food then i look closer and to my surprise there were a bunch of little eyes staring at me so now i have new babies with more on the way! but on is just a circle could it just be undevelopd? what should i do?????????? and one more thing umm would the mama be ok with the babies for like 2 days?

2007-08-25 18:00:37 · 3 answers · asked by b-rizlle 2

So I just recenly discovered that my female guppies are pregnant, and now I think that one of my silver mollies might be preggers as well... but the only way I can make this assumption is to compare what I know about guppies to my molly...

I got my fish from a friend who breeds them and she told me that only the male guppies were colorful... so when I ended up with two pregnant females I was fairly surprised... I learned that they will balloon up with eggs and you can see what is called a "gravid spot" near their tales...

okay, well recently my silver molly has gotten pretty fat and it looks to me like she has the same kind of spot as my guppies... I'm assuming it's a she, I don't even know... How do you tell a molly's gender? Does it sound like (s)he's pregnant?

I tried to take a picture of her, but she's too speedy for me, sorry...

Do mollies even get gravid spots?

please help me!!!

-thefishnoob

2007-08-25 17:55:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 17:37:19 · 8 answers · asked by Sharon S 1

what does the betta eggs look like when they are about to hatch?i was wondering because some eggs seem to have something like little tails sticking out on one end of the egg...

2007-08-25 17:28:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I haven't done anything out of the ordinary. Just a water change, but i've done water changes every week without affecting any fishes. Yes, I've added conditioner, and I let the water go to room temperature. My molly and one of my female guppy are moving their gills really fast. The neon tetra, swordtail, and the other female guppies are fine. The only thing that has changed is the addtion of a new plant called the Baby Tears. I've added tons of plants in the past before, so I know it's not the plant. I don't see any reason for the pH to change because there is nothing in the tank to change the pH. Did I miss something?

2007-08-25 16:22:07 · 9 answers · asked by revernance 3

I just put in Bio-Spira in my aquarium and the water is cloudy will it clear up?? I did pull out all my filter media like it said. When I put my filter media back in will it clear up then, also could it have clouded because I just but in live rock too?

2007-08-25 16:03:42 · 3 answers · asked by Kyle S 4

I have planted 5 gallon tank and I wanted to put 2, 3 at the most, male guppies in it. I do not know that much about guppies so I was wondering if male guppies would fight each other or could this setup work?

2007-08-25 15:58:14 · 6 answers · asked by gauds68 1

my tank of 9 fish (fish vary from guppies to a few neons etc) is a very healthy tank. i test the water regularly and everything is normal. they all seem healthy....eating regularly etc. why are they all loosing color??

2007-08-25 15:57:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over the summer, I have been busy, and have not changed my water. The water quality has plummeted, and I want to fix this. I have a 20 gal. tank with 1 gold wonder killie and a 10 gal. tank with some tetras. I know I can't change the water quality to fast or it will be really bad. How do I go about saving my fish.

2007-08-25 15:48:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any of the frozen fish food like shrimp have a shell still on them?I have a puffer that needs to have hard shells to eat once in s while. I know some snails they can eat also but when i was at the only pet store close to me they didnt happen to have any. If i do get a hold of some of these snail can i keep them a live in a 2 gallon tank with filter and a heater?

2007-08-25 14:53:57 · 1 answers · asked by sweetansassy 3

i have 4 tetra fishes n one have like tiny white spots on the tail. is it sick? what to do? n whatother kind of fishes live with tetras

2007-08-25 14:21:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are constantly cleaning the tank, changing the filters, doing 1/2 water changes & using anti algae solution, but we are unable to get the green algae under control. Our goldfish are fighting & biting each other. I have seperated one fish as it is exhausted & has lost a lot of scales. Can someone please provide us with some advice as we are new to keeping goldfish?

2007-08-25 14:19:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have just had about a hundred Zebra Danio eggs start hatching. They are not swimming yet. I know not to feed them til they swim.
I bought powdered egglayer fry food but I think this will still be too big the first week or two. I called many pet stores in this area and nobody has any liquid food.
I appreciate any tips and answers to the original question. I have had fish and many live births for 15 years but this is the first time I tried to raise egg layer fish from fry. All I have googled does not help with this problem, just gives general directions.

Also, I bought a small air powered sponge/carbon filter. When will they be strong enough to put that in? It is weak. You can see it just barely pull small particles into it. I have it running in my main tank to get seeded by bacteria. I want to keep the water quality as smooth as possible. No spikes or drops from water changes! I had to set this baby tank up FAST, I was not totally prepared.

Thank you experts.

2007-08-25 14:11:02 · 3 answers · asked by wlff772 3

I've been running the tank for a few days now tro let the water cycle. Now when I get the new tank, can I just add that water into the new tank or do I just totaaly do something else with that water. Im getting about an 18 gallon i think, I have a 12 gallon now. I do have a chemical thats called Aquaclear that makes tap water safe for fish, can I add that to the new water as well? Tips appreciated.

2007-08-25 13:59:21 · 6 answers · asked by wwe4life1 1

I don't want to know about all puffers. Just the figure 8 puffers. I know they eat frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp and snails. I also heard they Eat ghost shrimp is this true ? And any other infor would be very helpful Thanks.

2007-08-25 12:44:24 · 3 answers · asked by sweetansassy 3

i have a snowball plco that never lets himself be ssen and i really want him to be outside like the rest of the fish!!!and i know they are nocturnal but what can i do to make them come out more often doe light have to do anything with this?

2007-08-25 12:24:05 · 6 answers · asked by animal_lover_jr 1

i have a few q's would like 2 be answered.

1st- what does this mean " feed no more than your fish will consume in 5 minute"..i bought wardleys koi fish pellets and my koi really loves it, but not sure what that means,, anyone can give me a simple answer. he always seems to be hungry..he is about 6 or 7 inch long(pretty big)

2nd- what kind of fish can live with KOI fish..the guy told me that only goldfishes and koi can live together...but dont really trust him

3rd- i have a cichlid and its pretty big now...can i add a baby cichlid with it?? or would it eat it?? or can i buy one of those baby breeder things 2 keep it there.

thanx

2007-08-25 12:05:45 · 4 answers · asked by ecko7290 2

It looks our betta fish has a torn fin, and there is a red place (blood?) on his fin. He hasn't eaten in at least 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. I have changed his water very recently. Is there anything inexpensive or free I can do, or is the end of my fish?

2007-08-25 11:42:35 · 14 answers · asked by T 2

The guppies in my turtle tank have ick. I went to the pet store and bought CopperSafe to treat my tank. The lady told me that if I take my turtle out for a few hours while/after I treat my tank, that it will be okay to put him back in there. I am concerned, he is a hatchling mud turtle. Will it be okay to treat the fish and then put the turtle back in there around 8 hours later?

2007-08-25 11:39:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering.. I have to change the water today andd wanted to know if using Poland Springs would work

2007-08-25 11:33:20 · 3 answers · asked by ♥ 6

i have a snowball pleco and he seems to hide all the time
he never lets us see him he is alwasy HIDING!is there anything i can do to make him come out !?
To enjoy seeing him!plz let me know what
i need to do!




Note: i have two other plecos
one is a tiger pleco and the other is a leopard pleco.

2007-08-25 11:25:16 · 3 answers · asked by animal_lover_jr 1

does this mean he not compatible with neither females? i have 2 female rams and 1 male in a 50 gallon tank.

2007-08-25 11:08:39 · 2 answers · asked by Warhammer 2