Fish - August 2007

As said in previous questions I am purchasing a male crown tailed beta. I recently learned due to yahoo answers that Betas need a heater. I will be keeping the Beta in a 3.5 gallon rectangular all glass tank with a small live plant, a filter and possibly an African Dwarf Frog. The heater I am looking at is a 7.5 watt heater. It says for up to 2 gallons but I would rather get a heater that may keep the water a little cooler than acidently fry my fish.
Is 7.5 watts a good amount of watts for a 3.5 gallon tank or what is a good micro heater for my tank?
Thanks in Advance

2007-08-25 11:05:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi as a new fish owner any help would be gratefully received. I have a 60 litre orb. Been up and running for a while,so got two fish last sunday was advised by the fish store that two would be fine. One goldfish one black moor. Overnight on monday the goldfish died,thought it would as floating at top of tank. Black moor fine,very active!
Went and got another black moor on thurs,again fish store said it was ok.It was lively in tank at shop,did as i should to aclimatise it,but a few hours later it sunk to the botom and has basically been there ever since,keeps burying itself under the rock or plants.
The first fish is still doing great,so after reading the answers to other questions i assume it cant be a water problem,as he would be sick too?
Sorry to ramble on but i thought id let you know it all. Just want to know if i can do anything or if its going to die,feel sad that if it is then its taking so long,poor little thing.
Cheers if anyone can help. Em

2007-08-25 11:05:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 10:28:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am using a "Clear Water" formula to help clear the cloudiness of my tank, and the directions say "remove carbon from filter during use". I can't just take the carbon out of the filter, but my filter is a hang one filter with 2 sort of sponges. One is white with carbon, the other is more rough and is black.

So my question is can I just remove the one sponge-like thing with the carbon from the filter? I hope I made sense....

I guess if you have an external hang on filter you would know what I'm taking about =)

2007-08-25 09:41:48 · 5 answers · asked by ツ & ♥ 3

I've had this tank set up for about three week. i had about 60 fish in the tank then after i bought the last batch of fish, i started to loose about 3-5 fish daily and around 4 fish at night. I just found out theat the ph was too highfor them today i corrected the problem how soon may i start to add new fish to this tank??? i only have three fish left and three crabs ????
please help me.

2007-08-25 09:33:55 · 10 answers · asked by Brady G 2

or should i get a heater. the tank is 5.5 gal, and there is a hood with a light in it. would one be ok with just a light, or should it have both?

2007-08-25 09:25:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

no bactiera in the water, or on the fish

2007-08-25 08:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by Auburn 1

2007-08-25 08:03:44 · 6 answers · asked by addu 1

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2007-08-25 07:35:58 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2

Is it OK if i put 2 female betta fish in the same tank or will something happen?!?!?!?!?!

2007-08-25 06:50:37 · 5 answers · asked by Melissa L 2

I went to this website and it said you can feed baby guppies egg yolk? and I was just wondering if that was ture or not thanks to all who answer and if you have ANY tips about guppies that would be great!

2007-08-25 06:32:45 · 4 answers · asked by ♪♥ ♥♪ 3

i just set up my tank a couple days ago [10 gal.] and have 2 white cloud minnows and am planning to add a male + female dwarf gourami. could you please explain how a sponge filter works and if its ok for a 10 gal. [i have a sponge filter running now.]

2007-08-25 06:04:29 · 6 answers · asked by fishygal007 2

I wanna breed, but dont know exactly how or when.

2007-08-25 06:03:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 05:54:23 · 2 answers · asked by mhenley0003 1

2007-08-25 05:20:13 · 7 answers · asked by Baby_D 1

it sits at the bottom of the tank and only swims up to the top when I sprinkle food there. he eats a little and then settles on the bottom.. hardly moving at all. sometimes he lays on his side.. is he dying?

2007-08-25 05:12:42 · 11 answers · asked by sumfin 4

I have a 35 gallon tank with a 3 1/2" Redtailed Shark, a brisle nose pleco and two blue Gouramis (one male one female).
The male Gourami is around 3 1/2" long and the female is slitly smaller.
Have have yet to find another type of fish to add to my community tank because every time I put a new fish in the male gourami harasses the new fish until it is seriously injured or dead. Does anyone have any suggestion on what type of fish will be compatible with my aggressive gourami?
(The Redtailed Shark is peaceful until something piss' it off)

2007-08-25 05:05:26 · 6 answers · asked by Katryna C 3

I just got 2 spotted pictus catfish and they're bottom dwellers. I'm not sure if I should have the light on or not.

2007-08-25 04:19:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well my Beta Timon is about to reach its 2 years with me and i noticied hes been sitting upright for a couple days. I thought it was normal at first because he still comes for food and such. But then after that he started to lay down at the bottom of the tank. He comes up for air, comes up for food and thats it then slowly goes right back down to the bottom. I cleaned his tank and everything but he's still doing it. Can anyone tell me why or if i should start looking for a new fish =*(

2007-08-25 04:00:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

he just lies at the bottom and has red stains through his skin :(
thanks

2007-08-24 19:24:10 · 7 answers · asked by diannatena 2

(i had alot of betta questions and thanks to yahoo answears i got them answeared) So anyways to the point, When betta breeding can't i just put a sponge in my filter? And for a heater is there anything esle i can use cause the ones i've seen are like 60 bucks sooo no.

2007-08-24 17:38:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-24 17:38:38 · 5 answers · asked by redcar 1

i have a tiger oscar that is red and black. What color of gravel and ornaments, plants, etc should I use?

My husband wants to use a black background and red gravel...what do you think?

2007-08-24 16:59:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My tank is freshwater with 12 small community tropical fish.
I have a power filter and an under gravel filter. My tank is 3 months old. My ammonia level is 8 with an API liquid tester.
I add ammo lock every other day, I change 25% of the water when I vacuum every week and I have ammo chips in my filter, and I add water conditioner and aquarium salt to the water.
The pH is 6.6, hard water, no nitrates of nitrites. I've recently been trying to raise my pH, but the water is not responsive to this treatment. My fish look okay, but I feel I've been adding too much ammonia remover. Someone please help me.

2007-08-24 16:54:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I have 2 tanks: A large tank with mollies and molly fry, and a smaller tank with 1 male betta. What brands of water conditioners have worked well for you? Or, what water conditioners didn't work so well? Thank you! ♥

2007-08-24 16:49:12 · 5 answers · asked by ツ & ♥ 3

This is a pic of her
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but i heard that only dark bodied females can spawn or get Vertical lines. But can she breed?

2007-08-24 16:45:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have this little fish, and i have no idea what it is

sorry, but I don't have any pictures

Ok, so its about 1 inch long, from nose to tail, its flat, its mouth is kinda facing upwords where it looks like hes frowning all the time, he is silver, a dorsal fin covering most of his back, its kind of ovalish shaped...more round at the face then pointed near the tail

Also, can this fish live in a 3 gallon tank with a betta fish, or with my goldfish in the 20 gallon tank

He used to live in a 10 gallon tank with guppies, but if you read my guppie question you know they all died, and my parents won't let me keep that tank out for 1 fish, so he either lives with the betta or goldfish

he is in with the betta right now, and they get along fine, the betta wasn't to happy about it in the beginning, but now its fine

SO, what kind of fish do you think it is?

2007-08-24 16:14:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=783620&cache=1

2007-08-24 15:50:09 · 11 answers · asked by goldfish 2

I'm trying to help someone out, but I'm not sure if these fish would get along. I know one would need to use caution with these fish, but give me some advice.

The fish:
Blue gourami (up to 6 inches)
Dwarf gourami (up to 2-3 inches)
pictus catfish (up to 10 inches)
6 tiger barbs (up to 3 inches each)

2007-08-24 15:37:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wondering if you could use small amounts of normal fertilizer for aquatic plants instead of those overpriced little bottles you can buy at pet stores. Why or why not?

2007-08-24 15:26:26 · 4 answers · asked by The One and Only One 2