Fish - August 2007

CAN I RAISE 45 platie fry (to about 1inch ) in a 15 galon tank, With 25% daily water changes and extra fileration/

2007-08-13 05:43:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 50 gallon aquarium with many types of non-agressive fish (community tank). My water always test fine for everything (pH, ammonia, etc.) do I still need to do water changes; water gets added when it evaporate which happens quickly. If you think I need to still do water changes why? (Currently I'm still doing changes; but not as frequent; other owners of fish have suggested not to do water changes they said it will mess up the natural balance). I have many live plants; but some seem to have dead leaves; do I remove the dead leaves/ plants? Also I'm having problems addind new fish tehy always seem to die (2 guppies and 2 african dwarf frogs died within 3 weeks of adding them (properly); I have successfully added cory cats. 1 guppy I found stuck to the filter when i went to remove it; it was still alive but died a couple days later (it had injuries but unknown if it was due to filter) the other ones didn't look to have any damage

2007-08-13 05:32:14 · 3 answers · asked by dazed 4

My pond is roughly 200 gallons and I have 1 koi and 5 goldfish. I am running a 600 gph pump with a bio filter. Will my pond support more fish or do I have enough?

2007-08-13 05:24:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

its a ten gallon tank with just a male betta in right now. what should i set his heater. and how do i put it on my brother did it last time ?

2007-08-13 04:57:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I THINK I HAVE A 10 GALLON FISH TANK...BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MANY INCHES BY INCHES IT IS

2007-08-13 04:55:45 · 3 answers · asked by --Kix <3 1

2007-08-13 04:52:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you breed two guppies do the offspring look exactly like their parents, or can they have different colors, fin shapes?

2007-08-13 04:18:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 6 Guppies, 2 male, 4 female. One of my female Guppies has gotten bigger than the other females but she hasn't given birth yet. Is she just getting fat or is she pregnant. Are there tattletale signs of pregnancy for Guppies?

2007-08-13 04:10:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would seachem prime really detoxify my nitrite levels when they spike? If so this would keep the fish safe through the nitrite cycle (rescue fish I am aware that he should not ideally be in an uncycled tank). If this would work plz give some advice on how best to use it. If it would not work for some reason plz let me know....does it really detoxify nitrite and ammonia or is it just misleading and clever advertising??

2007-08-13 04:10:25 · 4 answers · asked by Kii 2

I got a 3 gallon tank with filter and light from a garage sale for $4, so i finally get to get my betta fish out of its bowl, and into a proper tank

Well, the tank comes with an underwater heater, its a long tube with tempature markings on it, and you can set if from 60* to 90* and i wanted to know what tempature is the best tempature for a betta fish

2007-08-13 04:06:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone recommend a good aquarium external filter as the one i have at the present is about as good as an ashtray on a motorbike,

(please do not recommend the one beginning with F and finishesing with L)

2007-08-13 03:57:52 · 12 answers · asked by Solo Man 2

Hi, I have a tank which is about 50litres in size, I bought a Leopard Catfish last week but have since read a lot online that says that they should be kept in shoals of around 5 fish? Is this true? Would it be ok to keep just 2?
The woman in the fish shop didnt tell me this and I wouldnt have bought it if I had known I had to keep so many of them as I dont particularly want to fill my wee tank with catfish no matter how pretty they are!

2007-08-13 03:51:32 · 2 answers · asked by kells 2

I have feeder goldfish for over two years. One is slightly larger than the other and seems to have always had a few health problems, but usually bounces back with time. This time he really looks bad, and seems to be suffering. He is twisting and twirling around in the tank and has been face down, tail up in the gravel since last night. He is still using his gills, but it looks like the end. Is there something I can or should do to ease his passing?

2007-08-13 03:43:10 · 8 answers · asked by Margarita 2

Can I just smash up the flaked food to feed them until they can eat baby brine shrimp???

2007-08-13 03:42:51 · 5 answers · asked by werdna963 3

2007-08-13 03:40:11 · 4 answers · asked by vicptl81 1

Hi,
Yesterday me and my friends went to petco and one of my friends got a gold mystery snail to go in with her turtle. Well we put it in the tank and next thing we know is the turtle was trying to eat him it seems. So we decided it needed to go in a different tank so we put it in her tropical 10 gallon, though 2 minutes later I remembered that I put Jungle Brand Fungal Meds in there so we scooped it out and put it in with the a male betta in a 2.5 gallon, but then we remembered that the water had a little salt in it, so we put him in with a betta she was watching in a 1/4 gallon. Well he kept trying to get the lid off and was trying to get out of the water and we didn't want to find him laying somewhere so we put him in a female betta cup with 2" of water and 1" of air which is now where he still is. So my question is could I put Sunny back in the 10 gallon after she does a 1/4 water change or will the meds still harm him.

2007-08-13 03:39:37 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4

Does anyone have informaion on Prawn shrimp and Japanse shrimp? i cant seem to find any, I want to buy some but i have to read up on them first tahnks.

2007-08-13 03:34:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

But today i woke up and found a white/clear film stuff floating in the tank..it wasn't everywhere it was just like a little piece..I tried to go in and get it out but it fell to the bottom of the tank. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is something i need to worry about should i do a water change?? thanks

2007-08-13 03:14:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked a question about which snails to get for my goldfish tank, people have said apple snails, but they eat plants, i have no real plants, only plastic, they wont eat them will they?

2007-08-13 03:14:30 · 4 answers · asked by Clare 5

iv got 4 fish tanks 1 is tropical rest r for cold water fish the tropical 1 had a blue lobster my other 3 has gold fish and small cold water fish n 1 is empty so i wonder wot else i can put in wif em i got 11 gold fish 4 small fish n a small blue lobster ?????????

2007-08-13 02:45:18 · 3 answers · asked by Amzy 3

As the title indicates...

And can anyone tell me the price range?

Thanks, fellow fish frens
-K-

2007-08-13 02:38:27 · 3 answers · asked by ken_katana666 1

i have guppies but how often do they have there fry?

2007-08-13 02:16:47 · 6 answers · asked by Crystal l 2

I have an aquarium thats been sitting for awhile and i decided to go ahead and buy some new fish but i know i need to wait a few days to let the tank get adjusted,but exactly how soon is to soon to add the fish?

2007-08-13 02:09:30 · 10 answers · asked by tx_rainbo 4

I have a platy and she keeps on swimming up and down with her nose pressed to the wall. what does this mean?

2007-08-13 02:08:25 · 4 answers · asked by kitten-ruleZ 1

how many frys will guppies have each time there pragnate

2007-08-13 02:04:31 · 3 answers · asked by Crystal l 2

i have guppies and i want to know if they will eat all the frys or just a few of them?

2007-08-13 01:47:13 · 5 answers · asked by Crystal l 2

I have three bettas right now that will not eat betta pellets, they will only eat Tetra BettaMin Flakes. But tha'ts not my question. I am getting two more bettas from a store where I know they will eat pellets. (That's what the other bettas' problem is, the petstore where they were at only fed them flake food, so they got used to eating it and now they won't switch back.) So anyway, what is the best 2 or 3 brands (to give a little variety). Thank you.

2007-08-13 01:31:44 · 5 answers · asked by KristyW 5

i have already in my tank platty's, neons, glowlights, angel fish, gold ram, columbian tetra and rainbow fish

2007-08-13 00:51:53 · 8 answers · asked by JULIE B 1

i don't want to know about family trips to Clacton!

2007-08-13 00:46:20 · 3 answers · asked by ijedwards2000 1

All of the fish in my tank recently died by a really fast growing white slime/fluff that covered them - it happened quite quickly - within two days. Started off as a few tufts on one or two then they were all completely covered and the tank went foggy. The poor things seemed to be suffocated to death and even though I tried adding a few medications to the tank it didn't stop it. It was very upsetting and I'd like to make sure it never happens again. I've cleaned the tank out completely and thrown out all of the gravel, equipment etc but not keen to start again until I'm better prepared!!

2007-08-12 22:26:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous