Fish - August 2007

I have two 10 gallon tanks. In them I have an Oto and a Pleco. The Pleco, how ever, we are searching for a new tank for (since he will soon grow too big) and currently they aren't doing a good job of keeping the tank clean.

there's dark green algae everywhere! I'm going to get 2 to 3 more Otos to stay in the female guppies' tank, while the Pleco can stay in the males. The male's tank, however, is where the Pleco and Oto are staying now, since it's covered in slime, and the job isn't getting done.

Anyway, I'd like a list of different algae eaters that do great in a tropical community. I DO NOT WANT GHOST SHRIMP!

Thanks a bundles :)

2007-08-12 20:52:51 · 14 answers · asked by Morgan 1

And when will they hatch? And how long will they began to eat microworms or baby brine shrimps? Do i need to take out the parents when they are free swimming? just need help.

2007-08-12 19:33:05 · 3 answers · asked by Warhammer 2

I have 2 goldfish, a black molly, and a platy.... if it helps

2007-08-12 09:44:38 · 12 answers · asked by Katie 2

Some of my fish contracted Ick disease I think, because my fish have white salt grain size spots on their fins and body. But they don't seem affected by the spots, no rubbing against rocks, nothing. Recently, I treated the tank with medication, called Super Ick Plus. It came in a vile and I put the appropriate amount of drops in the tank. How long does should it take before I should consider new medication or another dosage? What medication works the best and where can you buy it, does it rid Ick disease from the tank ?

2007-08-12 09:43:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont have a top, i need spacifics. what kind of fish and the cheapest things.

2007-08-12 09:07:38 · 3 answers · asked by nona v 1

my fish's colours are fading theyre pretty dull, i have 2 and the other one seems alright. i changed there water today..coudl the shock have soething to do with it? well i'm just wondering what i can do to make ti better and is he still healthy? thanks so much!

questions?...wine_red_24@yahoo.com thank you!

2007-08-12 08:25:13 · 4 answers · asked by Ari 2

Hi there can some1 help, i have 1 dalmation mollie and it has been fine all day swimming and feeding fine but last 15 / 20 mins keeps swimming on the bottom of tank like its burying in the gravel, its like it doesnt want to come up at all whats going on??

2007-08-12 08:22:50 · 4 answers · asked by AMANDA G 2

2007-08-12 06:32:38 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was look at my fish every day for about 5-10 minutes, just to see if everything is going OK. While looking at my Betta Fish he opened his mouth really wide then closed it, and no he didn't go up for air. He did this about a couple of times already. Also lately my Betta has been flaring a lot at me for no reason. Maybe the two are connected somehow?
I know fish don't sleep they 'rest' so I thought maybe my fish is yawning, so I turned off my tank's light and now my Betta Fish is in the little hole under his castle. Is this normal or is this some sort of diesase? He didn't do something like this before, I just got him about a little less than a month ago, and yesterday I did my weekly water change. Maybe it was because of that?
Sorry, but I can't get a picture for you because my Betta does it pretty fast.
Can you please help?
Thanks!

-Capp

2007-08-12 06:22:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have one of the in tank monitors for ammonia level in my new uncycled 10 gallon. I had figured that if the ammonia got too high I could just do a partial water change to maintain good levles. When the ammonia got just slightly high we did a like 30% water change with a siphon. The next day the ammonia had only gotten higher. After it still hadnt evened out after like two days we did another water change. Still we saw no difference in the ammonia level. Even if our filter wasnt working it should have lowered the levels a bit simply by diluting the concentration of ammonia in the water. We are using the Live NH3 ammonia monitor (in tank) by Mardel. We had thought that maybe it just doesnt reset after the ammonia levels elevate and have put the test in clean water in a glass to see if it resets. Does anyone have any experience with this. After a few water changes within maybe a week we are still seeing the test read only higher and higher levels. HELP!!

2007-08-12 06:17:09 · 8 answers · asked by Kii 2

No silly answers

2007-08-12 05:46:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a fish tank and I have Brackish water fish.....

my Daughter, my lady, and my Bubba say, no they do not...

I believe every living organism must sleep to recharge their cells and rejuvinate themselfs......?

2007-08-12 05:43:04 · 5 answers · asked by MikeDog 1

I've offered them flakes, pellets, frozen brine shrimp, and orange slices, but they aren't eating any of it. They just ignore everything. I don't want them to starve, what's going on?

2007-08-12 05:02:53 · 2 answers · asked by st_coraline 2

on a 20 gallon tank with a large goldfish, and a medium goldfish

2007-08-12 04:59:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking to set up a saltwater tank with power heads in the uplift tubes.

2007-08-12 04:34:17 · 1 answers · asked by army of one 2

Ive had my fish tank for many years and never had a problem now its gone cloudy. It was a green and cloudy to start with so i covered the tank from the sun and the green colour has gone but the water is still cloudy. Ive never had any problems before and ive not changed anything in the tank. Ive done water changes and cleaned the filter but the water goes cloudy again.

2007-08-12 02:43:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the best way to treat it? Best medication? Also, do I need to remove the carbon filter while treating?

2007-08-12 02:09:30 · 3 answers · asked by Sptfyr 7

During the night do fish like light over them...
light from somewhere else...
or no light at all and plain dark?

2007-08-12 01:46:24 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ Summer ♥ 5

There is a whiteish looking residue on his beautiful pewter gray body. He also seems very sluggish. What is wrong?

2007-08-12 01:39:49 · 3 answers · asked by Sptfyr 7

I have a tank with 5 females and 1 male in that has plenty of hiding places and plants in. Last night I saw one of my females attacking my male (she was unprovoked) and wouldn't let go of his tail fin for ages. He got very stressed and hid and she chased after him and did it again!

I have since removed my male so he can recover but I have no idea why she did this. The fish shop said the 5:1 ratio would be fine but now i'm not so sure! Is this happening because I have too many females or should I have left him on his own in the first place! Ah!

Please help if you can! The options I can see are taking all/some of the the girls back to the shop, re-homing some/all of them with friends or risking putting the male back in. Keeping an extra tank isn't really an option for me as I already have enough!

Thanks in advance for your time and help!

Em*

Oh, I have 4 females that look the same- so I'm unsure exactly which one it was!

2007-08-12 01:20:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Poor Barbosa,
He was swimming with his bottom in the air for a couple of days, then this morning I found him dead floating at the top, still with his bottom in the air.
As I scooped him out I noticed that he had blood coming out of his back end.
What happened?
Capt'n Jack and Poppet who were in there with him still look fine!
Thank you for any help you can give me. I'd hate to see the other two go the same way.

2007-08-11 22:20:01 · 8 answers · asked by smittenbluelily 1

i have always fed it with flake food but i got tetra fin granules for a change but as soon as it takes some it spits it out. should i stay with the flakes.

2007-08-11 22:07:05 · 14 answers · asked by nanny.pamy 1

How many times do you feed a fish each day? And you feed a pinch right? I just got a fish today and I have no clue! Please help! I don't want them to starve :(

2007-08-11 21:17:00 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ Summer ♥ 5

I have a 10 gallon freshwater tank. I got it like 8 months ago and have gome thru soo many fish. I don't want to put any more fish in there if they are just going to die. It's not fair to them. Just in the last month I had 2 fancy gold fish and one guppy who survived from a prev. "batch" of fish I brought home. They were all doing great, eating swimming doing what fish do, then they started to get a little ick. So I started treating the tank for ick but it didn't help. They died within days. Just a week ago I bought 5 of the medium size feeder gold fish. and now they are all dying. I have treated the tank over and over again for ick. But it seems like no matter what I do it comes back. Since all the fish are dead should I completly empty the tank and get new rocks and plants before buying more fish? I take good care of my fish but why won't they live?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

2007-08-11 21:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i looked in my tank this morning both my female mollies spines have curved round and they are having trouble swimming, mainly staying at bottom of tank.

My male mollie and male guppie will not leave them alone, they keep trying to mate with them. Poor girls are tired.

Does this mean they are on there way out?

They have been all healthy up to now.

Any sujestions why this has happened and has anyone else had this problem.

Please help

also i have just put both females in breeding net to give them a rest from the boys.

2007-08-11 20:54:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

A friend gave me an aquarium that she hadn't used in a couple of years and had not cleaned it. So, now it has dried algae all over the inside and calcium deposits around the top inside and all over the hood/light. I am wondering how to clean this off without scratching the glass. Will it even come off??? (I definitely won't be using soaps of any kind or those sponges with chemicals in them)Thank you...

2007-08-11 20:44:51 · 7 answers · asked by Daniella 1

I tried to calculate it on a aquarium website but it didn't work.

2007-08-11 19:21:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-11 18:25:05 · 2 answers · asked by ghost_writer2024 1

this afternoon i removed all of my fish and put them into a temporary tank so i can renovate their current home. the removal happend about 8 or 9 hours ago, and during that time, i moved a large rock from a horizontal position to a vertical position. about half an hour ago i investigated the empty tank and discovered some funky round things covered in some sort of 'glue' on the side of the rock that used to face the ground. - the rock acted as a caveand the side with the round things was the ceiling of the cave.
i dont know what the round things are, im assuming that theyre eggs, but of whom? ive pictures of them:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/jamoholoho/100_1653.jpg?t=1186893856
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/jamoholoho/100_1642.jpg?t=1186893861
a close up:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/jamoholoho/eeggs.jpg?t=1186893826
what are those? eggs? keep in mind that they were on the ceiling of a cave. could they be snail eggs?
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2007-08-11 17:55:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The instructions say not to plant them in the gravel. Most of them are floating on the top. What the heck?

2007-08-11 17:36:03 · 9 answers · asked by Hicktown girl66 6