Fish - August 2007

Cause I like the idea of tieing java moss to a piece of cork. And I know styrofoam floats! I tried to let java moss float around freely in the tank, but after a few hours it sticks to the intake valve of filter!! Any suggestions truly appreciated!

2007-08-01 16:23:00 · 4 answers · asked by jbabysgma 2

I find many betta bowls inhumane, but this to me seems ok. It will be in my 100 gallon aquarium. The water will be circulated and filtered. This sits inside the aquarium and holds 4 bettas. If many of you see it as inhumane I will not buy it.


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2007-08-01 16:22:14 · 10 answers · asked by Sally 2

I'm not sure wheather the male is chasing her, or trying to make a baby with her, but im afraid he might kill her. Whats happening?

2007-08-01 16:16:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I currently own a betta in a 5 gal. tank and I'm planning to purchase a 10 gal next month (including heater, filter, substrate . . . the works).

I basically know next to nothing about any fish species other than bettas. I've been researching appropriate fish for a 10 gal. tank but the information I read seems contradictory.

I have three general questions:
1) Can I keep cichlids in a 10 gal tank?
2) If I keep schooling fish (danios, rasboras, tetras, etc.) how many would be suitable for a 10 gal tank? If I do decide on schooling fish, can/should I keep other fish with them, such as cory cats?
3) My betta gets bored incredibly easily (a tail-biter). . . can/should I attempt to incorporate him into my new 10 gal with other schooling fish?

Thank you for the advice!

2007-08-01 16:09:14 · 9 answers · asked by Jess 1

The fish has only been in our home for three days and i have heard that our tap water is really bad but only from one neighbor so i admittedly dont really know, but just in case i put the water in the bowl he was in through a water filter. (One of those water pitcher kind by Pur.) Now that i have a 10 gallon being set up for him I am faced with the idea of filtering (slowly) ten gallons. Do i need to stick with the filtered now or is it ok to use regular tap water? I will be using anti stress water conditioner so the chlorine will be taken care of. Please help.

2007-08-01 15:45:06 · 7 answers · asked by Kii 2

list please

2007-08-01 15:22:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok which one is female which is male? and is the big one pregnate? and is the lil one sick???
HELP!


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2007-08-01 15:09:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got a betta for my 39 gallon community tank today, along with some dwarf platies. The platies seem fine and are minding their own business but my betta doesn't seem to be doing as well. he's swimming really fast, and when he's not swimming he's laying on the bottom of the tank. Any suggestions on what to do and how to make him happy? thanks!

2007-08-01 14:36:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got a ten gallon tank and am really eager to get my poor fish into a bigger environment but I dont want to rush and wind up hurting him. What I would like to know is what exactly I need to do before transferring him to the new tank. It was a tank kit and the only special equipment i have is a thermometer and a ph testing kit. Since he is in such a small bowl i feel like its really important to transfer him soon. He has been in the bowl for three days. So just what do i need to do to ensure that the tank will be safe for him and what equipment do i need to do that? Thanks so much for your help.

Oh and by the way, the goldfish is a small ryukin.

2007-08-01 14:23:40 · 8 answers · asked by Kii 2

I have a 10 gallon fresh water fish tank with 5 fish. I keep buying crabs,but they keep dying. What am I doing wrong? Do they need saltwater? Am i giving them the wrong food? Also how many fish can I put it a 10-gallon tank? I have heard many different answers. Some people tell me 9, some 10, and some only 5 or 6. What is the answer for happy, healthy fish??

2007-08-01 14:17:51 · 5 answers · asked by Jersey 3

2007-08-01 14:11:37 · 3 answers · asked by I.Am.What.I.Am ™ 2

ok i have(had) two baby mollies and one of them just gort stuck to the filter and died!!!! will my other molly be ok allby itself??(i unplugged the filter)

2007-08-01 14:09:53 · 5 answers · asked by I.Am.What.I.Am ™ 2

I don't want to buy 2 more swordtail female, so will he be okay by himself in a 10 gal tank with 3 small guppies? Has anyone done this before?

2007-08-01 13:58:53 · 3 answers · asked by revernance 3

how do i breed my bettas if all the male does is attak her i tryed breed them like it said on the internet but for 48 hours all the male did was try to kill her i went to the moveies and when i came back most of her fins wer gone so how should i breed them

2007-08-01 13:57:04 · 5 answers · asked by jessica s 1

2007-08-01 13:42:58 · 2 answers · asked by I.Am.What.I.Am ™ 2

i ordered a punp from the internet to clean my tank (i know i could bought it anywhere but ......) so anyway can i use those control pills for a while untill the item gets here

2007-08-01 12:55:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

a plant in your gravel when you use your gravel vac to clean your gravel.How do you clean your gravel if the plant is growing roots in your gravel?

2007-08-01 12:48:39 · 5 answers · asked by sweetansassy 3

my fish tank is a ten gallon my moms friend gave me some guppies then i got some from the fish store they all die and we keep having to get new ones but the always die soooo we had the water tested they said nothing was wrong soo i still dont know whats wrong pleas help!!!!!!

2007-08-01 12:23:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

HELLLLP!

2007-08-01 12:22:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-01 12:00:58 · 4 answers · asked by dbmack13 2

After cleaning our fishtank and replacing the filter our 3 coy fish started to swim upside down. They have been doing this for 2 days now and they are still alive. What would cause this? What can I do?

2007-08-01 11:45:40 · 2 answers · asked by kelly M 1

these fish are not like the goldfish that I placed there….how can I find out what kind of fish the new babies are?….i thought of sending a photo of them to some website….any suggestions?

2007-08-01 11:39:02 · 5 answers · asked by needanewtv 1

My convicts had spawned in a cave a few days ago.
on coming home from work 2day all the eggs have gone but the female convict seems to be guarding a hole dug in the gravel at other side of tank, has she moved the eggs or eaten them?

The convicts dont have any tank makes.

2007-08-01 11:15:58 · 8 answers · asked by Paul 1

can i get other species of cold water fish to put in with my goldfish? or do they need special things to live happily? i would like different fish but i cannot afford to get a tropical tank
thanks x

2007-08-01 11:11:23 · 6 answers · asked by ***AmeLiE *** 2

He's be constipated for some days and on the side where his scales are lifted he got a white cottony infection.
I cleaned him with a salt solution and the white stuff came off, but know he has a sore on his mouth that looks like a bruise.
How do I treat him without affecting his constipation?
Can i treat both at the same time?

2007-08-01 11:04:56 · 4 answers · asked by LIZ 2

I have two betta and I keep them as pets and do not train them to fight. I slept over at a friends house and when I came home I was in shock- the tank divider was floating on the top! Both of my fish were fighting, so I split them up and put tape on the divider to make it stay. There are parts of there fins all over the fish tank. How can I get them to heal? Are they going to be OK? PLEASE HELP!

2007-08-01 10:59:02 · 13 answers · asked by Psshh... 3

my parents bought 2 gold fish and they live in a 10 gallon tank. does the airator-thingy always need to be on? if not how many hours a day does it need to be on?

2007-08-01 10:48:06 · 7 answers · asked by desigurl2fly aka rams 3

Ok i just picked up all the live rock i need...here is my tank setup

55 gallon
30lbs agronite sand
20lbs live sand
1lbs live sand from an established tank
60lbs (or more) of FULLY CURED liverock/that i bought from a established tank ($7/lb)

Fluval 305 filter (new filter media)(no access to used media)
Coral life Super Skimmer (65gallon)
Coral life Actinic light 260watts/10k


now thats out of the way, i was told by someone to do a FISHLESS cycle, and to add pure amonia (about 3-4ml a day) for 5 days....its day 3...i have gotten the PPM up to 1.5 or so....

nitrites and nitrates still read 0, pH is 8.2, salinity is 1.022

CONSIDERING i have 1lb of livesand from an established tank AND 60lbs or CURED live rock, should i even have to cycle the tank? or should it not already by cycled? kind like a clone tank...

i was assuming i should stop adding ammonia and check the nitrites every day until they spike? or will that not happen since i have so much from an old tank?

2007-08-01 10:43:00 · 5 answers · asked by Healthy Guy 3

Well I looked in the tank and he was on his side kind of, then I got closer and he moved, and hes swimming at an odd angle. I cleaned the tank, fed him, but is there anything I can do or is he basically kaput and done for? i hope not, I know it sounds stupid, but I would be kinda sad if he died :(.

2007-08-01 10:37:47 · 9 answers · asked by madmisskelly 2

the very end of his tail looks brown and a bit ragged. Nothing big yet. The rest of his fins look completely fine.

I have diagnosed my betta as having Swim bladder disorder, and i'm currently trying to treat that. However in the beginning he stayed at the very bottom of his tank for a day. I was thinking that maybe during that time, he scraped his fin on the gravel, and that caused the fin rot.

is it fin rot? i thought it had to be a whitish edge.

2007-08-01 10:32:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous