Fish - September 2007

Hi, ive just bought a male and female guppy and i think the female is already pregnant. She has a dark black spot on her stomach. I already have 5 tiger barbs. 2 silver sharks. What do i need ready for her birth as i only have 1 tank.

2007-09-18 03:20:27 · 6 answers · asked by Nat 1

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2007-09-18 02:31:55 · 7 answers · asked by emesumau 4

I am a newbie at this. These fish were handed down to me so i already had them and moved with them. There wasnt much i could do until a local pet store offered to take them. Basically my next question is about the ammonia lock. What if your water supply has ammonia in it? I heard that can happen. Im going by this sheet i got out of a starter kit for freshwater fish. I could be dumping ammonia in on my water changes if this is the case. My brother told me ammonia lock is not bad the ammonia might just come back...it says it protects the fish...obviously im just trying to do anything for my fish i can i realize its a process and you just have to wait but i dont want my fish to die and then sit there and wonder if it was something i did wrong or something i didnt do. cant you get special tests that rule out the ammo lock. ? My ammonia is off the charts so obviously its combinding all the ammonia even neutralized ammonia from the product. My ammonia and nitrates are soaring

2007-09-18 02:29:04 · 7 answers · asked by Alyson R 1

I looked at one of my ghost shrimp last night and he was all white on the inside. He dident look like theat last week. Is he going through some stage of something?

2007-09-18 02:18:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

He was given to my son and then my son moved and could not take the fish. I hate fish and I do not even want to fish him out of the tank. The tank is a 10 gal which is too small for him anyway, but the fish store owner said that is fine that he will only grow to accomodate his surroundings.

Anyway, I do not want him. Will a store take him back? I would say that he is almost 4 yrs old. Or should I just put an ad in for someone to come and get it for free? (I hate to be ignorant, but fish tanks give me the willies, I don't even look forward to emptying it. I did not get this tank for my son, someone else did)

2007-09-18 01:30:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have good levels and good water, and i do not mind the extra water changes. I am just wanting all of my schooling fish to be happy. I also have 5 or 6 small snails, but I read that the loaches will eat small snails so I am not worried about overpopulation. Any input would be great. Thanks.

2007-09-17 22:00:37 · 7 answers · asked by big_gooch_45 1

Hi! I hope someone can help me quickly. After completing a 20% water change, I noticed one newborn fry in my guppy tank. I wasn't expecting them yet so was not yet ready with the breeding net, but I quickly set it up and put momma in there. But she completely freaked out in there even after several minutes. She was trying to swim through the bottom of the net and I feared she'd kill herself from stress. I released her but I am afraid the male in the tank will eat the fry and I have waited a long time for fry from this particular male so I don't want to lose any. I have removed mom to a small (1/2 gallon or so?) betta tank that has no filtration or aeration (or heater). How long can she stay in there? I don't know what to do- it is too late to go to a pet store for a tank divider or anything like that. If she gives birth quickly I can put the fry into the breeding net in the main filtered tank. But how long do I give her? What should I do for her? Advice is appreciated!!

2007-09-17 18:59:37 · 4 answers · asked by Michelle M 2

I used to have turtles in my tank so now the water stain is low not high so I am trying to figure out how to get rid of the stain.

2007-09-17 18:50:25 · 9 answers · asked by HisGurl 1

i been feeding it dried blood worms, but i haven't seen it eat.

2007-09-17 17:36:16 · 4 answers · asked by bubbles 1

i am looking at breeding beta fish as a new hobby and would really appreciate any help at all
thanks in advance

2007-09-17 17:31:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi everyone i am new to this whole aquarium thing. A friend gave me a tank then we just got another. We have a 55 gallon tank with a filter (the ones that go on the side not under gravel) a heater, and lots of bubbles :) its all natural with natural rocks, big and little and real plants. i have 2 normal gold fish, 2 of buggey eyed one (not the ones with the sacs) and just got 5 danios. I want to possibley get a crab, a frog, and some algee eating shrimp. plus later get some more colorful fish. I need to know what benifits and what negitive things all these little critters have on the aquarium. (i might give a friend one of the goldfish as it is a bulley and she is only going to have goldfish). I have tried finiding what different fish are good with eachother but i cant find any that decribe what all i want to know. So if you have a website it would be great. What other colorful fish do you guys suggest? I want to get some fancy guppys but not sure. thanks for the help.

2007-09-17 15:48:22 · 3 answers · asked by DP 3

I have 2 goldfish, one regular one, and a shunbunken, i had 3 but one died a week ago. The regular goldfish has been around for a year and has grown to be very large. I had them in a 10 gallon tank, but because the size my goldfish was growing i had to get a larger tank and changed to a 20 gallon. i never had any problems with the 10 gallon. Now a week a go one fish died, and i test my water everyday and i have very high levels of ammonia. And my water is turning very green. I've done partial water changes a couple times a week, and have been putting an ammonia neutralizer in the water , but nothing works. What am i doing wrong, and can i save my fish, i dont want to lose the one fish that has been around for so long, its kind of a pet to my daughter, she'd be devastated. Please help.Should i be changing the water more, I also have been testing the nitrate and nitrite levels and they seem to be fine,but when this whole thing started it was the nitrate that was high,now ammonia

2007-09-17 15:43:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

3 1/2 yr old Tiger Oscar, 8" from tip to tip, living alone in 40 gal tank. Water slightly acidic and hard. Partial water changes done about 6gal every two weeks. Undergravel filter w/ powerhead and Aquaclear 300 outside filter. Fed Hikari brand Oscar tablets, occasional frozen bloodworms and frozen brine shrimp. He gets live feeder goldfish every now and then, but only after they've been quarantined for at least a week.

Recently Oscar has developed symmetric pock marks about the size of a BB and grayish-white in color about 1/16 " apart around his whole jaw (from one side of face to other.) Doesn't seem to be in any discomfort, and he eats well, but the marks resemble the "hole in the head disease" from the '80's. But I believe that was parasitic and was generally one lesion only.

Does anyone think I should be concerned?

BTW...I've had freshwater tropicals all my life; have successfully bred angels and have kept many happy, healthy discus; so I'm not a noob.

2007-09-17 15:16:11 · 2 answers · asked by heebus_jeebus 7

While browsing at my local truevalue, i noticed a peculiar fish in one of the fishtanks. It was small (1-1/2 inches) and red/yellow. It was swimming along the bottom, like a snake. It then would swim under the gravel and pop up in another spot. It was very cool to see, and I was just wondering what it was. I am not sure if it was a rope-fish, because it was soo small. It might have been a newt baby? thanks

2007-09-17 15:03:41 · 2 answers · asked by William S 3

How much is enough light for something like a flowerpot coral, a mushroom polyp, gorganians, stuff like that?

2007-09-17 14:56:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm still trying to figure out the best filtration system for my 29 gallon hex saltwater. Would it be better to use crushed coral and the underground filter? Or remove the underground filter and use sand and other filters??

2007-09-17 14:49:42 · 2 answers · asked by phantomknightlad 2

When I turn the lights off to my fish tank my serpae tetras go crazy , not just 1 though, its all 7 of them? any ideas? sensitive sight or something? I have no idea but they shoot across the tank?

2007-09-17 14:12:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I currently have a 29 freshwater Hex aquarium, but I'm thinking of changing it to salt water. I am just going to put a couple saltwater fish, instead of the overcrowded mess I have now. My question is do I need to keep the underground filter, its rather unsightly and I really don't like it. But I wonder if its better for getting oxygen in the water because it's so tall. Any advice on building this saltwater Hex aquarium would be most appreciated. I'm thinking of building live rock at an angle to the top, and having a couple small fish.

2007-09-17 14:07:11 · 2 answers · asked by phantomknightlad 2

I plan on starting a reef aquarium soon and I want to know some fish I can put in it. I'm already interested in getting an Ocellaris Clownfish for it. Also what type of corals would you put in? I'm going to be getting fiji live rock by the way. Thanks to those that help.

2007-09-17 13:55:53 · 4 answers · asked by Ricky 3

Even if she swims down she floats back up to the top.
She was fine yesterday.
Help?

2007-09-17 13:36:30 · 4 answers · asked by tippy1002003 1

I would like to have some dwarf seahorses I have read that 2-5 gallon aquarium works best. What do I need other than Sponge filter, weak power head, heater, what type of plants should I get them, what am I to do with the babies????? I have a 3 gallon "critter keeper" or a 10 gallon aquarium but the 10 would cause me to concentrate thie food much more. How should I make brine srimp hacthery how much is this going to cost? I just put fish into a new SW aquarium my first one but I have about a year of research behind and I do feel comfortable to do this! Please tell me what ever you know!!n Also if someone knows a lot about stocking SW aquariums (overstocking) please E-Mail me @ Kyle_Schumann@yahoo.com

2007-09-17 13:15:03 · 2 answers · asked by Kyle S 4

they are swimming near the top of the aquarium, is this a bad sign?

2007-09-17 12:56:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to put a new fish in my tank but dont want it to die of the same diseases the last fish died of. Also is it best to get new gravel in the tank?What else can you use instead of gravel so that the tank stays cleaner?

2007-09-17 12:50:38 · 8 answers · asked by dannii 1

I set up my little 10 gallon, am still just waiting for it to finish cycling, so I usually go looking at the fish every weekend to see what I like, what looks healthy and all that. Well this weekend Petco had male Bettas in all their tanks. (No, not the salt water. The other weekends they did not.) I saw many Bettas being picked on, and in other tanks I saw other fish getting picked on by the Bettas, especially the poor dwarf guaramies. Has anyone else ever seen this? I wonder what would make them do that?

2007-09-17 12:29:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have got a piece of driftwood in my tank that I found at the beach. could this be causing my nitrites to be too high?
It came from Saltwater, does that make a difference?

2007-09-17 12:10:26 · 4 answers · asked by todd v 1

Any tips on how to clean the coloured gravel in my tropical fish tank? When I clean it out the tank, I remove everything, but by the time I get to the gravel I'm exhausted!!!

2007-09-17 11:26:05 · 21 answers · asked by alis0nn 2

Hi can anyone tell me where i can find some glow in the dark pebbles?
i want some for my aquarium not to bothered wich color they are
preferbably a english web site or shop.

thank you

2007-09-17 10:06:22 · 7 answers · asked by pierce_banderiezz 2

I just went and bought some new fish yesterday and i was looking at the Ph and ammonia readers. How important are they? Should i have one for my tank? If so, what kind do you recommend?

2007-09-17 10:05:41 · 4 answers · asked by Ash 2

I have a 30L BiOrb tank and have had a Blackmoor living on his/her (don't know its sex) for about two weeks. Tried to by some more blackmoors this weekend but couldn't find any nice ones so brought two Pearlscale Oranda's instead. Shop assistant said they'd be fine with a Blackmoor.

However, the Blackmoor keeps pushing his head into the 'bottoms' of the pearlscales. It's like he's chasing them??

Very confusing - any ideas?

Could they be fighting?

thanks, paul

2007-09-17 09:59:24 · 4 answers · asked by Paul E 1

I've been treating my goldfish with ick for 4 days using QuICk Cure. I haven't seen any improvement. When should the medicine start working?

2007-09-17 09:59:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous