Fish - September 2007

I've had several neon tetras in my tank for almost a year. All are super healthy, and swim around just fine. We had one die within two days of getting that one, but like I said, its been a year since we got them. Well, the other day I discovered one of the neon's dead. :(

Why did he die? He was swimming around just fine a few hours earlier,no spots, no ick that I saw. He looked healthy. What is their average life span? Maybe it was just his time? I went ahead and put ICK medicine in the tank, just incase but nobody else seems sick.

2007-09-14 16:13:44 · 5 answers · asked by The Warden 3

i have my pacu he used to be about a quarter size big now he is the size of a bike peddle when he grows to be 3 feet long will he bite me will he bite at all?

2007-09-14 15:49:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are otos the only fish that doesn't run away when something approaches it? I mean I tried to net an oto, and it didn't even put up a fight. All the other fishes run away, but otos just stay there. It did move around a little, swim a just a little but that's it. wtf?

2007-09-14 15:26:49 · 2 answers · asked by revernance 3

I have an aged salt tank ready for animals, but they are way over priced in the pet stores. I am aware of the 'parasite' scare, but it would be nice to pick up some sea anemones, small crabs, live rock, etc... it would be a 4 hour transport home.

I would like answers from people who are positive it can be done and have the imagination to make it possible, I know you are out there.
All negative people, please go to the teen questions about boyfriends and hello kitty issues.

2007-09-14 15:18:35 · 9 answers · asked by 1001001 2

My Nitrates are very high and I have done 2 30%water changes and still no effect. What will it do to my fish if I do a 75% water change to try and keep the fish I have alive. I have lost 3 in the last 2 days.

2007-09-14 15:14:14 · 10 answers · asked by todd v 1

I have tiny little clear shrimp-like animals growing in my saltwater tank and I'm not quite sure what they are. They're getting pretty big and its beginning to scare me, what are they? Does anyone know what I'm talking about???

2007-09-14 14:38:16 · 3 answers · asked by thecindytruong 1

ok. i have recently gotten a 29 gallon tank and want to eventually have Kuhli loaches, dwarf gouramis, glofish, glass fish and cory cats. how many of each can i get once the tank is well cycled?

2007-09-14 14:37:55 · 7 answers · asked by starlit_rain 2

I spawned a crowntail pair in a bowl after being 40 babies I only have 6, I am using hikary first bites. Do the babies eat slime? please give me thorough information.

2007-09-14 14:14:12 · 8 answers · asked by marsellesa 2

would a 115 volt/ 60 hz. filter be fine for a 10 gallon saltwater tank? im not really sure about the gallons per hour, i think it might be 475, but this maybe completely wrong...any answer are greatly appreciated.

2007-09-14 11:16:51 · 4 answers · asked by Nancy 1

Im buy the last couple pounds of live rock to day and after a month of cycling im wondering what fish should i introduce first? I have somewhat of a list of the ones i want and the ones i can house. The blue hippo tang is at the top of my list and im wondering since it is very susceptible to ich should i introduce it first so if it catches it it doesnt spread to the other fish. I also dont have a quarentine tank and dont plan to establish one atm. My list is as follows:

2 true percs
Blue hippo tang
Royal gramma
Three stripe damsel
flame angel/coral beauty or annularis angel (when tank matures)
and others that i might want later on down the road.

I have alot of experience with nano tanks and ive finnaly made the upgrade to bigger and just have a few questions. thanks

2007-09-14 08:48:25 · 6 answers · asked by Chris M 2

Thinking for down the road: I might be moving in the next year or two (hopefully), and it may be well out of state. I have a 6 gallon aquarium with 4 fish in it. It's not saltwater or anything, but three of the fish do require a heater and the fourth one does better with a heater as well. So if I'm going to move somewhere that would require, potentially, a drive that lasts a couple days, how do I bring my fish with me, keep the heaters and filters powered, and avoid dumping a tank full of my fish buddies all over the car?

2007-09-14 07:52:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a Bubble tip anenome about a week ago, and a couple of days ago it got into the spot it likes, but it is wierd, it will be fine at night, and for a hour or so in the morning once the light comes on, but then it will become all small, and it's tentacles no longer are bubbly, but are kind of shrivelled, and are greenish instead of a healthy pink. Like i said, it is odd because there are times when it looks just beautiful, and nothing wrong, and then at other times it looks like this. My water quality is fine, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 10 or so nitrates. Any comments, is this normal? Also, my True Percula Clown hasn't gone over to bond with it, will it take a long time? How likely is it that it will never host with it?

2007-09-14 06:08:28 · 2 answers · asked by kodalma84 2

2007-09-14 05:21:43 · 5 answers · asked by dancechik 2

I recently cleaned out and changed the water in our goldfish tank. Normally I use spring water in the tank, but last night I filled it with city tap water. I had heard that if that water is left to sit for about 24 hours before the fish are added that the chlorine will be gone enough to be safe for the fish. Is this true? How lond should I wait until I put the goldfish back in?

2007-09-14 04:40:15 · 14 answers · asked by Kristen L 1

r angelfish compatible with:
orange salfin molly
silver molly
2 giant danios
3 goldfish
and are they delicate or are they strong.

2007-09-14 04:29:41 · 5 answers · asked by vampire_thirst 4

Well, recently, i have bought 4 goldfish and each of them is passing out waste at a fast rate and so i decided to buy two weird species of catfish which is 'supposed to eat faeces' but the rate of passing out waste is just too fast! theres one fish owner say that they eat faeces but the other say no. So i don no wat to do. I have observe the fish, and it seem s to eat them but in the other it don seem so. Plz help me

2007-09-14 02:44:03 · 16 answers · asked by evil_kindboy 1

I feed them just the right ammount of food and never forget too feed them. They seem to be slowly dying like getting ill then just cark it!!!!!

Its like this

fish 1 and fish 2 are in the tank first
fish 1 dies
we buy fish 3
fish 2 and fish 3 in tank
fish 2 dies
we buy fish 4
fish 3 and 4 in tank
fish 3 dies
etc etc......

its like a pattern the old of the two fish always die!!! and im not getting them mixed up coz our fish have been different colours!!

HELP ME I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON!!!!

2007-09-14 02:41:23 · 14 answers · asked by la.la.laura 1

On the 18th of sept. they are going to cut off my blocks electricity for 5 hours. Im worried because i have a nano aquarium with 2 clowns 1 damsel and a cleaner shrimp. what do you suggest that i do? can they handle 5 hours?

2007-09-14 02:20:36 · 8 answers · asked by Chris M 2

can u keep a turltle with fish if u can wat type

2007-09-13 21:41:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-13 20:35:51 · 8 answers · asked by gothgal 1

I have had a fighter for a month or two and i really want to know how much longer it will live?

2007-09-13 20:07:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought a 20 gallon tank for my common goldfish because the 3 gallon tank he is living in now is too small. I rinsed out the new tank, filled it with tap water, rinsed new gravel and added it to the tank, added a new filter, and put in half a cup of gravel and two cups of water from my goldfish's current tank. I added a dissolving tablet that is supposed to level out the pH and remove chlorine and give beneficial bacteria for starting tanks. I read somewhere that I can wait 24 hours and the tank will be cycled and ready to add my goldfish. Is this true? Or do I need to do a few more things? Please help, he is my only fish and I don't want him to die!

2007-09-13 16:18:15 · 4 answers · asked by yankee_blondie 2

I want variety,and color.I want to know what get along with them best.I also want to know what the best set up for them is,such as kinds of plants they like,rocks,gravel ect.The best habitat.

2007-09-13 16:18:00 · 7 answers · asked by Cory T 2

Southern California is having a drought. (Not sure about Northern?) Now I'm feeling really guilty and water changes and using tons of water for my fish? How is everyone coping with this? I'm really considering converting my bigtanks into the "All Natural" method, so that I don't have to change water for a long time (3-6 months!) PLEASE, don't be ridiculous and say it's not possible, as it is, because I've done it, and many people have done it.

2007-09-13 16:13:35 · 4 answers · asked by revernance 3

my fish is swimming sideways. then if he stops he goes to the top and l not move his fins at all...like hes dead...but when i tap on the glass he'll swim around for a little bit then continue to do it again. i have looked up stuff on google. and it says he has a swimming bladder disorder. has anyone else had this problem??? and if so what are certain things that really need to be done??? i read about feeding him a pea after a certain time??? is that really that important??

2007-09-13 16:03:06 · 6 answers · asked by Tiff 2

Okay so I bought 2 clownfish two days ago, and I would like to get a Black and white one, btw they are the normal one now it said percula but not true and the fish guy said that they are sold unidentified so I am pretty sure that they are false or ocelarias (sp. no time to check!), but I would to add one more can I??? Also has anyone ever seen a checkered butterfly fish I looked for pictures but could not find any but 1! Aquarium is only a 20 gallon and its my first sw tank so I wanted to goi small so I am upgradeing to a 55 or so in maybe a year!! If that is relavent!! Please help I harte posting and not getting responses!

2007-09-13 15:45:24 · 2 answers · asked by Kyle S 4

i have a male dalmation molly that ive now had for about 2 years now. when i had female mollies, it would always chase them and actually act like a male. but then, after the molly that he used to only chase (his "wife" haha. )died, he started acting weird. even though i have two other female mollies in the tank, he only goes for this one male molly his SON( even if i have another male also, and i know that fishes dont know whether they are family or not though. just saying that he's going for his own son). and it's not just normal chasing, it's like, "wanting to mate" chasing.


IS MY FISH GAY ??!?!

2007-09-13 15:41:41 · 7 answers · asked by elainechaee 1

someone please help me !!

i think two of my female dalmation mollies are sick . . . they're both
-really really still
-their fins look somewhat slicked back, so their body looks all flat.
-they dont swim, only if i give food or if i try to move them.
-whenever they TRY to swim, they look awkward, the fins on the side looks REALLY stiff.
-they kind of teeter and totter when they're swimming, not really big though.

-and now one of my male mollies are gradually becoming like that too.
-i noticed it today after i came back from school around 2:15..

what's wrong ??
are they sick ?!

they werent like this before..
OH AND TWO DAYS AGO I BOUGHT TWO BALLOON MOLLY FISH AND ADDED THEM TO THE TANK.

could it be because of them ??

2007-09-13 14:59:37 · 2 answers · asked by elainechaee 1

I needed to know this answer and better understand the answer for a critical thinking question.

2007-09-13 14:46:55 · 1 answers · asked by Danyizzle 4

a friend send me a picture of this strange shape Discus, had round body but pointy face very cute & i'm in love with this guy. can someone pls tell me where to go & buy this guy from??? caused i had asked a few lfs already but without luck, thanks...

http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ww3mt3.jpg

2007-09-13 14:29:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anton T 1