Fish - September 2007

I have a 47 gal column tank that I could not get right. Was setting it up for African Ciclids. Could never get the ammonia under control. Bought a very small air pump so I could put fish in a bucket in case I had to do a masive water change, tank cleaning. Didn't have time right away so I just put the stone aireator into the tank to the bottom. Within a week the water was clear and ammonia almost zero. Now I have it on a small cheap timer. Runs about 14 hours a day, off at night. I am thinking that it increased circulation at bottom of tank and increased oxygen helping bio-filter get established. Dual bio-wheel filter system. No more problems. Any body else with simular experience?

2007-09-26 03:24:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should I wait until they are born in the main tank then scoop them out into the breeding net, OR risk premature labour (if im wrong about the imminent birth) and put her into the breeding net now? Which is best?

2007-09-26 03:03:31 · 13 answers · asked by pumpkinuk 2

or is an aquarium or goldfish more decoration, and not really a pet in the true sense of the word?

2007-09-26 02:57:34 · 21 answers · asked by Tom S 7

ok so for some reason everythings dying in my tank. i check the water regulary so that's fine i don't know what it is. i got a starfish and about a week later it died. it's leg had come off in 2 bits, a couple of his other legs at the tips had come off and had white stuff which looked like cotton coming out of them. then last night my cleaner shrimp died. it's whisker - antenna things looked curly like they had been burnt. what the hell is going wrong with my tank!!! please help

2007-09-26 01:57:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My fish has had a bloated stomach for two weeks, at first I thought it was just constipation and fed it pea. But then it pooped. Now today his scales has just started pineconing. I was thinking about giving it an epson salt bath and using a combination of maracyn 1 and 2. I have a 1 gallon tank, what is the proper dosage of the two maracyn meds?

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2007-09-25 18:53:59 · 5 answers · asked by halokiti 1

I recently owned a large size one and it made noises. It was quite loud.

2007-09-25 17:51:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well, he's a Crowntail Betta (I know he's a male for a fact), and he's almost seven years old. He's been kept with my Comet goldfish for a while now and just hangs out inside this ornamental stump-thing. Then, when feeding time rolls around he shimmies on out and eats. It's pretty crazy, how two fish such different sizes get along. Anyway, do you think that's pretty old? I have a Black Moore that's older than my dog (nine years).

2007-09-25 17:15:16 · 9 answers · asked by The Municipality 3

I hope someone can help me here! My betta is acting very sick at the moment. Here are his symptoms:

1. Opaque, gray color to his face (loss of coloration)
2. Lethargic... doesn't swim much
3. Loss of appetite

He does NOT have sores, clamped fins, no other skin symptoms other than the gray on his face (which doesn't look like a film of anything).

Tank info:

3/4 gallon bowl
76 degree water (moved him to a warmer room)
Ammonia: .25 ppm
nitrate: 0 ppm
nitrite: 0 ppm
pH: 6.4

I have freshwater aquarium salt on hand... can someone clarify on whether I just dissolve the appropriate amount into some water and put it in the bowl? Do I just put it in and leave it there?

2007-09-25 17:09:08 · 4 answers · asked by Cochy 6

okay i have 4 bettas!1 blue male 1 red male
1 white female 1 red female

my blue and red one already spawned but i wasent ready!
so now i set up my tank just like the pic http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/ri...
so now i want to breed my white one and blue one again!
he makes his bubble nest in the foam cup! then i let the female go (was in the hurricane lantern) and he is to aggressive and she wont let herself!!! (she once beat up my CT betta)anyways the blue male is bigger then her so she doesnt pick on him but what can i do??or how can i improve the "moment" or encourage them!?
PLZ HELP!

2007-09-25 16:50:52 · 3 answers · asked by animal_lover_jr 1

2007-09-25 16:47:16 · 11 answers · asked by Fish Man! 6

What if they swim up the filter?

2007-09-25 16:08:15 · 2 answers · asked by huh? 2

I just added 4 new fish to my aquriuam. One of the fish has soom of the symptoms of Ich but I am not 100% sure. He has some white spots located only on his fins. And ever since I got the fish on Sunday, He has been swimming right along the top of the water. The other 3 fish have it seems like fin rot going on but I am not sure if that is from the fish in which might have Ich. It seems as if their tip of their fins are white and seem to be decaying where it is white. I put these fish in another bowl with some hotter water with some aquarium salt. I do not know what to do, becuase I am manually moving the water. I do not know what the fish have and what to do over night. Please help fast!?!

2007-09-25 15:27:56 · 2 answers · asked by Justin 2

im re-doing my aquarium, im planning on giving my current fish to my neighbor who has a really big tank. I have 29 gallons, a heater, a filter and a hood light to work with. I was wondering if i could put 2 or 3 or maybe even four freshwater angelfish in my tank. I want to have gravel and fack plants and decorations(i tried live plants and it is too much work now that im in high school) I was also wondering what other little fish or invertabrates and lil critters i could add.(i wouldnt put any other animals if i had 3 or 4 angelfish) im going for a symplistic modern-ish look. and i want the angels to be teh focus and the others to be like extras.



would any of these work...
snail(1)
cory cats(2-3)
hatchet(3-4)(tell me more about hatchets if u could)

2007-09-25 15:06:50 · 3 answers · asked by ziddyziddy 3

If I buy a 250 gallon tank How many gold fish will I be able to put in there.Right now I have 3 goldfish,3 cory cats and 3 white clouds in a 14 gallon (and I know how dirty goldfish are thats why I am upgrading my tank).my goldies did not eat any fish I had gotten in the tank.I will probably start with a 55-100 gallon but I will eventually go to a 250

2007-09-25 14:56:47 · 6 answers · asked by s 4

We took her to the petstore, and they think she's bloated, or she's pregnant. We're feeding her a small flake a day, now, she seems so hungry when we feed it to her...

If she's pregnant, and we DON'T have a male for her...what will happen to her? Will she just keep growing in size? I know males squeeze the eggs out of the females...what's gonna happen to my beta?!

Please help!

2007-09-25 14:53:48 · 3 answers · asked by Meghan K 1

Okay I have spawned my two bettas in a ten gallon tank. It's day five. I can see the fry and I am feeding them Atison's Betta fry Starter, and some of wardleys liqiufry for egglayers and live bearers. ((It helps infursia in the tank)). I see them sinking to the bottom though, the fry aren't moving much and have to keep swimming up as they sink back towards the bottom of the tank. Is there something wrong i'm doing with feeding them? How much should i feed at what time a day? Please help, this is my first time...

2007-09-25 14:46:54 · 7 answers · asked by bangle678 2

my guppies have changed colors both male and female after water change? my green male has changed to a yellow color and one of my females has changed to a black from a light brown after i did a water change today with warm water? what is the cause how do i cure it if its a sickness?

2007-09-25 14:42:14 · 3 answers · asked by granitesprings 1

I just put in 2 tiger barbs into my aquarium on Sunday. The first day the tiger barbs seemed happy as can be. Now the tiger barbs have seperated and have started to grow some kind of weird white stuff on their back fin. It looks as if the end of the back fin is kind of decaying. (It looks as if it is losing its normal shape, but I have not seem any kind of fighting between the fish so I do not think that, that is the problem) The tank is 46 gallons and has all of the proper chemicals added. The tank is heated to around 87-88 degrees and has an external filter system on it. The tank consist of 2 bala sharks, 2 silver dollars, 2 tiger barbs, and 2 fire platys. Oh yeah, one of the fire planties is having the same problem. Can you please help me!?!

2007-09-25 14:30:32 · 7 answers · asked by Justin 2

I have a 75 gallon tank that i am working on i currently have
2 false percs.
1 foxface rabbitfish
1 scopas tang
2 yellowtail damsels
1 three stripe damsel
1 javanese damsel

10 hermits
1 decorator crab

1 sebae anemone
1 pink tip hatian anemone
zoos

What else (fish wise) should i add to the tank. How do i get my clowns to go in the anemone. As of now they wont have anything to do with it. Is it at all possible to have another tang and if so what kind?

2007-09-25 14:23:41 · 2 answers · asked by Adam F 1

My platy is eating the bubbles from the top of the water and then bubbles come out of its gills. Also it seems to be going to the top and sucking air. Whats going on here?

2007-09-25 14:09:44 · 3 answers · asked by ??? 2

I've been looking on the internet for some weaters that are below 50 watts, And can't find any! I need it for my Betta and he's in a 5 Gallon Tank. All Answers a appreciated.

2007-09-25 13:57:10 · 4 answers · asked by Spencer 2

I have a couple of aquariums (one brackish and one fresh) and I'd like to find a freshwater fish that would be able to eat the snails that have mulitplied in my tank. I know about the "Had-a-snail" products but I'm looking to add another fish type into my aquarium anyway and I'd rather not kill the snails if there is a fish that would happily eat them.

2007-09-25 13:53:10 · 7 answers · asked by Lamar S 2

i have a 4 inch iridescent shark in a fresh water tank but i want to add him with my spotted puffer in brackish salinity.00015 and i was wondering if a conversion can be made so id have 1 less tank

2007-09-25 13:13:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i want to get a smart betta

is there a kind that is smarter of does it just depend on the personality??

2007-09-25 12:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Crystal l 2

If anyone knows about these old things they don't have the lip on which to put the hood, their hoods just rested on top of the rim. The problem is, I don't have the old hood, I can only buy new ones (that I know of.) I am ordereing all my stuff off of one site so I am not going to look on Ebay. Is there something I could do to make this work?

2007-09-25 12:38:32 · 2 answers · asked by abnm 3

i need to know and be very clear if i have to clean it i dont know how to

2007-09-25 12:25:15 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

As a plausible research project I want to look into, I was wondering, what chemistry-or-bio-related projects could I do regarding fishtanks and the chemical cycle that takes place there? I know the cycle; but I was thinking of optional ways to 'clean up' fishtanks. I know that Nitrate is soluble in everything, so that's why it's a hard component to take out of fishtanks. However, Ammonia and Nitrite shoud be possible to remove from fishtanks...
I always wanted to know, why not come up with a way to remove Ammonia from fishtanks, and thus never have to bother with the weekly partial water changes? Or with Nitrite?
What are some possible solutions? Some ideas to look into? What do people do already to address this issue? Why is it not enough/why are we still (mostly) stuck with using partial water changes?

2007-09-25 12:24:02 · 4 answers · asked by tien 3

Will my bettas be ok for 7-10 days without food. WHat can i do to make sure they are ok while i am gone?

2007-09-25 12:00:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi!
I am currently having some problems. My fish always go to the back of the tank everytime I go and check on them. They only swim around when I am not next to the tank. Is there a way I could help this so I could see my catfish way better.

2007-09-25 11:06:07 · 2 answers · asked by Chris 5

my wife just bought some really small turtles, and ive wanted to get some small fish. we have a 10 gallon tank, and i want to know if we can both get what we want. and if so, how do we set up the tank for it?

2007-09-25 08:14:56 · 11 answers · asked by swatthefly 5