Fish - October 2007

Something happend to my fish over night and it looks like something attacked him :( all I have it the tank (55 gallon) are goldfish (about the same size) and a couple snails. what could have happend to him?

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2007-10-16 07:11:16 · 10 answers · asked by starlit_rain 2

My tank is infested with white fluff! I get rid of it, and 2 days later its literally everywhere again. What is it and how do I get rid of it for good? There is SO much of it - way too much for some algae (if it IS algae) eating fish to eat!

2007-10-16 06:25:40 · 14 answers · asked by loonylondonlad 1

2007-10-16 05:00:48 · 16 answers · asked by titch 2

I want to get tropical fish for my boyfroend for christmas. I cant spend more than £60 and dont want anything too big.

What advice can you give for places to get set ups eg shops web to keep prices low but be best for the little guys when they arrive. I dont know anything about tropicals but he does

2007-10-15 21:19:47 · 11 answers · asked by Carrot 4

I have three large gold fish. This afternoon they were fine. Then tonight i noticed one of them was dead, i went to remove her from the tank and when i came out she was swimming again but just barly. Two of them are sick. They are haveing trouble staying submerged and keep floating to the top and flipping upside down. I would hate to lose these fish they are so special to me. Please what can i do?

2007-10-15 17:32:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The deal is ive got a coral dwarf gourami. ive got to tanks one a 25ltr with 10 angelfish the size of your fingernail. and a 125ltr tank (3foot) with odessa barbs, angels zebra, danios,guppies and they all roughly the same size as well as black widows. what tank should i put my gourami in. It needs to be in their for a week why the male gourami makes a bubble nest.

2007-10-15 17:02:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 16:35:05 · 13 answers · asked by Mr. Un-couth 7

Does anyone know a proper way to catch a mantis shrimp, or how fast they can be? I think I have this pest in my saltwater tank, eating my crabs and snails at night.

2007-10-15 16:32:16 · 8 answers · asked by Texas Rose 3

I have changed his water and treated him with Betta Fix - but still he wont eat .. He responds to me sometimes but not how he use to with his cheery personality. I just hate for him to suffer this long & dont know what to do? Please help!!

2007-10-15 16:25:03 · 7 answers · asked by Trish W 1

.... take her back to the store? ive had her for 3-4 days now, and i would think the period of acclimating is over by now. pls advise.

2007-10-15 16:12:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

other tank (55 gal) inhabitants: a male betta, a female betta, several guppies, a plecostomus, 2 african dawrf frogs, the 2 mystery snail, 4 neons and 2 glowlights.

2007-10-15 16:00:52 · 3 answers · asked by petloveragain 3

Yesterday, I put my male and female betta fish in together for almost a whole day. When I came back home from walking my dog(around mid-day) I saw the female had white stripes on her side. The male had already had a bubble nest when I put the female in. I left her in for a bit longer to be sure. I noticed the male was guarding the nest. The female was also digging in the rocks for something. The white lines on the female started to fade and I took her out. But... then the male kinda stopped guarding the nest. Did they breed? When will the babies hatch? I got baby fry food to be sure. I have never had baby fish before. Plz help.

2007-10-15 15:50:22 · 2 answers · asked by Joey Crawford is love 6

I just got three new fish. There are all orange. Two are really small, one is a little bigger. One of the little ones has a black spot on it's tail and the big on has a dark orange spot on it's tail. They live with an african dwarf frog named Timmy. Timmy used to live with the goldfish Cosmo and Wanda, but they died.
So what should I name these three new fishies?

2007-10-15 14:25:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If not.. HOw do I lower it.


I think I have room for Driftwood but I'd like to save it for a last resort. I also have distilled water available but I'm not sure how to use it. And I'm not looking forward to any Chemicals.

2007-10-15 13:52:54 · 4 answers · asked by Spencer 2

2007-10-15 13:46:30 · 20 answers · asked by Tyler R 2

I bought a 2.5 gallon tank and it has a filter but does it need a heater? I just realized that it didn't come with a heater. Thanks.

2007-10-15 13:14:19 · 10 answers · asked by Starlight 2

2007-10-15 13:08:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 11:32:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-15 09:47:43 · 8 answers · asked by stefyvette 1

I have a 5 gallon saltwater setup for inverts only. The water was a little stagnant, so I put in a bubble stone, but really it's this piece of wood that creates bubbles. Anyway, since I put it in, my little blueleg hermit crabs and a red colored hermit crab are like addicted to the bubbles. It's kind of weird. They go and sit on the rock ledge where the bubbles are coming up, and just sit there! The bubbles build up all over them and it's quite hilarious. This morning I noticed that the red hermit crab was being eaten by my cleaner shrimp. I wonder if the bubbles killed him? Is it possible to be "overoxygenated"?? Even inverts?

2007-10-15 06:12:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

they seem to live in the gravel, they are small and look like tiny bloodworms although they are only maybe 5mm long and as thin as a hair.

when cleaning the gravel I can see them in the bucket of waste water and there must be thousands of them.

A small ammount can always be seen floating around in the water, which my gouramis seem to like eating.

however i want to know what they are and how to get rid of them. Any help apreciated.

2007-10-15 06:01:38 · 13 answers · asked by t3h2 4

I have a overhead filter.
I am very confused if its bio bacterial growing or is it algae.
I did add bio bacteria when i cycle the tank.
The tank is now about 2 months old.
The filter's wall is surrounded by brown, tiny particals.
The area where water flows out of the filter(waterfall) is covered by brown particals too.
In simple words my whole inner filter is covered by brown particals., including the bacterial house.
My walls of the tank is crystal clear.
The water is also crystal clear.
I on a PL light around 8 hours a day.
But it appers a little brown which i believe is due to the drift wood.
Can someone tell me how to identify bio bacteria and algae bloom?

2007-10-15 04:15:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my tank is going green rapidly (within 48 hours of cleaning)
I have a filter, so what is happening?!

2007-10-15 04:10:04 · 12 answers · asked by dafttart2001 2

I have a 6ft fish tank with about 20 differnt types of tropical fish in there. In the last few days quite a large amount of bubbles have been forming around the edges of my tank are these eggs?

2007-10-15 02:31:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a pregnant guppy and have put her in what I like to call the "birthing cage", when should I take her out????

2007-10-15 01:38:28 · 10 answers · asked by maggie3134 1

A friend gave us a fish that is called Jack London (it's the kind of fish he is, not his name). I've been trying to find information about that kind of fish and I've come up with nothing. (Google Jack London and you get page up and page down with links for the author.)

I'm hoping for links to pages about the fish or at least more information about him.

He suddenly turned aggressive and killed 4 other fishes and that's why our friend gave him to us. Now I want to know more about him so that I can give him the right treatment and decide what fish tank I want to put him in.

2007-10-15 00:56:35 · 6 answers · asked by ᏠᏋፚᏋᏰᏋᏝ 3

Can an oscar live with a sevrum, silva dolla, plec, angel of all roughly the same size

2007-10-14 17:27:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm worried about my Beta. Every summer when it gets hot, he seems to get really skraggly fins. When it cools down, he buffs up again. I recently put a heater in the tank. His usually long fins now look like they were clipped. He shares a tank with 3 goldfish a catfish, algae eater, etc. The water temp right now is 80 F. I just also noticed a few white specks hanging on his scales and what looks like a small worm coming out of one of his gills. The other fish are fine, and no new fish have been introduced into the tank in about 3 months. He is also hanging near the bottom of the tank instead of swimming around like usual.

2007-10-14 17:15:07 · 4 answers · asked by Mid-Island- Marc 2

I have an algae eater the has black spots, if you know his scientific name, i would recognize it, but i can't remember it right now. Anyway, what type of plants can i put in it's aquarium, please don't make a joke and lie.

2007-10-14 16:55:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I was chaning the aquariums water, so i took both of them out and right away put them into warm water, and then they started to jump around and stuff, when I put them back in the tank of warm water they stoped moving one was flipped on its back wasnt moving at all, so I started putting in really cold water on them untill it flipped over and started to move, but then both of them where pealing off, and now they arent as active anymore they just sit there on the botton of the tank go up for some air and barely eat anymore, yestrday they ate everything I gave them now they dont. whats wrong with the?

2007-10-14 16:52:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous