Fish - November 2007

In my aquarium are two gouramis (as well as a senegalus and a pleco but these fish both live in blissful ignorance of other fish). As often happens with a gourami pair, one has established itself as the dominant fish and the other is submissive (though he is often bold and uppity). They are both males.

I was wondering if adding a third gourami will help ease the aggression of the dominant fish, or if it would make things worse for the submissive fish.

(Overcrowding is not an issue here, it's a 20 gallon tank but I am soon upgrading to a 55 in a month or two. Just wondering about the behavior of the fish.)

2007-11-19 06:01:17 · 3 answers · asked by Megan 2

Not my whole hand but tore a hell of a lotta flesh from it.
I got like 5 piranhas and all of them are like 1.5 feet and above in length .
I wanna know if there will be any poisonous reactions caused due to this incident(because they are pretty BIG now)????

PS - If you are curious to know how my hand got eaten,ill tell you.
When I was feeding them their daily meal of 50+ guppies i accidentally put one of my hand a little too close to the water and BOOM !!!!!

2007-11-19 04:31:55 · 16 answers · asked by FREAK F 1

every morning i wake up and 1 of my fish is dead 1 by 1 i had 10 on saterday nov 17 now i have 7 on the 19 whats rong PLEASE HELP ME

2007-11-19 02:40:43 · 10 answers · asked by tyler t 1

He looks kinda like a nudibranch but has a sort of hard plate on his back, it probably taks up about 1/3rd of his body. It is definately not a snail! Hes kinda grey on the body and the shell/ plate bit is sorta purpley coloured, but I think he can change colour. Hes about 1" long.

I cant figure out how to put in a picture otherwise I would!

2007-11-19 02:38:13 · 2 answers · asked by Nic 4

2007-11-19 02:17:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

cause i saw a picture of a fish that looks like a sponge , but i dont know if its real thou.
so is there really one out there??

2007-11-19 00:12:14 · 3 answers · asked by mynameis 2

My 2 filter powerheads are creating 1/2" waves that surf from the left side of the tank to the right..

1/2" is the amplitude. meaning from water surface to the peek of the wave..


Is this bad or good????

2007-11-18 17:30:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have noticed in the last 3-4 days that aquarium heater temperature is not matching with the thermometer. could this be due to our cold weather. heating does run in the building when its cold for us humans. I notice the orange light is on but the temperature in 3-5 degrees lower then it should be. It does seem similar to room temperature at times. And as the heater light is on it just seems its trying to heat up. but water does feel colder then normal - also i dont seem to feel that the heater is hot (i should be able to feel this on touch) or does this get only slightly hot. uvlight is also present.
or
- Aquastar plus tank 54 litre (12 gallons) 60x30x30cm (24x12x12inch)

- Eheim internal filter 2007

- Jager heater 50 w

- Repti-Glo reptile light - gives out UVA+UVB

2007-11-18 17:20:30 · 5 answers · asked by Q 1

They look like small salt grains. They are attached to the Media inside my tank(ex. powerhead). They are very small.
At first i thought it was live sand but then i tried manually removing it but it wouldn't come out. They are very small tough salt looking grains..

If you know what they are:
Are they harmful in anyway???

2007-11-18 17:15:15 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 55 gallon tank with chiclids in it and there is a white film on top of water can you please help me to get rid of this milky film from my tank. I have 6 tanks and this is the only one like this. Please help me. Bill

2007-11-18 16:54:14 · 4 answers · asked by adanac1988 2

i dont know if it measit sick or what can anyone help ME?! its urgent and if it is fin rot how do i fix it?

2007-11-18 16:47:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-18 16:08:05 · 5 answers · asked by angelica o 1

I saw this fish once that was black and kind of long, but it wasn't a loach I was told my the guy in the tropical fish store that it was called a budhacodfree...the scales were defined and the fish almost looked like it was leather in a way...hard to discribe..does anyone know what fish this might be..it was in a tank by itself so it was probably aggressive and it was probably about 12in long and it had a fairly wide body.........

2007-11-18 15:47:05 · 2 answers · asked by Nale 3

Hi, I have a 100 gallon tank with 3 gold severums, and 2 blood parrots. The blood parrots have lost interest in the food that i have been giving them and they seem to have whitish stuff growing around their gills and on their body. Mainly gills though. Can you tell me what disease this is? It doesn't seem like ick.

2007-11-18 15:40:55 · 4 answers · asked by Olie 1

I have a baby green spotter puffer in a 20G. I was wondering what type of substrate to use. Right now, I have nothing. I don't know if regular aquarium gravel is too small (the puffer ingesting it on accident while hunting). Is aquarium sand all right? Or should I stick with something bigger like river gavel?

2007-11-18 15:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear people saying to get a heater because they are tropical fish but i went to petco and they told me that they dont need one.

2007-11-18 15:26:42 · 2 answers · asked by G~5T@+UZ 1

i have one that has little silver beads at the bottom with like a red wax looking stuff above it and a red liquid that rises. i accidentally broke it and i am concerned about mercury, is this a mercury type thermometer or something else? what are the little silver beads?

2007-11-18 15:10:32 · 1 answers · asked by None 4

2007-11-18 14:44:00 · 2 answers · asked by knl4200 1

They are like white bloches around there face. I have tried 2 different treatments. Looking for some ideas.

2007-11-18 14:33:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, i have a platy in my tank with a bloated belly. I'm not sure if it's pregnant or if this is early stages of dropsy. How can i tell the difference. I know that later stages of dropsy see the scales standing up and the fish's eyes big and bulgy. There are afew that have died though recently and i'm not exactly sure what the problem is.. i dont want the little babies to be born in an infected tank (assuming it is pregnant and assuming she or the other fish arn't gonna eat all of the young).
Soo?? what do you guys think?

2007-11-18 14:29:55 · 2 answers · asked by Mike S 4

I have a 75 Gallon FOWLR take with approx. 110 lbs of Live rock in the tank now. I rearranged the rock a bit ago and think I can possibly add another 50 lbs but don't want to over do it. So is there such a thing as too much live rock or would that do more good than harm. Any suggestions. Like I said it's 75 gallon now but looking to upgrade soon to I hope around a 200 gallon but would love to get the rock now so would it be too much for my tank or will I be ok. Thanks

2007-11-18 13:44:03 · 4 answers · asked by sctrooper2795 2

I had a tank with several bala sharks, catfish, kissing Gouriami. One bala shark had a white cloud like thing over one eye. Then there were white patches on skin (I don't think its ich because they are not small salt-like grains). Also, where the fins connect to the body it is red. 5 bala sharks have died and the 2 catfish are about too. I have done a water change, added salt, and Melafix. The catfish's whiskers are also falling off. On one of the bala sharks and now one of the catfish, it looks like the front part of their nose is deteriorating.Also, on the bala sharks, it looked like there was a whitish-clear film over the gills and the gills were mostly covered in it. Please help, as they do not seem to be getting better. I am looking for possible causes, treatments, and a diagnosis. So far I have thought it might be ich, bacteria, etc. Nothing seems to fit!

2007-11-18 12:53:59 · 4 answers · asked by ~*Amy*~ 2

I bought two silver gold fish which is about an inch long. I was wondering as they get older would the color change?

2007-11-18 12:31:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey, got a question in need of an answer..

Tank Info:
I currently have a 29 gallon community tank. Tank has lots of hiding places, caves, driftwood and some plants (will add more plants in the future)
w/
2 large sailfin mollies
3 cherry barbs
1 corydora (plan to get 1-2 more)
1 clown pleco

Now for my next group of fish i am wondering on who to get...

I was thinking maybe some swordtails but then again want something more "special" and this is where the dwarf cichlids come in. Would rams (bolivian/blue) or kribs be okay in tank with the other fish? (better yet will the other fish be okay with the ram/krib in it)
I recently had some young albino paradise fish and they were just crazy, being greedy with the food, chasing each other and the molly so i decided to give them back. Would the ram/krib be as "aggressive" as the paradise fish?

2007-11-18 12:27:33 · 3 answers · asked by brooklynsb0i 2

I have a 25 gallon coldwater tank with 10 white cloud mountain minnows and 2 hillstream / butterfly loaches.(they are fed algae wafers so algae on tank is not an issue) The temps are for wcmm 19 to 24 and hillstreams 19 to 24 but the temp in my tank is a steady 21 to 23 always. It has wood in it for the loaches, a plant thats edible and a air pump. it also has overfiltration by a long way (a 35 to 40gal tank filter and a 10 gal tank small filter).

ok so finally heres the question-
I would like another loner fish to put in to vary it, however it must be ok at the temps and fine with the fish i have. please advise me another type of fish (just one or if its ok 2) that i could put in, preferabley not small like a wcmm.
thanks alot, nick

2007-11-18 12:16:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will completely cleaning my media ( 2filters, 3builtin filter powerheads) affect my fish? Won't i be getiing rid of beneficial bacteria??? How do you clean your filter??? or Sump????

2007-11-18 12:06:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can i get it back to its clear state where it looks extremely clear

2007-11-18 11:49:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought one a long time ago and the yellow stripes haven't appeared. Did I buy the right loach. I wanted there to be yellow stripes!

2007-11-18 11:03:05 · 5 answers · asked by ZAK 2

i have 3 male platies and one female guppy. in a 30 gallon. jsut wondering but can they cross breed?

2007-11-18 11:02:20 · 5 answers · asked by Tae 2

i have 2 black mollies and a gold one in a 10 gallon tank, i just realized that there were about 4 baby mollies in there today. i dont have any money to get another tank to store the males in so can i count on them not surviving they been fine in the tank all day. the black molly looks big still.

2007-11-18 10:56:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous