Fish - November 2007

i already asked this question but 2 people only answered it. i have a 5 gallon tank with two platys and two other small fish. i got them about 2 months ago. One of them hides in the corner all day and looks a little bigger than usual. But it could just be normally growing. but i know somthing wrong with it because it always used to swim around and now it just hides behind the plant. is it pregnant, sick, or is somthing else wrong with it. thanks!

2007-11-04 01:33:03 · 5 answers · asked by stephen G 3

I have a man who comes and cleans my fish tank in my house he cleans tanks in his spare time. I love to whatch my fish they are so theraputic he told me to buy a cat fish to keep the thank clean. they are tropical fish I have. dose any one else like fish? And dose any one elses think they are theraputic?

2007-11-03 23:23:59 · 9 answers · asked by Phillip K 1

hey i got some trumpet snails and i want to breed them do they have to be in warm water or can they be in cold water

thanks

2007-11-03 22:30:19 · 4 answers · asked by Steven B 2

i have a 75 gallon aquarium w/ good filtration and lighting but my fishes are small(tetras) so my aquarium looks empty with floating specs of dirt!!! can anyone tell me a kind of fish that is low maintainance?? I'm in manila philippines so i cant buy any rare fishes but i can take a look at a big aquarium shop near me ...

2007-11-03 21:04:11 · 10 answers · asked by ryan 2

The male betta fish has never been around another aquatic animal before.

2007-11-03 20:13:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard that the reason (some) goldfish died fast was because they interbreed alot is this true?

2007-11-03 19:24:03 · 6 answers · asked by mozark281 3

Eggs where relocated by female. Male keeps getting chased and picked on by female. Im afraid he might not make it if this keeps going on. He looks and acts scared. Male will not defend himself. Stays in one corner of tank. She still comes out of cave to chase him around. Added 2 small guppies to try to distract female, not much help. He will not chase guppies either, just stays in corner. Help.

2007-11-03 19:22:58 · 7 answers · asked by MrKegs 2

red belly piranhas
tiger oscar
jack dempsey
2 plecostomus
some light orange cichlid
70 gallon tank

they not big yet

2007-11-03 19:21:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today at the tropical fish store,I saw an Oscar (8 inches) confined to a tank about 10 gallons.I have a much smaller one at home (4 inches) and he's in a 35 gallon tank by himself.Are these fish just as happy and content in a small environment?

2007-11-03 19:07:24 · 7 answers · asked by TomatoMug 3

i just got a catfish from the store and i wondering what kinds of live food i can feed it? there plecos and about 4 incs.

2007-11-03 19:05:58 · 7 answers · asked by mozark281 3

what kind of fish do u think this is? i know that it's an orange fish, but what kind of fish is it? for example... like a goldfish or and angelfish... u know... the specific name of the fish. go to this website for a picture...

http://www.sunnyfuerteventura.com/photography/images/orange-fish.jpg

and tell me wat specific kind of fish this is... THANKS!!!!!

2007-11-03 19:04:59 · 10 answers · asked by I♡2PM!! 2

I am pretty sure you call a bunch of them fish but some say "fishes". (1 fish, 2 fishes') or (1 fish, 2 fish)?Not a big deal but I want to know how you say it properly.Thanx.

2007-11-03 18:54:06 · 7 answers · asked by Betta92 3

They spawned, its been 4-5 days no fry. Eggs just relocated by female today and hidden under driftwood cave she made. Male stays in one location and is constantly being chased by female. Should I remove him? They are in a 30 gallon tank.

2007-11-03 18:53:42 · 1 answers · asked by MrKegs 2

I had a five gallon tank that had 3 guppies, 2 neon tetras 1 serpae tetra & a swordtail male along with a cat fish. I felt it was crowded but i kept my tank up well and never had stressful water.
Now that i have the 12 gallon, i have read that i can have 8 -16 fish depending on what a choose. I would like to add one more guppy so 4 guppies total. I would also like to have two groups of 4 tetras so i will have 4 neons and 4 of another tetra of simlar size to go along with the current fish that I have ( the swordtail & serpae & catfish.) So15 fish total would be in the 12 gallon. What do you think too many fish or okay?

2007-11-03 18:52:11 · 6 answers · asked by Erin 2

I am about to get sand for my fish tank and I dont know if I could put it in tha tank because of tha algea eater.
Would it like kill tha algea eater?
Would it hurt tha health of tha algea eater?
What would happin if tha algea eater eats some sand, while he trying to eat tha algea?

2007-11-03 18:13:37 · 5 answers · asked by saleen_s7_is_mine 1

I recently put sand straight from the beach in my fish tank and i didn't sieve it and i was wondering if this can harm the fish and how to clean it and i don't really want to buy a vacuum cleaner thing and can this stuff the filter in the bottom of my tank tank..

2007-11-03 17:49:41 · 4 answers · asked by lewie1400 1

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/438/guppyea8.jpg

2007-11-03 17:45:33 · 5 answers · asked by Nicole S 1

i bought four freshwater snails to put in my 50 gal tank and all of a sudden they have been laying eggs. the snails are dark brown with golden stripes they are just about bigger than a nickel they are flat on the sides with a spiral
how long will it take to hatch?

2007-11-03 17:31:25 · 5 answers · asked by turtle bug 2

the reasons i think it might be sick:
-keeps coming to the top and sucking for air
-seems to have trouble swimming
the reasons i think it might be pregnant:
-chased by other fish
-big tummy lately (looks like pouch)

2007-11-03 17:14:13 · 8 answers · asked by Bobby Kanaroe 1

My 14 yrs old daughter has a 10 gallon fish tank. We had 2 black moor and one fancy tail gold fish. We help her keep it clean and she had these three fish for a year and 3 months. I recently brought a Hypostomus plecostomus to help keep the tank clean because she love to keep the light on to watch the fish and it get tons of algae. Well a week after I introduce the sucker fish all three fish died. Their fin started to shred and they grew white fungus all over their bodies. They also had red spots on their bellies. I think they got fin rot. I want to what went wrong. I am sad to think I killed her fish!! I tried Melafix but it didn't work. The sucker fish was fine. Can you please tell me how to keep this from happening again? I have picture if you need to see what they looked like. Thanks Mother of a heart broken daughter.

2007-11-03 16:56:15 · 4 answers · asked by chicagopooh 1

i have two angle fish in my tank with a few other types of fish i dont want them to get much bigger is there anything i can do to keep them the size they are and if not how big will they get?

2007-11-03 16:53:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 16:25:45 · 8 answers · asked by Eric L 1

I'm getting some new fish for christmas (coldwater, maybe goldfish or minnows, guppies?) and i am CLUELESS!!! would like some nice tropical fish, but im not getting a heater. but, yeah, do i need to leave the filter on much before?

2007-11-03 16:17:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay my fiancee and I just purchased a 55gallon tank stand etc. for a saltwater aquarium. We want to have fish and invertebrates no live corals. We're not ready to tackle live corals yet. We would like to have sand as we want to have gobys, and other fish of that nature. Is it possible to have sand and to also use an undergravel/sand filter? What kind of sand do we need to have? Were getting a couple of pieces of "live rock" to help with getting the tank cycled, so do we really need "live sand"? We have a big duel biowheel filter and we'll have two power heads as well. Being experiencecd in fresh water I really like undergravel.

Thanks in advance for all the help and information! :)

2007-11-03 16:03:53 · 2 answers · asked by Aimee R 1

I have 1 male and 2 females in a tank....the pet shop told me that i could do that or i wouldnt of they said 3 females to 1 male, and one recently died :( ..... so how would you mate them if they cant be together...

2007-11-03 15:32:04 · 7 answers · asked by ¿Curious? 3

The 2 fish have been living together for about a day now. We fed them twice and after the 2nd one (evening feeding) they have kept going as if they want to eat more food and open and close their mouths, sometime making a lil noise with bubbles forming. Any idea what this means? My room mate and I are clueless

2007-11-03 15:25:52 · 11 answers · asked by duckgirl07 1

[IMG]http://i8.tinypic.com/4mj752p.jpg[/IMG]

???? It looks different then Electric Yellow! ?????

2007-11-03 15:13:25 · 8 answers · asked by mr_kevin2000 2

A few weeks ago I got a fish that had ich. I removed him from the tank and started treating him, but i think the ich spread to the main tank. I bought some ich treatment that said it was reef safe so I am going to add that, but should I stop adding the additives for corals while I am treating my tank?

2007-11-03 15:01:49 · 4 answers · asked by Adam F 1

I have a tank of 4 betta fish 1 male and 3 females, I bought them monday and cleaned the tank friday, i noticed the water was a little blurry but i couldnt figure out why....well Saturday came i woke up fed them and by the afternoon 1 of the females were dead....and the others seem fine, but im a little worried i did something wrong....could i be over feeding them? but also when i got them (my sister bought them for me) she only added the Betta Plus treatment , and this time i put in the fish bowl cleaner with it (it comes in the package with the betta plus).....and when i got it my sister but to little chemicals for the size tank we have ...which is 5 litres and this time i added the recommended amount.....could the chemical change kill them!?

....im really worried...i dont want them to die

2007-11-03 14:52:18 · 8 answers · asked by ¿Curious? 3

2007-11-03 14:41:27 · 5 answers · asked by Erin 2