Fish - December 2007

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO PREVENT ALGE IN NEW TANKS...I HAVE BABY GUPPIES AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO,SHOULD I BUY ALGE EATERS,DO THEY WORK?I NEED HELP

THANKS

2007-12-22 15:47:49 · 11 answers · asked by Kevin Chang 2

2007-12-22 15:24:07 · 3 answers · asked by s10blazer02 1

What are they and why cant you have them?

2007-12-22 15:06:56 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering if Neon Tetras and others that have similar body shape and pattern but different color of stripe will school together

2007-12-22 15:03:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-22 14:58:43 · 2 answers · asked by jacobeddyfinch 1

i recently cleaned my fish tank and the next day one of my fish had died and the other 3 were at the bottom of the tank barely breathing. i dont know what happend

2007-12-22 14:28:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

how many 1 inch clownfish can i house in a 2.8 gallon tank....
pls don't tell me " no that's to small a clown needs........"
i just want to know if its kinda ok.

2007-12-22 13:32:19 · 14 answers · asked by . 2

2007-12-22 13:26:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi, I thought it was pregnant a while ago so i put it in a breeding net. the fish is fat thow and it hides behind the plants on the bottom of the tank. Its been 2 months now and theres no babies. bu when the fish goes up to eat she swims fine. and eats normally. I thought she was preg because theres a male and a female platys in the same tank. so whats wrong with her.

2007-12-22 10:42:38 · 5 answers · asked by stephen G 3

I have a 29 gal aquarium. I would like to purchase a co2 injector and add some plants. My main purpose is to lower my pH (currently it is 8.4 with a Kh of 300+!) and to add interest to my aquarium. Currently I have 2 neon blue Gourami's, 6 bloodfin tetra, 1 spotted catfish and one striped rafael catfish. I want to lower the ph so I can have angelfish as well. Yes, I know the tetra may get eaten, but I want to give them plenty of hiding places before adding the angel fish. Currently I have epoxy coated rock at the bottom of my tank. I have read this is not a suitable substrate for aquarium plants. So how do I change the substrate on the aquarium without stressing the fish I own? Can I layer over the rock?

2007-12-22 10:14:06 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3

Our hexagonal tank is 60 litre and I got 2 discus for my birthday. At first they were lovely together and then the male is now chomping his way through the ladies fin. Just as I was looking at ways to resolve the situation this afternoon one of the 3 guppies had approx 30 babies!(typical) They also share with ottinculas - pygmy suckermouth x2.
Anyway what should I do? I am thining about getting a new tank say 60litres for the guppy family and selling the babies when they get big but the discus? Some websites say you need 6 discus some say 1 are ok. Others say a HUGE tank others say water quality is better than size,. I have taken out the overgrowing plants this afternoon and just wanna know what to do next. My water quality is perfect I just love these fish so much.
Thanks
James

2007-12-22 09:51:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, i had three fish, two pinkish translucent ones, with whiskers, and 1 that looked something like this, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilja/56015406/
except its in orange color, the tail and lower body.
then yesterday i bought two more fish, that looked like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paszczak000/529359848/
when i put them in, the orange one always chases them, are they fighting? having problems? or just playing...
and all of these fish dont require heater or filter...

2007-12-22 09:48:13 · 2 answers · asked by playpwnsu 2

I recently bought a new tropical aquarium. I have read different ways of introducing fish and in what numbers.

2007-12-22 09:38:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought an aquarium and I was excited to get some fish, then I was told that I need to "cycle" the tank. I'm not too happy about putting a bunch of fish in the tank not that I know they are probably going to die. I feel so bad I almost don't want my aquarium anymore.

Is there some sort of chemical or algae that I can just buy and put in the tank instead of cycling with fish? I'm open to anything other than killing the fish.

2007-12-22 08:49:52 · 5 answers · asked by jonnnng 1

You see, I have currently 5 tanks in my house. A 20 gallon Goldfish tank, a 2.5 gallon male betta tank, a .5 gallon female betta tank/bowl, a 6 gallon hospital tank, and a 10 gallon Tropical community tank. I feel bad for the female betta (her name is Violet, she's simply gorgeous.) in her little tank- and if it is possible I would like to move her into my ten gallon Tropical. Currently, it holds four neon tetras, and one female balloon molly. After Christmas I will be getting at least two more Balloon Mollies (two just recently passed away) and probably four more neons (I haven't been able to replace the ones that have died since I first bought them- I haven't gotten the chance). So would it be okay to put her in there? I'm not sure if she's aggressive or not... but I want her to have fun! (Yes, I am concerned about my fishes' entertainment during the day... xD ) So yeah... would that be okay?

2007-12-22 08:38:45 · 9 answers · asked by xxambivalence 1

right now i have a 1.5g fish tank and it has a cave and 2 fake plants a filter a light and some gravel. i have one male betta in it. i am thinking about adding a new pet to it. does that sound like a bad idea? i want to add like a platy or something like that. maybe an african dwarf frog. any good suggestions?

2007-12-22 07:53:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-22 07:49:45 · 7 answers · asked by daSilva 1

because this morning i fed him 3 pellets like i normally doa nd then at around 12 my mom went and got hime some freeze dried blood worms. so then i thought id feed him one and he tried to eat it honestly he did but it seemed like it was too big for him to swallow. could it be that it is too big for him to swallow? was he just not hungry?or is it a possibility that he just doesnt like blood worms? thankyou.

2007-12-22 07:28:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a serpae tetra and I just got an upside down catfish and I don't know if they're going to attack each other or not...

2007-12-22 07:12:29 · 4 answers · asked by csogopats 1

I have a very young ryukin about an inch long and it has no hump yet. It has very nice color and when it gets bigger I think it might win some competitions some day,but it can't if it looks like it's sick!! See my goldfish has a red face on it and the gills,there regular. I don't use any water softeners or ati stress fluids. My goldfish always is just hanging on the top of the tank trying to eat the bubbles or something. I use an airator that very sufficiently supplies oxygen. There are no chemicals in the gravel I have and he only has two other tank mates. There all in a ten gallon tank. I change only about 30% of the water at a time and I do it adleast 1 time a week. His other tankmates are so lively so I'm pretty sure its not the water quality beacause then theyed all be affected ,right? Now,some parts of his body are loosing it's color and turning pink. I feed them a liitle food twice a day,but the problem goldfish isn't really that exicited about eating. What am I doing wrong????

2007-12-22 06:19:51 · 3 answers · asked by ROBERT F M 2

It's kind of hard to explain but my Beta's eyes are kind of bulbed out...you know kind of enlarged and his behavior has changed too....does anyone know the sickness that this is called...or maybe give me some different types that I could look up?

2007-12-22 06:13:12 · 3 answers · asked by Renee 3

why is that happening? plus the dorsal fins look like they have half fallen off and that area is all white. i dont leave the fish in too dark conditions either. any info would be appreciated.

2007-12-22 06:04:13 · 3 answers · asked by blackkk 2

I am looking into acquiring a small (appr.5 gallon) tank for a desktop and would like to stock it with 4-8 bumblebee gobies (Brachygobius doriae). I am thinking of using a sand substrate, numerous pieces of driftwood and numerous empty snail shells as decoration (and hiding spots to distribute any territorial issues). My question is
1. How many would be good for this sort of species tank?
2. How well do smaller brackish tanks work over time? (ie. numerous problems, nitrates spike all the time, ect)
3. What should the salinity be?
4. Anyone with exp. with this species?

Thanks for your time

2007-12-22 05:46:58 · 1 answers · asked by mnemenoi 2

I recently got two orange mollies (male & female) and they have always spent time together among the other fish. Two days ago or so, i noticed the female start staying inside of a rock more often. i thought she may be hiding, but the male tends to go in there too and just hide. once in a while, he'll come out, but only briefly. they are both in there now, and won't come out. i noticed her underbelly is lighter in color, and it's bigger. could she be pregnant?

2007-12-22 04:50:44 · 4 answers · asked by cc_bunnie 1

I usually feed my goldfish twice a day, but someone told me that they would be bloated if I did that. Any suggestions?

2007-12-22 02:46:11 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Help me someone my male betta fish is in the tank with another female hes flaring at her but he doenst make the bubble nest and also he keeps nipping at her and the tank has nothing in it tho... also my male is 1year old i dont know how long they kept him store tho.I just bought my female today is that maybe y the male doesnt make bubble nest but keeps nipping at her?

2007-12-22 00:56:25 · 8 answers · asked by phong128992 1

Did they try to bite and kill eachother or did they get along after all? - Thanks

2007-12-21 23:23:51 · 17 answers · asked by jen a 3

I am setting a new aquarium for gold fish. It's 200cm x 50cm x 50cm. The gold fish i am going to have are about 5-7 months old. I also will have an aerator and i'm planning to do partial water change weekly. How many of those fish can i put in there to the maximum?

2007-12-21 23:14:03 · 6 answers · asked by fish 1

There are these little white wormy things that I noticed in the gravel today. I know there are the kinds of white wormy things that float around in your tank when you have to much nutrients/food in your tank, but these looked slightly fatter than the floating ones, and they were in the gravel. Do you think that they are parasites?

2007-12-21 17:00:18 · 5 answers · asked by Olie 1

I just purchased this Starfish: http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/juicyorange06/?action=view¤t=100_0262.jpg
and the guy told us what kind of starfish he was...it started with a B, but I soooo cannot remember what kind of starfish it is...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!! :)

Thanks!

2007-12-21 16:22:25 · 5 answers · asked by Aimee R 1