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| freshwater angelfish disease | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Mr. Kline...I have a hundred gallon aquarium with large angelfish and community fish...it is planted ...
A: My first suggestion is to remove that angelfish from the tank so your other fish have a rare chance ...
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| red betta fish | 5/6/2008 |
Q: there are a lot of bubbles at the top of the water in a cluster, it looks like roe i have only one ...
A: Its his next actually! Hes ready to mate so he decided to make a bubble nest for the eggs when he ...
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| sick gold fish. | 5/5/2008 |
Q: Alex, I've had my goldfish for about 7 years. I recently did a partial water change (about 1/3) ...
A: this is a difficult question to answer as I'm not there myself to see. It may be an internal ...
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| tropical aquarium | 5/4/2008 |
Q: I'm going to set up a new aquarium in a couple of weeks and I need some advice. I'm in Melbourne ...
A: The tank your deciding sounds large enough however I am unsure as I am used to gallons. Your fantail ...
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| Golden Severum | 5/4/2008 |
Q: I have a 50 gallon tank with about 5 or 6 different kinds of fishes. The Golden Severum recently had ...
A: Let me congratulate you first for your successful hatching of the Golden Severum!I'm afraid it ...
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| help my fish! | 5/3/2008 |
Q: my calico goldfish has been acting very weird. His stomach is very bloated and he keeps gasping. He ...
A: I'm afraid it sounds like it may be the end for him, you can try to see if he can recover but from ...
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| no tail chiclid | 5/2/2008 |
Q: I am new to the chiclid world. I just started living with a man who has a tank full of them. He ...
A: I do not know if there is another fish in with him but he may have been attacked by his tank mates ...
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| goldfish | 5/2/2008 |
Q: i'm not sure if i can explain this properly without it sounding weird but i'll try, we have had 2 ...
A: Yes it is a form of fish bullying and many fish do it, I suggest you move one of the fish to a ...
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| Black molly assistance needed! :) | 3/7/2008 |
Q: Just this evening we purchased a female black molly and she seemed to be very aggressive to the ...
A: It may be feces or it can be internal parasitic worms, if that is the case remove her from the other ...
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| angel fish | 2/12/2008 |
Q: I recieved an angel fish from a friend. The tank very very dirty Lots of green stuff. I bought a new ...
A: It can be stress from the change but since he wasn't properly kept in the first place it could have ...
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| Emergency! | 2/10/2008 |
Q: Alex, it's such an honor to write you. I have a pregnant guppy, and frankly, she's kinda bursting, ...
A: Well give the guppy some time as she may not be ready yet, I say a week, and also give plenti food ...
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| Strange Behavior | 11/2/2007 |
Q: I have a tiny fish tank in my dorm, just over a half gallon. When I came here I had two Tetras and a ...
A: I would test the water for poisons as it can be the pipes (copper, bronze pipes can create toxins) ...
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| oscars and same size koi | 7/12/2007 |
Q: will the oscar bite or kill the koi if the fishes are fed properly even if there about the same ...
A: No probably not unless you have an overly aggressive oscar or koi as they may bug the oscar. Koi are ...
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| Turtle and fish | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I am planning on getting a red eared slider turtle and I also want tetra (fish) do you think it ...
A: Im sure there is a turtle that is small like that but I would not know as I work with fish, if you ...
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| Sinking fish | 6/24/2007 |
Q: I am hoping you can help me as my FAVOURITE fish is sick. He is sinking to the bottom of the tank ...
A: Its very hard to fix a swim bladder problem although it might fix itself. The temp. is probably what ...
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| Pearlscale Fish Question | 6/5/2007 |
Q: Tank Size: L = 61cm W = 30cm H = 35cm Other Fish in tank = Bubble-Eye ...
A: If hes is acting well adn you are putting in anti funi soultion to the tank I wouldnt be very ...
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| New Goldfish Sitting on Tank Bottom | 5/21/2007 |
Q: I bought a new Koi less than 24 hous ago to be a companion to my large 4-year old goldfish. I am ...
A: It can be fright or it can be a sign that you purchaed an unhealthy fish. treat you tank with anti ...
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| Nitrate and nitrite problems | 5/20/2007 |
Q: I have recently set up a 4ft freshwater fish tank. I am using an eheim 2213 filter. After letting it ...
A: Gravel should do nothing to the nitrate and nitrite so those knuckleheads saying that are out of ...
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| beta fish | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I have had a male beta now for almost two years. I bought it for my son right after Nemo came out. ...
A: Ah well Male bettas are a funny thing with tankmates. You should never have more than one fish in ...
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| betta's light sensitivity | 4/26/2007 |
Q: My Betta (Gatsby) is about a year and a half old. Recently he started getting very very sensitive ...
A: Well hes probably nearing the end of his life as fish act strange the closer they are to death. Try ...
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| about the gender of my cichlids | 4/25/2007 |
Q: i have three cichlids one albino zebra, a velvet cichlid, and another zebra the albino zebra has 1 ...
A: Can you send me pictures of your fish? You can do so here http://z10.invisionfree.com/WWFA its my ...
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| confused | 4/18/2007 |
Q: So my beta fish was getting sick since my friend didn't take care of him while I was in the hospital ...
A: Hes just showing off for you! You must be attractive to him. It can also be a sign of him showing ...
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| Pregnant fish behavior | 4/17/2007 |
Q: My fish had babies. I'm afraid that it might be pregnant again. What kind of behavior does a ...
A: Well live bearing fish have (on the female) near the end of their body where it meets the tail fin a ...
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| housing breeds of freshwater fish | 4/16/2007 |
Q: I recently bought a very young iridescent shark and an oscar, both from the same tank at a local Wal ...
A: Robyn I hope you realize that your little sharky will turn into a huge sharky and you'll need a ...
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| sick betta fish | 4/15/2007 |
Q: My grandmas Beta lays on its side and its fins are detearating. He doesn't swim around.The beta ...
A: Your grandmas betta seems to be at the end of his rope although you can try to revive him with some ...
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| Is my female betta fish pregnant? | 4/10/2007 |
Q: My Female Betta likes to swim at the top of the tank or likes to lay down on the bottom....shes not ...
A: I don't believe so due to they are egg layers. So I say she is not pregnant. You need to set up a ...
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| Is My Fish Pregnant? | 4/10/2007 |
Q: I have recently noticed that my fish is getting quite fat, we only feed it once a day or less, but ...
A: It does sound like your fish is pregnant but I don't know what kind of fish we are speaking about so ...
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| platy pregnancies | 4/9/2007 |
Q: i have 4 female and 1 male platies. Minnie one of fishes looks very round and i think she is ...
A: Congratulations it seems you have a pregnant platy! If she is eating well and not getting nipped at ...
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