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| Painted Turtle in Koi Pond | 6/10/2008 |
Q: Hey there, I noticed that all the "pond experts" are on vacation so I thought I'd give a "fish ...
A: This is just some info on the turtles diets. Young Painted turtles are mostly carnivorous, eating ...
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| injured goldfish | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I have a gold fish with 3 other fish and 2 crawfish and one of them cut my goldfish. Im thinking ...
A: Hey matt! Its fine if you do that, although simply moving it into a separate bowl with an ...
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| guppy | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I got a female guppy from my sister. She had the guppy for several months and now I have had it for ...
A: I have had guppies for almost my whole life, and found that when the females get older, they will ...
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| I'm worried about my fish. | 6/2/2008 |
Q:
A: It is hard for me to answer your question because you not specific enough. But i have found a site ...
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| My fish tank | 3/31/2008 |
Q: I have just started my fish tank about 3 weeks ago. Its a 10 gallon tank I started it off with two ...
A: Hey Channell! well, your problem is a simple one. You have way over crowded your tank. One young ...
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| Black Molly with deformed mouth | 2/27/2008 |
Q: We have 3 black mollies - all from the same hatching. 2 are fat and happy but the 3rd has developed ...
A: It would seem that you mollie has mouth rot. This can be cured by medications that kill bacteria, i ...
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| Albino Oscar | 1/27/2008 |
Q: I recently bought an albino oscar from a local petco. It is only about 1" to maybe 1 1/2". It is ...
A: If you really just bought your Oscar he's probably still just stressed out from the change. When i ...
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| Original could you help...Cichilid's | 1/26/2008 |
Q: The male seem's as though he's having some problems he hides behind the plant's all the time around ...
A: Before i can answer your question fully i have a couple of questions for you. How long have you had ...
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| my red cap | 12/14/2007 |
Q: how can i know if my red cap was female and male? What is the different of the two? Pls, give some ...
A: I'm assuming you mean a red cap goldfish right? well if so, here are two websites that help ...
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| guppy hunch back | 12/2/2007 |
Q: I have had my guppy in a community tank for approx. 6 months. Over the last month, I noticed that ...
A: Hey Susan! this is actually quite common with guppies! Sometimes its genetic, other times its from ...
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| my convict had babies | 10/30/2007 |
Q: my convict fish had babies and they have been born for about a week or a week and a half. should we ...
A: You can leave the babies in or take them out. The parents will not eat their young. The young ...
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| about 1inch red oscars health | 10/27/2007 |
Q: i recently bought two 2inch red Oscars and i bought a tank that came with a filter and right now the ...
A: Hey Kaimi. Oscars are messy fish, so the tank will get murky. to prevent this, you should do a 20% ...
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| Flower Horn severely bleeding | 10/26/2007 |
Q: When i was playing with my flower horn it suddenly hit the walls of the glass tank with its mouth ...
A: Flower Horns are hardy. Fish in the cichlid family can recover from almost any physical injury in a ...
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| goldfish or angel | 10/25/2007 |
Q: I'm kinda new at this fish tank thing. I just got my first fish tank which is i believe 10 gallons ...
A: Angelfish or Goldfish for the tank would be fine. If you decide to get the goldfish though, i would ...
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| guppy babies | 10/21/2007 |
Q: and today is the 20th of october and i am going to mexico on december 20th will they be strong ...
A: First off, there is no guarantee that even a full grown adult guppy would make it to Mexico. if your ...
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| tetras + bettas | 10/7/2007 |
Q: ive recently bought a 10 gallon aquarium and put a divider down the middle, on each side is a female ...
A: here is a site that will tell you about betta tank mates. ...
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| 20 Year old dying Koi | 10/6/2007 |
Q: My 20 year old fish has been laying on his side on the bottom of the tank for 2 or 3 days. There is ...
A: Hey Andrea. Unfortunately your koi is probably dying. The only way would be to take him to a vet. ...
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| Stocking and aqarium size | 10/4/2007 |
Q: I had a betta for several months before I had to leave for college. I took very good care of him and ...
A: Hey Matt. i could write out everything, but this site has everything you need to know about tank ...
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| black mollies that have white "dry" spots and ....... | 10/2/2007 |
Q: We have a community of black mollies and the pregnant adult females look like they have 'dry' ...
A: Hey Tasha. All these diseases are caused by poor water quality. You should do a complete 100% water ...
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| My Chiclid babies | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I have a question. I had an electric blue which has bred with another fish meaning it crossbred. I ...
A: Hey Anojan! Cichlids don't eat their young but many people separate the young anyway. The best thing ...
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| loss of fins Betta fish | 9/30/2007 |
Q: I purchased a beautiful blue Betta and put him in my 20 gallon tank with about 6 small none ...
A: Hey Phil. The only reason that your fish would loose its fins so fast was that they were eaten off ...
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| baby fish | 9/28/2007 |
Q: I think i have talk to you before and that fish died but now one of my fish had babies. im not sure ...
A: Hey Braedon. you have talked to me before. Fish eat their own yong, so there may have been more ...
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| piranhas and oscar | 9/27/2007 |
Q: I added my tiger oscar to my 4 red bellied piranhas about 5 days ago. They are doing fine for now. ...
A: Hey Eric. unfortunately, their would be no room for an arownna. a single young Oscar is suppose to ...
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| fish bullying | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I'm 12 years old and new to having fish. i just got 2 dalmation mollies, 2 pearl mollies and 2 ...
A: Hey Braeden! What you do depends on how bad condition the fishy is in. Is the fish wounded, and ...
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| Tank cleaning; Neon Tetras | 9/21/2007 |
Q: First I would like to find out how often I should clean my entire 5-gallon, filtered tank? I ...
A: Hey Vicki! It sounds like your taking care of you fishies very well. For a 5 gallon tank doing a 1/3 ...
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| Catfish with sores | 9/20/2007 |
Q: I have a 30 gal fresh water tank with 2 gold fish (5in and 2in), 3 gourami (5in, 3in, 2in), an ...
A: I'm sorry to hear your catfish died. The cause is fish tuberculosis. One day your fish will seem ...
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| my poor fish i hope you can help | 9/18/2007 |
Q: i have a goldfish who when we got him he was a really prety gold and for the last couple of days he ...
A: Hey Kelly. if possible please send me a picture, because there are multiple things that this could ...
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| Oranda Red cap fish concerning | 9/17/2007 |
Q: Just one week ago, I bought some fish for my tank (22 gallon), two of this fish were the Oranda Red ...
A: Hey Gigi! There are multiple causes of this. The most likely one is stress. Since you only bought ...
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| tiger barb | 9/16/2007 |
Q: im morgan i have hade my tiger barb for between 5 months and a year and i just got a new one to ...
A: The aggression is very common among fish that live in schools. When you have a fish like this, you ...
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| stocking tank | 9/15/2007 |
Q: I have 3 little african cichlids and 3 big pacostamus's and 3 different kinds of eels (rope, dragon ...
A: hey Karen. Goldfish are pretty hardy fish. If you don't alter the pH of either tank, then there is ...
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| how can i tell if i have a boy or girl fish! | 9/14/2007 |
Q: . please answer me back asap
A: its pretty hard to tell the difference between a male and female goldfish. The males usually have ...
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| black fin shark | 9/13/2007 |
Q: i just got a black fin shark fish and i fed him three different types of fish food. 1st- Tetramin ...
A: hey antoine! its simple, your fish is stressed out. when fish get stressed, like after they are ...
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| Black Moore Goldfish | 9/12/2007 |
Q: I owe three black moore goldfish, one is a couple weeks older than the two baby black moore fish. ...
A: Hey vicki! if their whole eye is infected it could be from parasites, and i would suggest using ...
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| Fish die | 9/11/2007 |
Q: I bought 30 feeder goldfish to do a growth experiment with my students. After less then 2 weeks I ...
A: i would try using MelaFix before putting the tank in, and after for a week. feeder goldfish do have ...
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| Sick Black Moor | 9/11/2007 |
Q: I am hoping for some help concerning my one year old Black Moor. For approximately the last six ...
A: unfortunately this definitely seems like dropsey. i had a goldfish with dropsy get a red batch with ...
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| my chiclid is swimming in a strange way | 9/11/2007 |
Q: my Green Terror is swimming with his head down in the corner of the tank... from what I've observed, ...
A: hey naomi! Cichlids get moody, so ur fish is most likely swimming in the corner because they ...
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| attached with some white tailed creature | 9/10/2007 |
Q: hey mu goldfishes are infacted with Argulus i need some medication to treat.
A: there is no easy way to treat Argulus, or fish lice. The most successful and effective treatments ...
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| beta fish | 9/10/2007 |
Q: I just recently bought a beta fish. He has been doing fine, but a few day ago he developed a white ...
A: Hey meg. your betta has something called Lymphocystis. here is a link you can look at to help you ...
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| Bettas | 9/10/2007 |
Q: I just bought 6 fish, 1 frog, and 1 betta. Is there any way I can put all of these fish in the same ...
A: Hey Kate! Bettas do have a tendency to be aggressive with each other, but they are sometimes timid ...
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| "bent" platie | 9/9/2007 |
Q: one of my platies has recently become deformed in that her body is twisted into an s shape. She ...
A: a bent spine can come from vitamin C deficiency or injury. You should mix up the fishes' diets with ...
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| My fishies! YAY Topaz and Flamz(ohh so cute) | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I have had my Fish Flamz for a good portion of a time, and he is a sweet fishie, but when My mom got ...
A: its not suppose to be there.. its most likely a bacterial infection, possibly fungus. i would ...
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| My Betta | 9/9/2007 |
Q: i have had him for over a year and since the past two weeks or a bit more he has not eaten at ...
A: no prob.! ^_^ i would say that u should try feeding him everyday, but just one pellet at a time. and ...
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| neon tetras | 9/9/2007 |
Q: i have had three neon tetras in my tank for just over a week, and they have been doing great. this ...
A: hey blake. Faded color could come from something as harmless as stress, to the fatal neon tetra ...
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| Expectant mollies | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I have recently added mollies to my aquarium,i have read up on the care ,feeding,conditions etc, but ...
A: well, the length of pregnancy depends on the molly. but with most, the female will be pregnant for a ...
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| Frogs | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I just got an African Dwarf Frog. How can you tell if it's a male or female? Thanks, Cassie
A: In H. boettgeri the males are slim and when mature they will develop a small gland behind each of ...
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| Betta fish sick | 9/8/2007 |
Q: My betta fish recently has grayish-white spots on his fins only. I don't think it's ick though ...
A: this could be a couple things. a fungal infection, tuberculosis, or finrot. with fungal infections ...
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| Dalmation Molly Babies | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I just bought 2 Dalmatian Mollies from my local pet store. This morning I noticed that I got more ...
A: hey sara. U should make sure the water quality is good by doing a 20%-25% water change once a week. ...
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| a misty tank | 9/7/2007 |
Q: i use a fluval filter in my gold fish tank i have changed the water twice in the space off three ...
A: Hey joanna. goldfish are very messy fish. how are u getting the water out? i would suggest vacuuming ...
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| Betta fish | 9/7/2007 |
Q: My daughter is doing a project for elementary school and she would like to know if a betta fish ...
A: hey micheal... don't give her the exact answer? hmm.. kk ^_^ do u mean like, give her a sight that ...
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| worms in the aquarium | 9/7/2007 |
Q: ihave lately noticed small creepy worms stuck to the the glass aquarium creeping around. whatare ...
A: . it seems like u probably have nematodes. They appear in the tank when their is access nutrients in ...
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| My Betta | 9/7/2007 |
Q: i have had him for over a year and since the past two weeks or a bit more he has not eaten at ...
A: hey Meher. This could be from many things. One is that its from internal parasites. in which case i ...
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| goldfish | 9/7/2007 |
Q: i've had this goldfish for about 4 years,never any problem(until now).it seems to have a white film ...
A: Cloudy eye can have many causes. in this case, it looks like a bacterial infection or fish ...
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| lost scales | 9/7/2007 |
Q: she scraped off a large section of her colored scales on her upper back. Will this color return? Or ...
A: Hey Ed! kio are pretty hardy, so i wouldn't worry about her too much. i would suggest making sure ...
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| Fish is floating | 8/31/2007 |
Q: We have 2 Blue Orandas, One is rather small (Wanda) and the other (Cozmo) a good size. We got them ...
A: hey Katie. the main cause of this problem is w/ the fishes swimbladder. There are a lot of potential ...
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| Turtle and fish | 8/31/2007 |
Q: I don't know if you know about turtles much but I am planning on getting a smaller turtle, about 6 ...
A: as little as they get, get what you want. i love neon tetras! the only problem i ever had w/ them, ...
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| Goldfish not eating | 8/31/2007 |
Q: Help! I adopted a 2 yrs old goldfish a month ago. He was doing great - swimming, acts like a ...
A: hey Arleen! With goldfish, eating is usually the last thing they stop doing when sick. So a ...
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| Turtle and fish | 8/31/2007 |
Q: I don't know if you know about turtles much but I am planning on getting a smaller turtle, about 6 ...
A: by smaller turtle i just meant that you should have a small turtle. what kind of tetra were u ...
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| Want to know about... | 8/31/2007 |
Q: I am in India and I want to buy fresh water fishes(pairs), my aquarium will be around 35 gallons. ...
A: hey! all those fish are easy fish to be kept alive, and hardy. your tank is pretty big, but how many ...
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| Guppies .... | 8/31/2007 |
Q: I have been knocking my head against a brick wall, trying to find out wat might be wrong wif my ...
A: well mystic, this is bad. i had the same thing happen to me, and it seemed that there was nothing i ...
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| Turtle and fish | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I don't know if you know about turtles much but I am planning on getting a smaller turtle, about 6 ...
A: well, i haven't owned turtles, but i can tell you they eat fish. if you got a really small turtle, ...
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| whats wrong with my beta | 8/30/2007 |
Q: My beta is lying on his side at the bottom of the tank. He has been like this for 2 days, and I ...
A: hey Cynthia! its funny cuz i just answered a question like this not long ago. ;p Sometimes a betta ...
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| Want to know about... | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I am in India and I want to buy fresh water fishes(pairs), my aquarium will be around 35 gallons. ...
A: this is a hard question to answer because even if u buy the hardiest fish, it may not survive. since ...
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| Is my fish pregnant? | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure what type of fish I have, but their are two of them, and one has gotten a bigger belly! ...
A: well, i couldn't get my stupid computer to show me the pix. i noticed that ur fishies didn't have ...
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| Is my fish pregnant? | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure what type of fish I have, but their are two of them, and one has gotten a bigger belly! ...
A: hey Erick! its hard to tell the kind of fish, but it looks like black neon tetras. and i cannot ...
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| I think my fish are mating!! | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I have a neon fish and another fish that is hot pink I'm not sure what kind they are but they chase ...
A: well, neon tetras lay their eggs on the bottom, so the bubbles at the top are from something else. ...
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| My fishies! YAY Topaz and Flamz(ohh so cute) | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I have had my Fish Flamz for a good portion of a time, and he is a sweet fishie, but when My mom got ...
A: thats when im goin back to school too, -_-, i have an hour bus ride in the morning. if they are, ...
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| Catfish with sores | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I have a 30 gal fresh water tank with 2 gold fish (5in and 2in), 3 gourami (5in, 3in, 2in), an ...
A: Hey Tanya! i would say the sores are from the catfish scraping on something or the gouramis ...
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| What is Opal doing??? I wonder(really) | 8/29/2007 |
Q: Opal one of my mom's fish is always at the bottom of our huge tank and her tail is like curled up, ...
A: well, if ur Opal shows no symptoms, its weird that its acting sick, so i did some research. heres ...
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| Goldfrish and Guppies | 8/29/2007 |
Q: My brother recently won three goldfish at a fair. Now they're home and in one tank. But for his ...
A: it depends on the size of the goldfish. if the goldfish are smaller, then theres no harm in putting ...
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| bumpy goldfish | 8/29/2007 |
Q: my goldfish, seemingly overnight, has gotten really really fat. he was already pretty big, but has ...
A: the swelling could be caused by one of 2 things. one is Dropsy. Dropsy is not, in itself, a specific ...
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| guppies and swordtail | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I have 3 male guppies picking at the belly on my female swordtail. As far as I know she is not ...
A: if i were you i wouldn't worry about it, i think the female swordtail can hold her own ground. on ...
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| raised black areas on black skirted tetra | 8/28/2007 |
Q: I have an older black skirted tetra that has developed raised black areas. It started out at the ...
A: no prob.! ^_^ these were my favorite kind of tetras that i owned, i found them to be pretty hardy. ...
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| pregnant red eyed tetra | 8/27/2007 |
Q: im sure i have a pregnant red eyed tetra fish, and im not sure if i look after her any differently ...
A: hey becky. heres some info on red eye tetra breeding: Females are larger and have a more rounded ...
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| Is my gold fish sick??? | 8/27/2007 |
Q: It looks like some of there scales are falling off. I had 3 other fish before and the big gold fish ...
A: hey! since you have such a big tank, meaning it takes more to get dirty, i would get a filter fit ...
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| male bets fish acting very strange!!! | 8/27/2007 |
Q: my male beta that i have had now for almost 4-5 months is acting very strnge lying in bottom of bowl ...
A: your fish is showing very classic behavior of having a parasite. its slamming into things because ...
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| Is my gold fish sick??? | 8/26/2007 |
Q: It looks like some of there scales are falling off. I had 3 other fish before and the big gold fish ...
A: well.. the bones on the bottom of the tank were definitely from the other fish eating it... but u ...
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| My fishies! YAY Topaz and Flamz(ohh so cute) | 8/26/2007 |
Q: I have had my Fish Flamz for a good portion of a time, and he is a sweet fishie, but when My mom got ...
A: i understand... im only 16! XD so you have bettas?? in that case, bettas make "nests" at the top of ...
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| My fishies! YAY Topaz and Flamz(ohh so cute) | 8/26/2007 |
Q: I have had my Fish Flamz for a good portion of a time, and he is a sweet fishie, but when My mom got ...
A: k, well it would be nice to know what kind of fish you're talkin about, but im guessing some species ...
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