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| dying fish | 12/1/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: My friend bought me a ten gallon tank and four guppies. I already had a beta, so we combined the ...
A: Law school! That's awesome! I'm sure you are busy enough without having to worry about your tank ...
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| Betta health | 12/1/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: My Betta, Aqua, who has lived happily in the same bowl for 5 months is now hanging out at the ...
A: Poor Aqua. Lets see what we can do..... Maybe he needs his bowl to be in a warmer spot? Bettas can ...
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| fish ingesting gravel | 11/30/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I have a healthy appearing Violet Goby (dragon fish). The only problem is that he is ingesting the ...
A: I have never kept that particular species of fish but I can say that it is quite common for fish to ...
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| algea eater | 11/30/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: my algea eater is not keeping my tank clean and when it uses the bathroom there is this long string ...
A: That is perfectly normal. I assume that you have a plecostomus catfish, also known as a suckermouth ...
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| violet goby eating gravel! | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: I have a healthy appearing Violet Goby (dragon fish). The only problem is that he is ingesting the ...
A: I still do not know much about the topic still. I did find that you need brakish water and that ...
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| Fantail gold fish | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: I went to the pet store today and they told me that i needed to add salt to the water with my ...
A: Some people use a little sea salt. I am not a fan of this, and I just get the bowl, treat it with ...
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| Goldfish Questions | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: Why do goldfish sleep with their eyes open? Why don't goldfish blink? How can a goldfish be a pet ...
A: Here are some answers! Goldfish Don't Have eyelids so they can't close their eyes ever! A goldfish ...
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| Betta fish Fin problems | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: We have a Betta fish, named Nuno, and we've had him for about a Month now. Everything seemed to have ...
A: I already sent the answer to you, but maybee something got screwed up. So I'll answer it again! ...
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| brackish water snowflake eel | 11/30/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: i have a 55 gallon brackish water aquarium, specific gravity of 1.005 (last i checked that was a few ...
A: That is a tough question for me because I have never kept a snowflake eel and don't know much about ...
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| Sick Betta | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: I have a new betta, I have had him for about eleven days. He has a nice home, a 10 gallon tank with ...
A: The ph is actually 1 too high so try to get a testing kit that includes Negative ph buffer solution. ...
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| No clue what to do. | 11/30/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: We have a Betta fish, named Nuno, and we've had him for about a Month now. Everything seemed to ...
A: Poor Nuno! Ive heard of this only once before. He has clamped fins. This is caused by poor water ...
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| dalmation mollies | 11/30/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: I have one male and one female dalmation molly. The male has been biting at her, she hides inside ...
A: When the male bites at her it means he is trying to breed. It's hard on a female if she's the only ...
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| Strange breeding | 11/30/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: Sorry about that. Here's what I ment to say. I have a single male green terror (Males have the red ...
A: Female cichlids will lay eggs even when there is no appropriate male around. I once had a female ...
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| Betta fish problem | 11/30/2006 | Amber Worman |
Q: We have a Betta fish, named Nuno, and we've had him for about a Month now. Everything seemed to ...
A: What you are describing sounds like clamped fins. Read here for more info: ...
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| Betta fish | 11/29/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: For the last 3-4 days my betta fish has been acting strange. He has been struggling to swim to the ...
A: He may just be old, bettasm usually dont pass 2 years so congrats for making it so far. He may have ...
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| Fish Dying!!! | 11/29/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: My last female just died a few minutes ago. Well, I bought a 1 gallon tank. It came with ...
A: One week is too short for the tank to cycle. Im so sorry about your fish. Are you sure it is a 1 ...
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| Fish Dying!!! | 11/29/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: About a week ago I bought 8 fish. I got a sucker fish, betta fish(put him in his own tank), 4 ...
A: I may know , but you werrnt specific enough. I assume you have a new tank that wasnt cycled. The ...
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| my poor betta | 11/29/2006 | Paul Hotaling |
Q: my betta fish has some disease im sure because he is swelling up ,staying at the top of the tank,and ...
A: Ok, I can;t say for sure since there is not much info you gave me but ill try to answer. He may be ...
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| Betta Fish "problemo" | 11/29/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: We have had a Betta fish, named Nunu, for about a month and a half now and everything seemed to be ...
A: What kind sticking of the fins do you mean? Are they Folding over in a way that they look like they ...
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| Better improvement | 11/29/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I just want to know a few things to see if I can better improve my aquarium. I'm kinda new to them, ...
A: Actually it sounds like you are doing quite well. The twice a week water changes are an excellent ...
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| sick/dying Balloon Molly | 11/29/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: My Balloon-bellied Molly has been laying on the gravel for 2 days now. She seems to be lethargic ...
A: :) It sounds like you do still have new tank syndrome. Many people do not wait long enough for fish. ...
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| whats what? | 11/29/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: i bought 2 convicts a month ago. and isnt sure who's the female. i mean i was told that females have ...
A: Your problem is probably that you have 2 males or 2 females. They would have breed already if they ...
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| Goldfish illness | 11/29/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: I have a tank with a bubble eye black moor danios tiger barbs etc and sunday i check the water ...
A: Ammonia can cause these symptoms so it needs to get under control. Make a 25% water change. Do ...
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| GOLDFISH | 11/29/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: My ordana goldfish is looking MUCH fater then it normally does. I think it is Pregnant. How do I ...
A: Well, your ordana could be pregnant IF there is another oranda in the tank with it. There is no way ...
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| Gouramis | 11/29/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: i have one gourami a fire bellied one I believe. He is in a 10 gallon tank by himself. I want to add ...
A: A platy would be okay but swords and mollies really need a bigger tank, about 20 gallons. They get 3 ...
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| Sick Black Moor. Do I euthanise | 11/29/2006 | Amber Worman |
Q: .. My black moor has been sick for about 3 weeks now. At first he just had a fungus on his eyes and ...
A: I'm very sorry to hear about your little guy... :( I can't say I have had any success at treating ...
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| puffers problems | 11/29/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I have a 30 gallon tank with a ram chiclid, a african chiclid,a unknown chiclid and two green ...
A: I am surprised that the ram is still alive. Puffers are very cute but they are really impressive ...
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| cichlid - growth on lip | 11/29/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: our cichlid has developed a growth on the lower lip that is a slightly smaller than a pencil eraser. ...
A: It sounds like the equivalent of a blister, i.e., he has rubbed something (e.g., the glass, a rock, ...
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| fish | 11/29/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: i have a 50 gallon tank, in which i have tetris,sharks,gourmies,silver dollars, catfish are these ...
A: Yes, all of those fish are compatible. Well, i think you listed out the bunch of semi-aggressive ...
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| 95 gallon tank ?? | 11/29/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I have a 95 gallon tank with approx 40 chichid in it.I just got them 3 days ago and I have a ...
A: You put 40 fish in a brand new tank? Please tell me that isn't right.... You definitely need ...
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| sick black molly | 11/29/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: My black molly is behaving strangely. She has over the past few days begun to hover at the top of ...
A: Make a 25% water change in her tank and add aquarium salt to help stress and to delay progression of ...
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| Stringy stuff | 11/29/2006 | Amber Worman |
Q: I recently went out of town for four days, and I gave my male betta to a friend for the duration of ...
A: This sounds like either columnaris or some type of water fungus. If the strings are attached to your ...
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| Betta Not Eating | 11/28/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: My Beta has for the most part quit eating, but he looks pretty healthy. He acts like he's bored with ...
A: It is possible that he is bored of the same old food, but more likely, it is something else. Is his ...
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| possible parasites in my convict tank? | 11/28/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I have a 5 gallon tank with one convict in it(approx 3" long) that has worm-like objects floating ...
A: Do you have a filter in that tank or is the water very still? If the water is very still, that ...
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| Green Terror & Firemouth inter-breeding | 11/28/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: I have my green terror for a year now and I thought it was a male judging by the red border on its ...
A: The color on the border of a green terror doesn't tell you the sex. There are actually two ...
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| Bettas and neon tetras | 11/28/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: I am new at this and looking to set up an aquarium. I am trying to decide on a male beta or the ...
A: Saldy, no, bettas and neons can not live together despite there butiful colors they display. I have ...
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| my balla sharks died within 1day of a normal water change | 11/28/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: i have a 30 gallon tank , it has been setup for about 8 months . I had 2 tiger oscars , and 2 ballas ...
A: The Fish probably have ick. Oscars are very tough fish and have a great immune system to put up with ...
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| Fish Is Sideways | 11/28/2006 | Ron Coleman |
Q: Ok. My goldfish has doing ok then it started swimming sideways and it swims and all but it just ...
A: Hmmm... it doesn't sound like everything is right. Have you been doing regular partial water ...
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| algea eater | 11/28/2006 | Kyle Lohr |
Q: i have a large algea eater (bout 9-10 inches) in a 55 gallon tank and hes starting to let go of the ...
A: There are 2 things that could be going wrong with your fish. Yes, the water could be too salty. Or, ...
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| Feeding peas to beta | 11/28/2006 | Chris Robbins |
Q: Well, it took quite awhile but he finally recovered. He wouldn't eat at all for almost two weeks, ...
A: That is truly excellent news! I would just keep feeding him normal portions. He will fatten up ...
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