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| 10 gal tank probs | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I have a 10 gal tank and 3 mollies,4 neons,1 serpae,1 guppy.Ive started feeding every other day and ...
A: You have high levles because you have to many fish in your small ten gallon fish tank. The rule is a ...
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| New Aquarium | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I was just wondering about a few things regarding a new tank I'm believing to get. I've been ...
A: A 26 gallon bow front tank is a nice tank and does really well for a freshwater community tank, as ...
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| Is this too many fish? | 9/20/2008 |
Q: I have 2 plecostamus, a black fin shark, an albino red finned shark, a female betta, and a dinosaur ...
A: No problem. This is most definitely to many fish for a ten gallon aquarium, and that is where your ...
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| Using pure O2 in a fish tank | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I work for an oxygen company and have access to bottled pure oxygen, I am thinking about running a ...
A: If it where me I would not do that because it can kill the fish if they get to much of it. What size ...
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| Amazon Tank | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I am beginner at raising tropical fish but I have been to the Amazon River twice and would like an ...
A: I think you could get by using a 55 gallon tank however it is always better to have a bigger tank, ...
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| Clown loache has skinny disease | 9/17/2008 |
Q: my little clown loache is wasting away in front of me. He has skinny disease and im on day oneof ...
A: I am not aware of this product, however from what I know regarding tablets they normaly just set ...
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| Mollie behaviour | 9/17/2008 |
Q: I have a Black Sail fin Pair and a Creamsicle pair of Mollies in a 40 gal. The black male seems to ...
A: No this behavior is not a sign of spawing, however that does not mean it could not be soon. The male ...
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| Moving tank and changing filter | 9/17/2008 |
Q: First of all I want to thank you so much for setting up your site and providing valuable information ...
A: For your first question I myself like penguin filters out of those two choices, however when you say ...
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| my fishkeeping woes | 9/16/2008 |
Q: ok for many years now, i have been fish keeping but everytime, my fishes keep dying from disease or ...
A: For your first question there is many answers. first off you can have the temp. to high or to low ...
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| nitrite levels | 9/16/2008 |
Q: I have recently set up a new 55 gallon freshwater heated aquarium. Currently containing one large ...
A: This does not sound like it well fix itself. Because of the fact that oscars are VERY MESSY FISH ...
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| Betta breeding with other fish? | 9/16/2008 |
Q: How are you? I have a question. I have three male betas, all of which are very healthy. I am ...
A: I am doing fine. Well you cant breed those to fish but it sounds like the egg sack type thing is ...
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| jack dempsey | 9/15/2008 |
Q: our jack dempsey approx 2 years old, suddenly became pale, with some labored breathing and generally ...
A: I am sorry to hear of your loss. I would be happy to give you any other information I can to get ...
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| problems with my water/ green,cloudy that won't go away | 9/14/2008 |
Q: i have a 110 extra tall that has been established for almost a year now... freshwater... well in the ...
A: When you say green water I read that as stand alone algae, Which can make the water cloudy. Is what ...
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| jack dempsey | 9/13/2008 |
Q: our jack dempsey approx 2 years old, suddenly became pale, with some labored breathing and generally ...
A: The color loss is a sure sign of stress, So I would start out by dropping the temp. about 1-2 ...
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| Oscar Fish | 9/13/2008 |
Q: Hey Micheal, I bought a 10 Gal tank and was wondering if an oscar would be okay to live in their, i ...
A: One oscar would be crowding the tank, although you could do this with minimal plants and things in ...
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| oyster filtering capability | 9/12/2008 |
Q: I am doing a research project on the filtering capabilities of oysters. I am, however, having a ...
A: I looked into this a little bit more and I was wondering what area you are from, and alittle bit ...
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| Clean tank, cloudy water | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I have a 30 gallon tank, 3 cichlids (1 lrg,2 med) a standard pump filter & bubbler, & do 2-3 wk ...
A: Hey Stacey, I am glad to hear that your tank cleared up! If you have any more questions feel free ...
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| My foggy tank | 8/29/2008 |
Q: We have a fresh water tank in my class room and the water was really foggy so we fixed the ph and it ...
A: The best thing to do would make sure no one puts chemicals in it (as this can kill bacteria, algae) ...
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| 5 gallon tank | 8/23/2008 |
Q: How many fish can go into a five gallon tank? So far I have 5 fish in my five galon aquarium, a ...
A: This tank is already over crowded, You can only put one inch of fish for every gallon. So for ...
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| putting together a fresh water aquarium | 7/16/2008 |
Q: My dad and I were hoping to put together a fresh water aquarium with fish from the lake we live on. ...
A: you could try a 55 gallon tank, although it is not the tank that is expensive it is the stuff that ...
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| black fin shark | 7/15/2008 |
Q: I have a black fin shark in a tank with other fishes but has a special interest for the gold fish ...
A: Really there is not much you can do. This is a fish that has eating set in its mind. So any fish ...
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| water snails | 7/15/2008 |
Q: my fresh water snail has had babies. She is now laying egg clusters all over the tank, (on the rocks ...
A: And male or female it well lay hundreds of eggs a month and after a while a good number of them well ...
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| putting together a fresh water aquarium | 7/13/2008 |
Q: My dad and I were hoping to put together a fresh water aquarium with fish from the lake we live on. ...
A: Very interesting idea. Well first off you well need a huge fish tank, like 100 Gallons+, and also ...
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| oscar fish | 7/13/2008 |
Q: I have a mid-aged oscar in a 10 gallon tank and he is alone, which makes him look bored. I just got ...
A: Now the nice thing about this problem is that you have a choice. And that is do you want it to bond ...
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| Livebearers | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I have 2 female guppies, 1 male guppy, 3 female mollies, 1 female platy, 1 male platy, and 2 male ...
A: And it can stay in the breeding tank for quite a while so about a month after it starts to get ...
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| High ammonia problem | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I have hd my 46 gal. tank set up for about 1 month. it started off with high ammonia I think because ...
A: Is what sounds like the problem is that you feed your fish to often or that you have a unhealthy ...
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| Constant Cloudy Water, Cichlids | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I have a 56gal. tank with several mixed variety cichlids in it. From the very first day I set it up ...
A: Well it sounds like your problem may be that you might be messing with the gravel and tank to much.. ...
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| fish compatibility | 7/8/2008 |
Q: We have a 10 gallon fresh water tank and currenty have 2 bottom feeders, a pleco, 1 guppy, 1 platy, ...
A: I also have a community tank and it has a betta in it and it is doing fine, so feel free to try and ...
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| Livebearers | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I have 2 female guppies, 1 male guppy, 3 female mollies, 1 female platy, 1 male platy, and 2 male ...
A: Well first off To sex them, look at the bottom back single fin under the rear of the belly. In males ...
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| filter noise | 7/8/2008 |
Q: i have a marineland filter 350 lots of noise coming from propeller. not sure ? the tank is full ...
A: This sounds like the rubber stopper came off the wand on the motor side. you should remove the wand ...
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| Beginner Freshwater Aquarium | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I am going to buy a 10 gallon freshwater aquarium and I want to know what kind of fish are good. I ...
A: This is hard to say because of all the stuff you want together yet you want them to be colorfull. ...
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| sex of black mollies | 7/6/2008 |
Q: i bought 2 black Mollies yesterday. i asked the pet store lady what gender they were and she said ...
A: I understand your frustration. So pretty much here is how it goes. If the Black molly has three fins ...
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| Babies | 7/5/2008 |
Q: I have two female mollies, and one gave birth AGAIN to 24 fry. There are no more males, i got rid of ...
A: Well the female molly can stay fertile from the male for up to three months. Although in some rare ...
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| rena filstar filter | 7/4/2008 |
Q: I have 3 aquariums all using Rena Canister Filters. I am having a problem with 1 of the XP3 filters. ...
A: You can buy suction cups at home depot, ace hardware, and many more hardware stores. And for the ...
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| filter suction | 7/4/2008 |
Q: ok i have 60 gallon tank and have 2 filters one is a 100 gallon canister which was on the tank ...
A: This could be a broken O ring, and if this is the case it can not be fixed at all and needs to be ...
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| Cloudy Fish Tank | 7/3/2008 |
Q: I have a 75 Gallon Fish Tank and only five medium size regular gold fish. The fish tank is equipped ...
A: Well this sounds like it might be cycling after removing all the water but to remove the algae I ...
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| ich cant get rid | 7/2/2008 |
Q: i had a bad outbreak of ich on my clown loaches and treated them quickly which cleared the ich or ...
A: Ick can be hard to spot although your fish can get it easy. I would use a Ick Remover of some sort ...
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| batta fish | 7/2/2008 |
Q: how often should you change the water and do you let the new water sit a little and how often do you ...
A: Change the water in the bowl when it starts to look cloudy, about once a week. Let the water age at ...
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| Goldfish comet diesease | 7/2/2008 |
Q: My comet fish just got an ick, i dont know how to cure it,but I have the medicines for ick. Can you ...
A: Looking back on your rating I was wondering what I did wrong and how I could increase my ...
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| betta - gills | 7/1/2008 |
Q: Lately I have noticed that my betta's gills have a tendency to flare, like he is breathing heavily. ...
A: This sounds like a bacterial infection. Is what you should do is make a 50% water change and then ...
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| Fish tank water capacity | 6/30/2008 |
Q: ) I have a fish tank since last couple of years. But I have never gone in the details to find out ...
A: And no problem. I would not know this off the top of my head but if you need to know then you can ...
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| Dalmation Molly and some type of Platy | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I bought my daughter a Molly and a Platy after our guppies died at the advice of a pet store owner. ...
A: Well that is not really true. The mollys well do fine is just plain normal water, and they just like ...
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| Freash water tank | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I had a 10 gallon fresh water tank that had algae so bad you couldn't see through the glass. We had ...
A: It well do better off in the tank, And what kind of fish is this? The algae problem well not be ...
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| Red Tail Shark doesn't know up from down :-( | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I just bought a red tail shark two days ago. He is just a little guy and his tail is not really all ...
A: You should defiantly get a bubble wand for your fish tank. Preferably a ceramic one to make as ...
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| Mollies - breeding | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I started with two yellow balloon mollies; somehow, one of them had babies - 8 of them, none pure ...
A: Well first off the ones that are bothering the other mollys are the male mollys that tend to bug the ...
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| German Blue Ram disease | 6/22/2008 |
Q: Purchased 4 juvenile Rams yesterday and find that one is not very active and has a reddish ...
A: This sounds like a bacterial infection. So is what you should do is make a 50% water change and then ...
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| ammonia ridden water? | 6/22/2008 |
Q: I was thinking of buying some dwarf puffers but cant find any! Do you know any places where I can ...
A: You can get these fish at any local pet store normally if there is not a shortage of them. Also ...
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| my fish had 14-20 babies | 6/22/2008 |
Q: My fish had babies and i was gone while it happened so the babies are in the main tank,there to ...
A: You can take them to a local pet store and a lot of the time they well take them, or you could ...
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| Mildewy Smell from Tank | 6/22/2008 |
Q: Please help! Two years ago, I set up an aquarium and the fish died. I was told that I added them ...
A: This is a problem that you can’t really get rid of or it is extremely hard to. It is normal and can ...
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| My Betta Buster | 6/22/2008 |
Q: Buster used to be very active and swam around like crazy unlike his friend who lived next to him ...
A: This is normal for betas because they are not normally in a lot of space to swim in. It could of ...
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| black moore | 6/22/2008 |
Q: I have a black moore and one day I noticed that one of his eye was flat. I don't know if it bothers ...
A: This could be from an infection, fungi of the eye. I couldn’t tell you without a picture of the eye ...
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| curious about a tank stand for a 55 gallon tank | 6/22/2008 |
Q: tank and I'm just curious what you recommend for a stand that will hold the weight? Do you think a ...
A: Lots of things would work great for this. I would feel very comfortable using a dresser as a stand ...
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| catfish | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I have a 46 gallon tank with a heater and dual filter. I have 1 Chinese algae eater, 3 giant danios, ...
A: First off most all the catfish lay on the bottom for a lot of the time, such as I have a pictus ...
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| need advice for my dying beta | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help me please.. My betas name is Nord and he's 5 years old..A couple of days ago I ...
A: I definitely for this fish not consider Euthanasia. This is a last resort thing if you know your ...
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| betta | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I have a betta fish and this morning i noticed that he was not moving to much and he was on the ...
A: Well anything over a 1 gallon tank well be hard to swim for a beta, because they grow up in a little ...
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| Golfish lumps! | 6/20/2008 |
Q: My goldfish has just developed a tumor like growth just before his tail fin. The lump looks like a ...
A: This could be in fact a tumor or cancer, however without looking at the fish I can give a correct ...
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| White Spot on Cichlid | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I just recently noticed a white spot surrounded by redness on 1 of my African Cichlid, it looks like ...
A: Your problem sounds mostly like a bacterial infection. Your pH is a little high and this can cause ...
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| white lesions on oscar | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I HAVE A RED OSCAR ABOUT 5" AND HE IS GETTING WHITE LESIONS ON HIM. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE OTHER ...
A: This most likely sounds like some sort of external parasite. You should separate it from other fish ...
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| Ammonia problems | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I set up a 46 gallon aquarium about a week ago. I added cycle which I thought would help.I could ...
A: Well first of all you should test your water before you add it into the aquarium because that the ...
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| black mollies | 6/18/2008 |
Q: I have two black Mollies that I just got about a week ago. One of them has a anal fin that is ...
A: How are you today? Well this could be Ick on your fish. One of my black molly has the same thing and ...
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| a funny gourami | 6/16/2008 |
Q: a silver dollar, a giant danio, a swordtail and 2 ghost shrimp. i usually take out 25% of the water ...
A: How are you today? Well with Gouramis their color changes dramatically with their mood. They are ...
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| ADDING NEW FISH TO FRESHWATER TANK | 6/13/2008 |
Q: I have a 40 gallon freshwater fish tank, and almost all of my beloved pet fish recently died in a ...
A: How are you today? well as far as adding fish to the tank although there is none, you need to first ...
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| Mollies | 6/7/2008 |
Q: I am going to start breeding Mollies and i need to know what water conditions they need what are ...
A: How are you today? Just yesterday I finished breeding my female marble Mollie for the month. Alright ...
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| Water conditions | 6/4/2008 |
Q: Well I just got 3 fancy guppies yesterday and 1 is pregnant. I have a 20gallon tank and here are the ...
A: Well for the water conditions you want them to be neutral which means your pH should be at 7 and ...
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| algae | 6/1/2008 |
Q: i have a 90 litre cold water tank with a mix of fish:- gold fish, comets, shubbinks, fan tail. we ...
A: How are you today? First off you should make sure you have a new cartridge in your filter and that ...
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| new fish continue to die | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I have a eclipse 12 gal tank. It was doing well and then suddenly all the fish starting dying. I ...
A: How are you today? I think that you need to set up your eco system I have seen this problem before, ...
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| New tank | 5/31/2008 |
Q: We just reset up are tank after 3 batches of fish died for no reason and now its all cloudy and i ...
A: How are you today? The cycle it is going through is where the bacteria and such start to settle in ...
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| Pregnant balloon molly | 5/29/2008 |
Q: Well today I went to the petstore and bought some white Mickey mouse platies and then U saw the ...
A: Well to tell if the molly is pregnant you first want to make sure it is a female molly by making ...
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| ammonia level problems | 5/28/2008 |
Q: I have the wardley 3 in one water condition i use when i set up my tank and also when i do water ...
A: Ammonia is the number one thing that kills fish today. It is called ammonia poisoning. I would ...
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| molly fish | 5/23/2008 |
Q: I have three molly fish. I just bought two of the three last night. I told the pet shop worker I ...
A: This sounds most likley like she is pregnanat. I would put her in a net breeder soon so her babies ...
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