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| Fish Lice | 4/3/2007 |
Q: I have a 55 gal. tank. Currently I have a very large Algae Eater and 6 small schooling fish and a ...
A: this is gonna suck, but here goes. You have to clean the filter and drain the whole tank and clean ...
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| what is wrong with my fantail gold fish | 4/3/2007 |
Q: I purchased these two fish on sunday and one is ok, the other one at times seems fine but keeps ...
A: Hey. The floating is not good, hes bloated. dont feed him for a week. Feed him one crushed pea a ...
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| freshwater test strips | 3/20/2007 |
Q: We have recently upgraded our aquarium and have had it filled up and running for a week now. We ...
A: Let the tank cycle. Add a platy or two to start for a 10-20g, and 3-4 for a 25g and up. The ammonia ...
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| fish help | 3/20/2007 |
Q: 1..hi, iam planning to get a fluval canister filter. for my 25 gallon aquarium. there are two fluval ...
A: 1. the 205 is best because you can never have too much filtration. Up to 25g means a lightly stocked ...
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| Sick Jack Dempsey | 3/19/2007 |
Q: I need some help with my 6-7 year old Jack Dempsey fish. His name is Clyde, and I'm desperate to ...
A: hey. Im REALLY sorry to say, but i think clydes on his last fin. Most fish who get old tend to not ...
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| fish help | 3/19/2007 |
Q: 1..hi i want to ask you, i have a 25 gallon tank. i want to know which filter is better to use hang ...
A: hey. I'll start in order. 1. I prefer canister filters for tanks 20 gallons and above. They are ...
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| "start-up" cycle | 3/18/2007 |
Q: I have had my 20 gal. tank for about 1 mo. and 1 week. I let my tank run for 1 week before adding ...
A: running for one week is when you put starter fish for the tank to cycle, and youre not supposed to ...
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| fish not active | 3/17/2007 |
Q: We recently set up a 10 gallon tank with 3 fish in it: a guppy, a ghost catfish, and a red fish I ...
A: Always use conditioner. Some fish like corys and tetras cant take any salt, but if you have a molly ...
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| fish | 3/16/2007 |
Q: 1..hi, i have a three question to ask you i have a 25 gallon aquarium. i want to ask you about using ...
A: hey. 1- sponge filters are extra biological filtration, but airstones are just more oxygen. The ...
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| white looking worms on glass | 3/15/2007 |
Q: What type of parisite looks like small white worms. I just noticed this afternoon.
A: hey. Worms are a bad issue. They can attach to fish and kill them. If its a small tank, as in 20g or ...
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| Tiger Barb has blood patches. | 3/13/2007 |
Q: I just bought Tiger Barbs (6) 2 male 4 female. I have a 75 gal tank. 1 male and 1 female have bloods ...
A: if its just the gills, its gill disease, and you will need medicine. If theres blood patches allover ...
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| Cycling Tank | 3/10/2007 |
Q: That's very helpful although you've used some language that I am not sure I understand as it ...
A: really sorry about that. Okay, so you have a bio-wheel. What acts like a sponge in bio-wheels is ...
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| fish | 3/10/2007 |
Q: i just bought a new aquarium. Iam thinking about using stress coat as a water condinter. I want to ...
A: hey again. You can never add too much conditioner. It is ABSOLUTELY not true that you dont have to ...
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| fish | 3/10/2007 |
Q: i just bought a new aquarium. Iam thinking about using stress coat as a water condinter. I want to ...
A: hey. To me, all products are really the same. AP originally made the stresscoat formula, then now ...
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| Cycling Tank | 3/9/2007 |
Q: I have had a 29g planted tank up and running for 7 weeks now. About 4 weeks into it, I did a 25% ...
A: hey. Right now out of my 6 tanks, my 20g was like yours. It just wouldnt clear up. I tried some of ...
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| Oscar | 3/8/2007 |
Q: I have an oscar, who when I came home from work had her eye bulging out. I am not sure what ...
A: hey. sounds like popeye. This disease occurs from poor water conditions or eye injury. 2 eyes ...
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| school project | 3/6/2007 |
Q: what is the proper water temp. for fish,costs of equipment and what chemicals are needed. how many ...
A: the best starter tank is a 10 gallon. You need a filter, preferably one that hangs on the back like ...
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| My Angle fish | 3/5/2007 |
Q: My tank caught some bad stuff from a new batch of fish but my angle fish made it through and now he ...
A: hey. probably fin rot. I would use the products melafix and pimafix mixed and dont stress him in a ...
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| freshwater aquarium | 3/2/2007 |
Q: the fish itself does not ahve any on it, its only in my tank, i have kept close eye on my fish to ...
A: theyre free roaming? They are not in your water, but from the tank. They may have come via a fish ...
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| freshwater aquarium | 3/2/2007 |
Q: i was needing some help here, i have had my tank for few months now, most of the fish i have had ...
A: hey. sounds like anchor worm. Its a disease that sometimes comes from poor water conditions. If its ...
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| Japanese Koi | 3/1/2007 |
Q: I have 2 Japanese Koi that I have had for 5 years. I put them in an outdoor pond in summer and ...
A: sounds like a bacterial bloom. Greyish white water is bacteria, and green is algae. Make sure you do ...
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| Blackfin/Columbian Sharks | 3/1/2007 |
Q: Currently I have a 55 gal freshwater tank with two 2in black fin sharks. I bought 3 blackfins over a ...
A: hey. I have alot of snow here too, and im constantly worried about outages. The reason for your ...
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| my ghost shrimp | 2/28/2007 |
Q: okay so i went to the pet store and so these great little ghost shrimps..they seemed active and ...
A: I have had many ghost shrimp in my tanks. Ghost shrimp should be kept at about 73f in community ...
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| cleaning my tank? | 2/26/2007 |
Q: My roomate left his fish at my house, i know anything about them i have been feeding them but now ...
A: hey. Some people do think tanks should have a 100% annual cleaning. this is not true. You should ...
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| fish dying | 2/21/2007 |
Q: I live in Spain and my conversation in Spanish is still very poor,hence the reason l am having to ...
A: goldfish do not need a heater. All other fish are tropical and need a heater. For tropical fish, you ...
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| new tank | 2/20/2007 |
Q: i got a new tank a week and a half ago and i let it run about a day and ahalf before i put some ...
A: at the first sign of high ammonia or nitrite/nitrates, do a 30% water change to lessen the level. ...
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| An unknown baby in my tank!!! | 2/20/2007 |
Q: I have a question. I first had one female balloon molly for a time, along with a golden alge eater, ...
A: its probably a baby molly. Most female mollies are bought pregnant, so its no surprise you got a ...
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| Oscars | 2/19/2007 |
Q: I just recently started breeding oscars in a 10 gallon tank about 3 weeks ago and I have plenty of ...
A: hey. Oscars and other fish hide because the sudden light startles them. a 10g is not for oscars. ...
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