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Why Does My Fish Always Float At The Top Of His Tank?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 6 Comments

I have a betta fish, I got him almost a year ago and I’ve never had any problems with him. However, I notice he likes to float towards the top of his tank, with the tip of his nose or his back just poking out of the surface. I’ve touched him and he floats away like nothing wrong, but then a few minutes later he will float to the top again.
Also, when I am cleaning his bowl, I will put him into a small traveler plastic tank. There are (cleaned) seashells in it, similar to the ones hermit crabs use. Sometimes, I’ll see him stick his face deep inside of the shell, with his back fins just sitting out there, and he’ll be still for a long time. The first time I saw him do this, I thought he was dead, I reached in to see, and the moment I touched him, he freaked out and swam out of the shell and away.
Is my fish sick? Is there something wrong with his water temperature? He usually acts weird when I put him into a bowl of clean water, but I’m very careful to make sure the water is the same temp as it was when he was originally in it.

How Long Does It Take For A Fish To Die Out Of Water?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

i am kinda scared sometimes when i clean out my fishes tank becouse this one time i got the betta with the net and it jumped and it actually jumped out and it was flopping on the floor and i picked it uo with my own hands {eww} so i was just wondering does any body know?..lol

Aquatic Plant Advice, Please?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Sorry, I know this isn’t a “fish” question, but I’m hoping some of you might not mind sharing your knowledge on aquatic plants.
I would love to have a small water terrarium. No fish, just something purely aesthetic.
I googled it but really didn’t find anything all that helpful and was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on what plants were hardy and would do for a project like this.
Any special type of water, lighting, substrate etc.
I was thinking of something along the lines of a Very small aquarium with a small filter to give a kind of waterfall effect. Hopefully something with some river rock and moss for the bottom, with larger plants along the back.
Is something like this possible?
We have a lfs close by with a large variety of live plants, but I have no idea where to begin or what sorts of plants have the same needs as far as care.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Q&A: what is the best aquarium set up for cichlids and a pleco?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Question by Klz: what is the best aquarium set up for cichlids and a pleco?
i have a pleco and cichlid what is the best thing to use to make cheap home made caves ect.

Best answer:

Answer by Shannon Smith
to make a cheap homemade cave you could use coconuts and cut a small hole in them and sand them down

What do you think? Answer below!

P – Add Gravel
aquarium set up

Image by BigGirlBlue
Carefully add gravel, moving out until bottom of tank is covered.

Read more at Setting up a 32 Gallon Aquarium.

Filmy build up all over aquarium filter?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Question by blehh: Filmy build up all over aquarium filter?
So I have a 10 gallon aquarium with two filters on it, one is a topfin filter that came with the aquarium when I bought it; the other is a Marineland Penguin Bio-Wheel filter (for 20 gallon tanks) that I bought because I had no idea what I was doing when I started out keeping fish and had a huge issue with ammonia. It has been a few months since I’ve set up my tank, I have gone through the massive ammonia spike (my ammonia was at like 8 ppm or higher, it is at 0 now). I have 3 fish in my tank (balloon molly, red wag, cory catfish) and a mystery snail. Well, my filters are really disgustingly gross.. there is a slimy film all over the base of both filters that will come off in paper looking chunks if you pick at it, and the bio-wheel on the penguin filter has stopped spinning now. Do I need new filter cartridges or what should I do? Someone told me not to change the filter for the first year (wtf?) but online some people recommended changing it every couple months, and others recommended changing it once a week. These are the original filter cartridges on the tank, the topfin filter has been on there since March but was completely rinsed out in May, the Bio-wheel filter has been there since end of April. Please tell me what to do.. I keep getting mixed information and I’m not sure what I need to do to fix this issue.

Best answer:

Answer by Paul
Here’s my answer, I do not know, you can’t tell me I’m wrong as I really don’t know and I answered your question with an answer that was correct…

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I Think I Might Have Damaged My Fish?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 4 Comments

Ok ive just cleaned out the tank and put the fish back in but now both fish dont look happy and they keep swimming weird. one of the fishes fin keeps pulling his back end up and it looks abit dodgy. The other fish is not really swimming as much and am abit worried incase ive hurt them

Freshwater Aquarium Salt Vs . Marine Sea Salt?? Difference?? Will Give 10 Pts . For Best Answer!!?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 4 Comments

i just brought 4 fiddler crabs , and one red crab for my 20 gal. aquarium . i read online that they need brackish water ( meaning salt water and freshwater ) . i went to the aqurium store and they had both marine salt and freshwater salt . so…how do i create a brackish enviroment ? what salt do i use to make the brackish enviroment?? alos , what is the difference between salt water and marine type fish ? i know tropical fish is like mollies and platy’s . what is some examples of salt and marine type fish . can tropical fish be housed with SALT type fish ??

Please Awswer .shrimp Question Fresh Water.?

By on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 4 Comments

i had 2 japonica shrimp and know there is only one. i took every plant out of the tank and washed them with just water and took the other one out so my sick fishes medicine would not kill it. would guppies, snow tetras,dwrf gouramis,girl betta,platies or corydas eat it. i really liked it it would sit there and stare at me all day.do they jump.it might have been sucked up in the gravel cleaner.

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