2angel fish , one angelicus loach 2 plecos (1.5" big) and a swordtail
so far he just stays in the back possing no threat until he want food i feed it and again he goes to the back
will he get used to them being in their or will he eventually try and eat them
ALSO sometimes im watching tv and he's at the front of the tank and as sson as i get up to see him he scurries to the back why
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Eventually he will call the swordtail dinner without a doubt and the angelicus loach will be a meal sooner or later as well. The 2 angel fish might not get eaten, but will be killed eventually as well. IF the plecos grow quickly enough they may escape harm, but if not the Oscar will try to eat them as well. Considering their spines, he might die trying to eat them.
The Oscar is just acting like an Oscar really, they take quite a while to settle in.
MM
The only thing I'd keep with an Oscar are little goldfish... and when there are three left I go buy four more. :-P Seriously, I would get a tank divider to keep him to the left or right isolated from your other fish - unless you have a huge tank, any other fish will be terrorized or eaten to death (possibly at detriment to the Oscar's health).
kiss the other fishies good bye the oscar will grow sooner that you think. and the he will be snacking on the rest of the fishes there are left in the fish tank
Friday, May 8, 2009
My Oscar fish is scratching and banging itself up and has allot of dints and scratches and missing scales?
Mostly from jumping at my hand when im trying to feed it and hitting the edge on the way down will these scratches heal and do scales grow back? is there anything i can do?
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they will heal but make sure that the slime coat is good, or the fish will get sick via lack of scales for protection.
You can use a water conditioner, stress coat, as a medication for slime coat protection.
So you should get some stress coat and he will heal in no time.
My small oscars like to jump as well.
they heal fine(and regrow scales) try not to open the lid much when feeding add some salt if you feel worried
Young oscars are especially feisty, which gives this gentle giant a bad rep. They usually calm down after a year or so. The key to your oscar's health is to avoid feeders, siphon your tank once a week, use a quality food like New Life Spectrum or Haikari, and siphon your tank again. Make sure your tank is at least 55 gallons for decent growth.
Heh an Oscar fish right on! When I had mine he did the same thing you are having problems with. I'm no fish expert but personally I kept a separate aquarium with feeder fish in it and would dump about 3 or 4 in per day. He quit jumping up because I think he liked the thrill of the hunt. Also I noticed you said he was hitting his head on the inside of the aquarium from jumping down. One thing you might want to try is cutting off a length of tubing thats big enough to shoot the food/feeder fish into the water so he won't have to jump up. Maybe try rigging it to the side of the aquarium.
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they will heal but make sure that the slime coat is good, or the fish will get sick via lack of scales for protection.
You can use a water conditioner, stress coat, as a medication for slime coat protection.
So you should get some stress coat and he will heal in no time.
My small oscars like to jump as well.
they heal fine(and regrow scales) try not to open the lid much when feeding add some salt if you feel worried
Young oscars are especially feisty, which gives this gentle giant a bad rep. They usually calm down after a year or so. The key to your oscar's health is to avoid feeders, siphon your tank once a week, use a quality food like New Life Spectrum or Haikari, and siphon your tank again. Make sure your tank is at least 55 gallons for decent growth.
Heh an Oscar fish right on! When I had mine he did the same thing you are having problems with. I'm no fish expert but personally I kept a separate aquarium with feeder fish in it and would dump about 3 or 4 in per day. He quit jumping up because I think he liked the thrill of the hunt. Also I noticed you said he was hitting his head on the inside of the aquarium from jumping down. One thing you might want to try is cutting off a length of tubing thats big enough to shoot the food/feeder fish into the water so he won't have to jump up. Maybe try rigging it to the side of the aquarium.
My orange goldfish has turned almost completely white. why?
He(or she) is a fancy fish, not a 'feeder' variety. Thanks.
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Your fish is perfectly fine.
I have a Fancy Goldfish (Ryunkin) that did the exact same thing. It happened after I tried a color enhancing fish food. I don't mind the change; but it was rather quick and complete.
Sounds like it could be ick. You can buy drops to put in your tank.
It's sick. My white fish became black once.
yeah probably close to dying sorry to hear that but you can try the drops that are supposed to heal him/her.
The loss of pigmentation could be due to a lack of sunlight, heredity, diet, and/or age
Goldfish turning color can be common.
How old is your goldfish? Less then a year?
If so, it can be very commeon.
Many of my Goldfish have changed color this Summer months -
I've had White/Red Sarassa Goldfish have their red slowly turn to white. I'm not sure why. I've checked everywhwere and have found out that it can happen.
In my other goldfish - it's happened to my younger ones - the comments. I've had the green ones turn to Orange and black. Other's have changed from Black to Orange and white. It's strange, but for some reason, the pigment in the skin cells can change - that's all it is -
Good Luck.
Ken
Its beacuse of a lack of sunlight, always keep the orange fish in a well lit room.
Clean the tank regurally.
Don't worry it's not dying
Hi, your first three responses were rather morbid weren't they! Goldfish turning different colours either wholly or partly is completely normal-as a general rule the get lighter as they age but these changes are very much random %26 totally unpredictable, nothing to worry about whatsoever.
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Your fish is perfectly fine.
I have a Fancy Goldfish (Ryunkin) that did the exact same thing. It happened after I tried a color enhancing fish food. I don't mind the change; but it was rather quick and complete.
Sounds like it could be ick. You can buy drops to put in your tank.
It's sick. My white fish became black once.
yeah probably close to dying sorry to hear that but you can try the drops that are supposed to heal him/her.
The loss of pigmentation could be due to a lack of sunlight, heredity, diet, and/or age
Goldfish turning color can be common.
How old is your goldfish? Less then a year?
If so, it can be very commeon.
Many of my Goldfish have changed color this Summer months -
I've had White/Red Sarassa Goldfish have their red slowly turn to white. I'm not sure why. I've checked everywhwere and have found out that it can happen.
In my other goldfish - it's happened to my younger ones - the comments. I've had the green ones turn to Orange and black. Other's have changed from Black to Orange and white. It's strange, but for some reason, the pigment in the skin cells can change - that's all it is -
Good Luck.
Ken
Its beacuse of a lack of sunlight, always keep the orange fish in a well lit room.
Clean the tank regurally.
Don't worry it's not dying
Hi, your first three responses were rather morbid weren't they! Goldfish turning different colours either wholly or partly is completely normal-as a general rule the get lighter as they age but these changes are very much random %26 totally unpredictable, nothing to worry about whatsoever.
My Oranda's tail is shredded with no apparent fighting while the other fish is fine. Is it some kinda disease?
A few weeks ago, the upper part of my oranda's tail is shredded in the center near the base. I didn't know what caused it so I added salt and observed the fish for a few days. There was no fighting and all the other fish is fine. A couple days ago I noticed that the upper part of the oranda's tail is getting shorter and shorter. Is it ill? What do I need to do?
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I would add Melafix and Pimafix together. Sounds like tail rot. The combo I suggest will cure both bacterial and fungal infection. Make sure you take the carbon out of the filter during treatment. My oranda had this problem a few times and the Melafix and Pimafix always fixed it. watch your water quality too.
maybe it's fin and tail rot. You can get medicine for it at petco or petsmart.
That's called fin rot or tail rot
here is a link on how to treat it
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/finrot.html...
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
to untrained eye it may look like fin rot or tail rot but that disease
starts from the tip towards the base
if it starts from the base outwards its "china disease"
its a very uncommon disease
you have to immediately put your fish in a hospital tank this diease is one of the most contagious diseases and and almost always leads to death and treat it with aquarium salt there is no cure for china disease i am sorry to say but the salt might stop it if you caught it soon enough
but the infected area starts to turn black it is to late and your fish must be put down.
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I would add Melafix and Pimafix together. Sounds like tail rot. The combo I suggest will cure both bacterial and fungal infection. Make sure you take the carbon out of the filter during treatment. My oranda had this problem a few times and the Melafix and Pimafix always fixed it. watch your water quality too.
maybe it's fin and tail rot. You can get medicine for it at petco or petsmart.
That's called fin rot or tail rot
here is a link on how to treat it
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/finrot.html...
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
to untrained eye it may look like fin rot or tail rot but that disease
starts from the tip towards the base
if it starts from the base outwards its "china disease"
its a very uncommon disease
you have to immediately put your fish in a hospital tank this diease is one of the most contagious diseases and and almost always leads to death and treat it with aquarium salt there is no cure for china disease i am sorry to say but the salt might stop it if you caught it soon enough
but the infected area starts to turn black it is to late and your fish must be put down.
My oranda developed sores or cuts on it's mouth, now they've healed, but he lost part of his bottom lip. help
i bought 2 goldfish about a month ago. an oranda and a ryukin. a few days later, the oranda developed sores or maybe cuts on his mouth. (i wonder if he cut himself on one of the plastic plants, he liked to chew them). they healed pretty quickly (a couple of days) but he lost part of his bottom lip from it and can't eat very well and spends a lot of time at the bottom of the aquarium. The ryukin never suffered any illness or injury and is very healthy. has this happened to anyone else out there, what else could have caused it, and how do i help my poor oranda? (2 fish, 20 gallon tank, weekly water changes, all numbers are good, no more plastic plants)
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Goldfish love to pick up gravel and move it about and they also love to nibble on plants, of course, preferably alive, but they're not going to learn that the plants aren't edible until they've tried it once. Yes, goldfish can get cut on plastic plants. That's why I always run my fingers over every piece of anything that goes into my tank. If it feels even the least bit rough or sharp, I smooth it out. He's healing and that's good. You may want to peak his interest in food by feeding special treats like brineshrimp, krill, bloodworms, etc. Yes, these are rich treats only to be given once or twice a week, but if he isn't eating, then it's a better alternative. Unfortunately, his lip won't grow back and there really isn't anything you can do about it other than to make sure he eats, even if it requires personal hand-feedings.
its sick maybe its the water get a vet or a fish specialist
Depending on how much tissue was lost, it's entirely possible that some or most of his lip tissue will grow back. It will probably be slightly deformed, much like a scar on a person.
Odds are very high the cause was the plastic plants.
MM
Hi, You do well to get rid of your plastic plants! however if you don't want real plants a really good alternative are those made from silk as these are soft %26 will not harm the fish.
it trully matter how bad it is
if its not that much and he can potentially eat and survive hell be fin in due time but the healing might look a little grotesque once it healed
but if hes getting more ill and can t eat properly you might have to put him down
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Goldfish love to pick up gravel and move it about and they also love to nibble on plants, of course, preferably alive, but they're not going to learn that the plants aren't edible until they've tried it once. Yes, goldfish can get cut on plastic plants. That's why I always run my fingers over every piece of anything that goes into my tank. If it feels even the least bit rough or sharp, I smooth it out. He's healing and that's good. You may want to peak his interest in food by feeding special treats like brineshrimp, krill, bloodworms, etc. Yes, these are rich treats only to be given once or twice a week, but if he isn't eating, then it's a better alternative. Unfortunately, his lip won't grow back and there really isn't anything you can do about it other than to make sure he eats, even if it requires personal hand-feedings.
its sick maybe its the water get a vet or a fish specialist
Depending on how much tissue was lost, it's entirely possible that some or most of his lip tissue will grow back. It will probably be slightly deformed, much like a scar on a person.
Odds are very high the cause was the plastic plants.
MM
Hi, You do well to get rid of your plastic plants! however if you don't want real plants a really good alternative are those made from silk as these are soft %26 will not harm the fish.
it trully matter how bad it is
if its not that much and he can potentially eat and survive hell be fin in due time but the healing might look a little grotesque once it healed
but if hes getting more ill and can t eat properly you might have to put him down
My new snail won't come out of his shell?
I just bought a black mystery snail at my pet store today, and he hasn't come out of his shell. I set him in the tank with my newt, and my newt came up and looked at the snail. The snail's just sitting on the bottom of the tank not doing anything, and he's all retracted into his shell. I'm wondering if my newt stressed him out? Or does it just take a while for snails to get used to their new environments?
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sorry but i think your snail is dead
your newt could of or maybe he needs time to get use to his new home. if he don't come out in a day . i would take him out there put him by his self in his own tank see how he does.
it takes a while probbabaly it was scared of some thing. maybe ur newt may eat snails as it may be smaller.if ur snails are bigger,it may pose a great danger. so the newt will have to eat the snail. go to the website to learn www.caudata.org/
good luck. and ps: keep the poor snail away from the newt
the water you have put him in may be different than what he is use to ( not to mention that the temperature could be different) so it is probably just taking him a bit to get use to his new home
Sometimes snails like to sleep or relax for days, sometimes weaks. I have a snail that will go into his shell for like three days, I pick him up to make sure hes not dead, which he never is, then I see him running around the tank eating up algea and left over flakes. Snails are weird but I would check to see if his door is closed to make sure he is alive.
i had the same problem, i bought mine at petsmart. it didn't do anything at all but at the second day it was moving.
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sorry but i think your snail is dead
your newt could of or maybe he needs time to get use to his new home. if he don't come out in a day . i would take him out there put him by his self in his own tank see how he does.
it takes a while probbabaly it was scared of some thing. maybe ur newt may eat snails as it may be smaller.if ur snails are bigger,it may pose a great danger. so the newt will have to eat the snail. go to the website to learn www.caudata.org/
good luck. and ps: keep the poor snail away from the newt
the water you have put him in may be different than what he is use to ( not to mention that the temperature could be different) so it is probably just taking him a bit to get use to his new home
Sometimes snails like to sleep or relax for days, sometimes weaks. I have a snail that will go into his shell for like three days, I pick him up to make sure hes not dead, which he never is, then I see him running around the tank eating up algea and left over flakes. Snails are weird but I would check to see if his door is closed to make sure he is alive.
i had the same problem, i bought mine at petsmart. it didn't do anything at all but at the second day it was moving.
My new fishie?
Okay so I started out with what they call a goldfish. but i'm not sure if it is or not. It doesnt look like a gold fish. It's small..not round at all. it has somewhat of a start of gold coloring but a black stripe down the middle of its back. I introduced a black moor goldfish into my five gallon tank with this other fish. after watching them for quite some time the smaller fish keeps swimming underneath my new black moor. then it opens its mouth wide and swims around it and then back underneath it. the fish does this a few times then swims away.. should i be concerned? oh and i put the small one in the fish bowl just in case [so i could ask this question without worrying about my fish.] help?!
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Hi Crazydaiisy, sorry to say you have way too many fish for the size of tank %26 the bowl has to go immediately, anything that survives in an unfiltered bowl does just that-simply survives, it's quality of life is very poor. I would recommend you get yourself at least a 20 gallon, lidded, filtered tank, all your fish can live happily in that for some time before you need to upgrade again. The link below tells you all about responsible Goldfish care. By the way-many Goldfish are not gold-they can be any colour from black through brown, red, orange yellow olive or silver %26 there is nothing to worry about with the behaviour you are observing!
You have way too many fish for your tank. Each Fancy Goldfish needs more than 10 gallons becausee they get up to 10 inches (8 inches is more common). You may have a Common Goldfish (feeder fish). Common Goldfish should not be kept with Fancies becaus the Commons swim much faster and can eat all the food before the Fancies have a chance. Get a bigger tank, or get rid of your fish...
Nosoop4u
you really may not have just a gold fish ~does it look anything like a potbelly molly they i have an orange one with black small,freckles could be a sword fin ?
well the little one could be a feeder fish? and since those are normally food for other fish, it might get eaten.
but i cant say for sure about any of the fish because id have to see them to be sure
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Hi Crazydaiisy, sorry to say you have way too many fish for the size of tank %26 the bowl has to go immediately, anything that survives in an unfiltered bowl does just that-simply survives, it's quality of life is very poor. I would recommend you get yourself at least a 20 gallon, lidded, filtered tank, all your fish can live happily in that for some time before you need to upgrade again. The link below tells you all about responsible Goldfish care. By the way-many Goldfish are not gold-they can be any colour from black through brown, red, orange yellow olive or silver %26 there is nothing to worry about with the behaviour you are observing!
You have way too many fish for your tank. Each Fancy Goldfish needs more than 10 gallons becausee they get up to 10 inches (8 inches is more common). You may have a Common Goldfish (feeder fish). Common Goldfish should not be kept with Fancies becaus the Commons swim much faster and can eat all the food before the Fancies have a chance. Get a bigger tank, or get rid of your fish...
Nosoop4u
you really may not have just a gold fish ~does it look anything like a potbelly molly they i have an orange one with black small,freckles could be a sword fin ?
well the little one could be a feeder fish? and since those are normally food for other fish, it might get eaten.
but i cant say for sure about any of the fish because id have to see them to be sure
My New Fish =]?
i finally have introduced fish to my tank, after a week long wait.
they are two little goldfish, named cosmo and wanda, and 4 minnows named raphaelle, leonardo, donatello and michaelangelo.
anyway..
they are all swimming about in their tank, but it would seem their main focus is to find food... how can i "stimulate" them in other ways, meaning giving them something fun to do...
like with dogs you throw them sticks or give them bones to chew, or horses you get footballs for them to kick...what can fish have? they have a little plant pot on its side to play in and some water weeds to hide in...
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Hi Littlestargirl, You already have the basics of a very good Goldfish 'playground' with the plant pot on it's side %26 the water weeds so you've obviously been doing some research-both make excellent hiding/sleeping places %26 entertaining exploration for little fish. [Incidentally-you have named your 2 Goldfish the same as the person who started the forum I help to run!]
You can add to their fun %26 games by slightly changing the location of certain objects in their tank each time you do a partial water change-this keeps them interested %26 constantly exploring, I don't know about the Minnows but the Goldfsih will certainly develop individual habits %26 traits that are unique.
Remember Goldfish need the largest area you can possibly provide them with so depending on the size of your tank you may need to consider upgrading sooner or later. Also as they grow the proportionate size of them compared to the Minnows will change %26 you will have to get a separate tank for each type, otherwise the Minnows may end up as dinner!
Fish are really great pets because apparently, they are always looking for food. Well, that's great but there really are no "fish toys" Decorations are great but with all the fish you have, after a couple of more weeks, they will tend to play with each other. I have two little goldfish as well.
First, off, a week isn't enough time to cycle a tank. Anyway, pretty much the only driving factor with animals is the search for food. And to procreate. So, with any animal, if you want them to do other things, i.e., tricks, you gotta use food. So, when you feed your fish, you go through the motions that you would use to tell your fish to do a certain trick. They associate your instructions with the food and do the movements in order to get the food. Then you continue the hand instructions, but reduce the food until they do the tricks by hand instructions only. It takes a long time, but can be done if you're willing to put the time into it. But, even then, they're only going to do these tricks on your command and will never "play" on their own. Don't worry about how your fish will amuse themselves. They'll be fine in that department. Just don't overfeed them because you think all they ever want is food.
they are two little goldfish, named cosmo and wanda, and 4 minnows named raphaelle, leonardo, donatello and michaelangelo.
anyway..
they are all swimming about in their tank, but it would seem their main focus is to find food... how can i "stimulate" them in other ways, meaning giving them something fun to do...
like with dogs you throw them sticks or give them bones to chew, or horses you get footballs for them to kick...what can fish have? they have a little plant pot on its side to play in and some water weeds to hide in...
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Hi Littlestargirl, You already have the basics of a very good Goldfish 'playground' with the plant pot on it's side %26 the water weeds so you've obviously been doing some research-both make excellent hiding/sleeping places %26 entertaining exploration for little fish. [Incidentally-you have named your 2 Goldfish the same as the person who started the forum I help to run!]
You can add to their fun %26 games by slightly changing the location of certain objects in their tank each time you do a partial water change-this keeps them interested %26 constantly exploring, I don't know about the Minnows but the Goldfsih will certainly develop individual habits %26 traits that are unique.
Remember Goldfish need the largest area you can possibly provide them with so depending on the size of your tank you may need to consider upgrading sooner or later. Also as they grow the proportionate size of them compared to the Minnows will change %26 you will have to get a separate tank for each type, otherwise the Minnows may end up as dinner!
Fish are really great pets because apparently, they are always looking for food. Well, that's great but there really are no "fish toys" Decorations are great but with all the fish you have, after a couple of more weeks, they will tend to play with each other. I have two little goldfish as well.
First, off, a week isn't enough time to cycle a tank. Anyway, pretty much the only driving factor with animals is the search for food. And to procreate. So, with any animal, if you want them to do other things, i.e., tricks, you gotta use food. So, when you feed your fish, you go through the motions that you would use to tell your fish to do a certain trick. They associate your instructions with the food and do the movements in order to get the food. Then you continue the hand instructions, but reduce the food until they do the tricks by hand instructions only. It takes a long time, but can be done if you're willing to put the time into it. But, even then, they're only going to do these tricks on your command and will never "play" on their own. Don't worry about how your fish will amuse themselves. They'll be fine in that department. Just don't overfeed them because you think all they ever want is food.
My new aquarium has white, cloudy water and it smells really bad...help!?
I bought 2 spotted puffer fish for my aquarium on Friday. The water is a cloudy white and it stinks, and there are quite a few bubbles at the top. What should I do??
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It could be from debris from your gravel being churned up, but, if it stinks, it's the water doing it's cycling. The cloudiness is part of the cycling process and is a sign that it has started, but as you have fish, you can't allow it to continue, aside from the stinking issue, or it will kill your fish. You need to do a 50% water change immediately. Then get a test kit, drops not strips, and test for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. You need to constantly monitor the water and do 20% water changes, probably every other day, to keep the ammonia down while the tank cycles. Don't clean your tank during this process or it will just force the tank to have to cycle all over again. While you're waiting for your tank to cycle, read up on the nitrogen cycle so you can understand it and how to do a successful cycle and then also about how to properly clean and maintain your tank so that you keep the beneficial bacteria and have a healthy tank.
If its new, did you rinse it out and let it sit for a min or two (No Soap or Chemicals) before first use?
fish poop?? maybe they have the runs?
give them some fiber ;-)
The cloudiness isn't something to really stress out about at this point. That is typical to the beginning of new tanks and it is a bacterial bloom of beneficial bacteria needed to keep the water chemistry in proper balance. The smell I suspect is probably from over feeding. If your total population is just those two spotted puffer's I don't think this is going to be directly related to waste production. Make sure when you are feeding, that you only give them enough food they will eat entirely in 2-3 minutes. Excess food in a new tank is not a good thing as when it begins to decay, will begin to convert into ammonia and your biological filtration, meaning the bacteria that is blooming now, is not at a level capable of oxidizing all of it at this point.
A note on those spotted puffers. I haven't kept one myself, but see the local stores selling them. I believe these are brackish water fish meaning the salinity of the water is needed to be higher then that of fresh water, but not quite the levels of ocean water. The smell maybe associated with an attempt to bring the water to brackish levels and it's not quite right, or the water was not adjusted at all, and the puffers are reacting to that. I don't know this for sure, but am thinking this may be other possibilites. For now, just keep the food reduced and keep testing your ammonia levels.
JV
If you have only 2 spotted puffer and your tank water is as bad as you describe, your tank should be relatively smaller, what size is it by the way.
Firstly your tanks not cycled, thats why the cloudy water, foaming and smell is due to high bio waste (Ammonia, uneaten food, rotting plants, etc) in your tank.
Fastest way to solve the problem is to do 50% water. Do you have a filter in your tank, you should let the filter run and let nitrifying bacteria established themselves in the filter media, that will get rid of the cloudy water. If you have no filter, please go and get one.
To help with the smell, you can also add Activited Carbon into the water and that should further reduce the smell from your tank.
Hopes this helps.
.
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It could be from debris from your gravel being churned up, but, if it stinks, it's the water doing it's cycling. The cloudiness is part of the cycling process and is a sign that it has started, but as you have fish, you can't allow it to continue, aside from the stinking issue, or it will kill your fish. You need to do a 50% water change immediately. Then get a test kit, drops not strips, and test for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. You need to constantly monitor the water and do 20% water changes, probably every other day, to keep the ammonia down while the tank cycles. Don't clean your tank during this process or it will just force the tank to have to cycle all over again. While you're waiting for your tank to cycle, read up on the nitrogen cycle so you can understand it and how to do a successful cycle and then also about how to properly clean and maintain your tank so that you keep the beneficial bacteria and have a healthy tank.
If its new, did you rinse it out and let it sit for a min or two (No Soap or Chemicals) before first use?
fish poop?? maybe they have the runs?
give them some fiber ;-)
The cloudiness isn't something to really stress out about at this point. That is typical to the beginning of new tanks and it is a bacterial bloom of beneficial bacteria needed to keep the water chemistry in proper balance. The smell I suspect is probably from over feeding. If your total population is just those two spotted puffer's I don't think this is going to be directly related to waste production. Make sure when you are feeding, that you only give them enough food they will eat entirely in 2-3 minutes. Excess food in a new tank is not a good thing as when it begins to decay, will begin to convert into ammonia and your biological filtration, meaning the bacteria that is blooming now, is not at a level capable of oxidizing all of it at this point.
A note on those spotted puffers. I haven't kept one myself, but see the local stores selling them. I believe these are brackish water fish meaning the salinity of the water is needed to be higher then that of fresh water, but not quite the levels of ocean water. The smell maybe associated with an attempt to bring the water to brackish levels and it's not quite right, or the water was not adjusted at all, and the puffers are reacting to that. I don't know this for sure, but am thinking this may be other possibilites. For now, just keep the food reduced and keep testing your ammonia levels.
JV
If you have only 2 spotted puffer and your tank water is as bad as you describe, your tank should be relatively smaller, what size is it by the way.
Firstly your tanks not cycled, thats why the cloudy water, foaming and smell is due to high bio waste (Ammonia, uneaten food, rotting plants, etc) in your tank.
Fastest way to solve the problem is to do 50% water. Do you have a filter in your tank, you should let the filter run and let nitrifying bacteria established themselves in the filter media, that will get rid of the cloudy water. If you have no filter, please go and get one.
To help with the smell, you can also add Activited Carbon into the water and that should further reduce the smell from your tank.
Hopes this helps.
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My neons have no tails left?
Hi there i wondered if any1 cud help me, i have 3 white clouds, 3 neon tetras, a dalmation mullie and recently added a shark and 2 odessa barbs. My shark died after 2 days here and today i have noticed that my neons have no tails or half a tail left, also my mullie keeps hiding. what is going on in my tank, im scared they r going to die and my 4 year old will be hysterical. Any1 know?
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eeek, mine have no tails because of fungus, and they are dying like flies. Yours have a chance, give the barbs away.
Put a fish medication with aloe vera in it into the tank to help heal the fins. If you are uk based you could look for a product called melafix, its tea tree based also helps with damaged fins and tails.
male odessa barbs can be quite territorial and nippy of other fish in a dominance related thing. so it could be your larger odessa barbs taking chunks out of your neons and that is why they have no tails left, ideally those need taking out of there, they are not ideal fish for community tanks such as yours
Barbs are the worst thing you could put in your tank they are also known as fin bitters! I would take them back to the pet store ASAP and how big is your tank??
Added: First of all how big is your tank, right now if I am right you have 7 fish in there?
I'm presuming you mean Dalmatian Mollie,they are nippy fish mollies in general i had to get rid of mine as they kept chasing and biting my angels.
you also have barbs barbs they are aggressive some of them the rose barb is a peaceful fish but the rest are not community fish
i would say the barbs are the problem i would consider taking them out and have a rethink about the fish you have ,go to an aquatic shop and see what fish are compatible with what you have
I agree with animallovinggirl...get those out of there! Barbs are very aggressive. When you purchase fish always look at the labels to see what can be placed together. If you don't know how, just ask someone in the store. Usually they can tell you exactly whats wrong and how to correct it.
well i was going to say its the shark attacking the neons as they like to nip them, but because hes died then it has to be the barbs as these are well known to nip fins too! sorry for the bad news.
take away the barb. maybe give him to a guy who likes seeing fishies get shredded by bigger ones?
You have a fin biter in there. It is probally the barbs, they are known for that. Isolate your injured fish so that they can recover are at least not spread any disease. Tell your 4 yr. old you both are going to play 'nurse' or 'hospital' she'll feel better knowing you are in charge and trying to fix this. Your barbs have already begun with the fin biting so you should get more compatible (more aggressive and able to defend themselves) fish for them. The mollie and neons need a seperate, safe place. I'm not familiar with white clouds but observe them with the barbs anyway. We had a similiar problem with a fancy guppy,we had to seperate him too and now he lives quite happily in the goldfish tank. We call him our Goldgupirrahna. We accept that they have problems and you just have to deal with it. You'll get this figured out too and it will be alright and fun again.
Almost without any doubt its the Dalmatian mollies that are dining on the tetras fins - had the same problem . strictly speaking they should not be in the same tank neon's like slightly acid water and mollies like slightly salty water
but over the tears they both have become adaptable fish .
If you like your tetras get rid of the mollies .
a good website is liveaquaria.com
tets are best
good luck
hey there .. right you have a barb problem.. with barbs they are only happy and 'community fish' when they are in a shoal so you need to get some more barbs to add to your tank then they will leave the rest of the fish alone.. i work for pets @ home in the uk (i don't no if you no it) and we always tell people that barbs are high risk fish they love nipping tails and bullying other fish hence why your poor neon tetra's got it lol
the next step id take if i was you is add 3 more barbs to your collection.. i know it sounds ludicrous to add more of the problem to your tank but once they are in a shoal they are happy and will 'play' around with each other rather than bullying the other fish for their amusement..
The right thing to do would not go to the place where you got these fish from they obviously havent got a clue lol
I hope you get to sort your problem out = )
P.s. watch your Mollie as well.. they are usually quite social community fish but i have known for mollies to take over a tank kill plecs and even sharks
Good luck = )
I was about to say that it might be fin rot or, more likely, something was nipping their fins. Then I saw your note about the barb and I'm quite sure you've discovered the culprit.
Answers:
eeek, mine have no tails because of fungus, and they are dying like flies. Yours have a chance, give the barbs away.
Put a fish medication with aloe vera in it into the tank to help heal the fins. If you are uk based you could look for a product called melafix, its tea tree based also helps with damaged fins and tails.
male odessa barbs can be quite territorial and nippy of other fish in a dominance related thing. so it could be your larger odessa barbs taking chunks out of your neons and that is why they have no tails left, ideally those need taking out of there, they are not ideal fish for community tanks such as yours
Barbs are the worst thing you could put in your tank they are also known as fin bitters! I would take them back to the pet store ASAP and how big is your tank??
Added: First of all how big is your tank, right now if I am right you have 7 fish in there?
I'm presuming you mean Dalmatian Mollie,they are nippy fish mollies in general i had to get rid of mine as they kept chasing and biting my angels.
you also have barbs barbs they are aggressive some of them the rose barb is a peaceful fish but the rest are not community fish
i would say the barbs are the problem i would consider taking them out and have a rethink about the fish you have ,go to an aquatic shop and see what fish are compatible with what you have
I agree with animallovinggirl...get those out of there! Barbs are very aggressive. When you purchase fish always look at the labels to see what can be placed together. If you don't know how, just ask someone in the store. Usually they can tell you exactly whats wrong and how to correct it.
well i was going to say its the shark attacking the neons as they like to nip them, but because hes died then it has to be the barbs as these are well known to nip fins too! sorry for the bad news.
take away the barb. maybe give him to a guy who likes seeing fishies get shredded by bigger ones?
You have a fin biter in there. It is probally the barbs, they are known for that. Isolate your injured fish so that they can recover are at least not spread any disease. Tell your 4 yr. old you both are going to play 'nurse' or 'hospital' she'll feel better knowing you are in charge and trying to fix this. Your barbs have already begun with the fin biting so you should get more compatible (more aggressive and able to defend themselves) fish for them. The mollie and neons need a seperate, safe place. I'm not familiar with white clouds but observe them with the barbs anyway. We had a similiar problem with a fancy guppy,we had to seperate him too and now he lives quite happily in the goldfish tank. We call him our Goldgupirrahna. We accept that they have problems and you just have to deal with it. You'll get this figured out too and it will be alright and fun again.
Almost without any doubt its the Dalmatian mollies that are dining on the tetras fins - had the same problem . strictly speaking they should not be in the same tank neon's like slightly acid water and mollies like slightly salty water
but over the tears they both have become adaptable fish .
If you like your tetras get rid of the mollies .
a good website is liveaquaria.com
tets are best
good luck
hey there .. right you have a barb problem.. with barbs they are only happy and 'community fish' when they are in a shoal so you need to get some more barbs to add to your tank then they will leave the rest of the fish alone.. i work for pets @ home in the uk (i don't no if you no it) and we always tell people that barbs are high risk fish they love nipping tails and bullying other fish hence why your poor neon tetra's got it lol
the next step id take if i was you is add 3 more barbs to your collection.. i know it sounds ludicrous to add more of the problem to your tank but once they are in a shoal they are happy and will 'play' around with each other rather than bullying the other fish for their amusement..
The right thing to do would not go to the place where you got these fish from they obviously havent got a clue lol
I hope you get to sort your problem out = )
P.s. watch your Mollie as well.. they are usually quite social community fish but i have known for mollies to take over a tank kill plecs and even sharks
Good luck = )
I was about to say that it might be fin rot or, more likely, something was nipping their fins. Then I saw your note about the barb and I'm quite sure you've discovered the culprit.
My neon tetras changed colour?
In my fish tank I had 5 neon tetras, a catfish, and one of those little drawf frogs that live in the water (I forget their name) sadly almost all the fish died but two of the neon tetras. Yesterday I noticed that my neon tetras have no more blue colouration but all the blue turned to more red. The fish are active and show no sign of being sick. Does anyone have any ideas of why that is happening?
And just so you don't worry I will be getting more neon tetras for the lonley little guys.
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Check the water temperature, the water might be too cold.
Fish tend to become lighter due to temperature change. I would purchase a thermometer, and a heater, by doing so your fish will remain at the temperature and therefore, stay the same color they were meant to be.
And just so you don't worry I will be getting more neon tetras for the lonley little guys.
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Check the water temperature, the water might be too cold.
Fish tend to become lighter due to temperature change. I would purchase a thermometer, and a heater, by doing so your fish will remain at the temperature and therefore, stay the same color they were meant to be.
My mum had...?
a small bowl with one fish (peter) no filter ,gravel, conditioners, and only some cheap food with no toys!
this was back in 1971 and guess what...the fish lived 17 years!!
was this unusual?
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oh my ,hun.
that is very unusual.
yes very unusual.
What do you think?!?!?!?!
What kind of fish was it. Alot of fish can live like that, but it's very unusual, I doubt it really lived for 17 years in a bowl, maybe a betta for 7 but not 17.
Hmmm, I'm not too familiar with that breed but if I lived in a small bowl I would want a quick life
THATS CRAZY!!!
i wish my fish would do that!!
That is surprising, but not impossible! She must have really commited a lot of time cleaning Peter's bowl. I mean if you clean the fishes bowl everyday, and feed it, I don't see why the fish would'nt live that long. It was in healthy conditions. The longest my "bowl" fish have ever lived for was like 6 months. I was actually proud of that, after a while I usually start to slack off when it comes to cleaning the bowl. So your mom was cheap, but must of took good care of Peter....
not really, those things happen
this was back in 1971 and guess what...the fish lived 17 years!!
was this unusual?
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oh my ,hun.
that is very unusual.
yes very unusual.
What do you think?!?!?!?!
What kind of fish was it. Alot of fish can live like that, but it's very unusual, I doubt it really lived for 17 years in a bowl, maybe a betta for 7 but not 17.
Hmmm, I'm not too familiar with that breed but if I lived in a small bowl I would want a quick life
THATS CRAZY!!!
i wish my fish would do that!!
That is surprising, but not impossible! She must have really commited a lot of time cleaning Peter's bowl. I mean if you clean the fishes bowl everyday, and feed it, I don't see why the fish would'nt live that long. It was in healthy conditions. The longest my "bowl" fish have ever lived for was like 6 months. I was actually proud of that, after a while I usually start to slack off when it comes to cleaning the bowl. So your mom was cheap, but must of took good care of Peter....
not really, those things happen
My mom's goldfish are turning red in spots one of them has died what is the problem please help?
if you are going to be and asshole or say something rude please don't ******* answer if you can help or know something about it please answer thank for your help
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sounds like poor water quality. Red spots arent very decriptive enough. do you me open sores? or just red dots. which can be hard to tell if the goldfish is orange.
but sounds like poor water quality. It can be from lack of WCs or lack of gallons. But try a water change and aquarium salt and alittle stress coat.
That seems to work for me.
But if you can post a pic that would be better in IDing it.
Sorry, they are sick, %26 dying. Im sorry but I thnk its too late. You can go to a local petstore %26 ask them, they may give you a medication to drop in the water. BUT, it has happened in the past with our fish too. MAny years of fish in the house %26 its happened a handful of times. Once they get the spots they die in 2-3 days. Sorry. Try the pet store if you really want, but I think its too late.
i looked it up and found that u may need to clean to the tank with antibacterial cleaner. Also, sometimes these spots are cause from stress. maybe age, something in the tank, or another fish could be causing these spots. good luck! u may want to talk to a vet also.
They may have ICH. The red spots may or may not have anything to do with it. Look at them closely, if you can see white crystal like spots on them, you need to get something at the pet store, OR walmart that will get rid of this condition. I'm sorry I don't know the name of it but it has ICH on the box.
Ask your local pet store owner. Describe the condition and ask them what can be done. They can die pretty quickly if they don't get treated. Also try cleaning out the aquarium or bowl. Scrub the sides with a sponge or scrubber. Good luck with the poor babies. I hope the rest of them get well!
I'm sorry to hear about your fish. I think it sounds like they are stressed. How big is the tank? Goldfish produce a lot of waste so first change 25% of the water making sure you dechlorinate the water. Add stress coat if you can.
Take a sample of your water to the local fish store and get them to test it just incase. Do you have an airstone? Redenning can be a sign of lack of oxygen, changing some of the water can help with this but if you do not have filteration then this would be the long term solution.
Check this site http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/dise... for information, it gives several causes and also has pictures to identify different diseases.
I hope you have some luck, I recently lost two very much cherished goldies and it broke my heart.
It sound's as if they are stressed, Do you know if they are fighting each other or nipping at each other's fin's and body? And do try to change the water, it relly help's. This is what I do when my gold fish get red soures on them, put the one that has the soure's into a breding net and leave it in the tank, so it will still be in the water, but no other fish can bother it and it can heal at it's own phase. It may seem like at first the gold fish does'ent like it in the net but it will settle over night and get use to it. I hope your goldfish get well soon.
They have bacterial infection and I suspect both internal and externally. I also suspect your water quality is not good.
Change 50% water twice a week for next 2 weeks. Add 0.01% salt (1g per 1 litre of water you change) into the water after you've done changing.
Buy a bottle of anti-bacteria and dose as recommended. If it's not too late you should be able to see improvement in a weeks time.
Good Luck.
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Red spots means the water is bad, and there is ammonia or nitrite poisoning, or there could be a bacterial infection. By the rude way you word your question, I would guess that people have told you before that you have too small a tank -- if your tank is smaller than 20 gallons chances are she is killing them with bad water. If those poor fish are in 10 gallons or less, you can change the water every day and htey will still have poisoning. If you dont want to hear the truth and just want the fish to die and to hear what you want to hear, that is a shame. These are living creatures. Good luck!
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sounds like poor water quality. Red spots arent very decriptive enough. do you me open sores? or just red dots. which can be hard to tell if the goldfish is orange.
but sounds like poor water quality. It can be from lack of WCs or lack of gallons. But try a water change and aquarium salt and alittle stress coat.
That seems to work for me.
But if you can post a pic that would be better in IDing it.
Sorry, they are sick, %26 dying. Im sorry but I thnk its too late. You can go to a local petstore %26 ask them, they may give you a medication to drop in the water. BUT, it has happened in the past with our fish too. MAny years of fish in the house %26 its happened a handful of times. Once they get the spots they die in 2-3 days. Sorry. Try the pet store if you really want, but I think its too late.
i looked it up and found that u may need to clean to the tank with antibacterial cleaner. Also, sometimes these spots are cause from stress. maybe age, something in the tank, or another fish could be causing these spots. good luck! u may want to talk to a vet also.
They may have ICH. The red spots may or may not have anything to do with it. Look at them closely, if you can see white crystal like spots on them, you need to get something at the pet store, OR walmart that will get rid of this condition. I'm sorry I don't know the name of it but it has ICH on the box.
Ask your local pet store owner. Describe the condition and ask them what can be done. They can die pretty quickly if they don't get treated. Also try cleaning out the aquarium or bowl. Scrub the sides with a sponge or scrubber. Good luck with the poor babies. I hope the rest of them get well!
I'm sorry to hear about your fish. I think it sounds like they are stressed. How big is the tank? Goldfish produce a lot of waste so first change 25% of the water making sure you dechlorinate the water. Add stress coat if you can.
Take a sample of your water to the local fish store and get them to test it just incase. Do you have an airstone? Redenning can be a sign of lack of oxygen, changing some of the water can help with this but if you do not have filteration then this would be the long term solution.
Check this site http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/dise... for information, it gives several causes and also has pictures to identify different diseases.
I hope you have some luck, I recently lost two very much cherished goldies and it broke my heart.
It sound's as if they are stressed, Do you know if they are fighting each other or nipping at each other's fin's and body? And do try to change the water, it relly help's. This is what I do when my gold fish get red soures on them, put the one that has the soure's into a breding net and leave it in the tank, so it will still be in the water, but no other fish can bother it and it can heal at it's own phase. It may seem like at first the gold fish does'ent like it in the net but it will settle over night and get use to it. I hope your goldfish get well soon.
They have bacterial infection and I suspect both internal and externally. I also suspect your water quality is not good.
Change 50% water twice a week for next 2 weeks. Add 0.01% salt (1g per 1 litre of water you change) into the water after you've done changing.
Buy a bottle of anti-bacteria and dose as recommended. If it's not too late you should be able to see improvement in a weeks time.
Good Luck.
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Red spots means the water is bad, and there is ammonia or nitrite poisoning, or there could be a bacterial infection. By the rude way you word your question, I would guess that people have told you before that you have too small a tank -- if your tank is smaller than 20 gallons chances are she is killing them with bad water. If those poor fish are in 10 gallons or less, you can change the water every day and htey will still have poisoning. If you dont want to hear the truth and just want the fish to die and to hear what you want to hear, that is a shame. These are living creatures. Good luck!
My molly is pregnant help!?
I have a black baloon Molly who gave birth a month ago. All of the fry were eaten by the other fish. I have put some live plants in there and it looks like she may give birth again. How do I know when to separate her? Can I put her in a breeding net? When will she have her babies? This has never happened to me and I want to make sure I take good care of her and the babies!
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Do not put her in a net or plastic breeder because she may get stressed and give birth to soon instead You can buy a ten gal. tank at walmart and put her in there as soon as possible and add a ton of floating plants and dense plants so the babies can hide in them And you can either buy fry fish food or feed them powdered flake food to make the food put a few pinches in a plastic bag and get as much air out of the bag as possible now close the bag and pinch the food and rub you're fingers together
You can separate her now by putting her in another tank and only to move her back after she has given birth.
This way, the babies will be safe from other fish.
Alternatively, you cna build partition in the tank if it is big enuff.
I'm not sure if you can really tell when they are going to have the babies. I have one that looks really big, so I seperated her already. They can stay in a breeding net or container as long as they are still in the tank. I read that the water should be warm and you should add some salt. Also eating brine shrimp helps them. I read this on the web so I am trying it but not sure of the outcome. Good luck!
Get another tank and put them in there pronto. If you want to make sure that they don't get eaten, than do what I say and tomarrow get a tank and then transfer what you want from the other tank(or buy some other stuff) and then that can be the birthing tank. Transfer the fish as soon as possible to be sure. Hope this helps!
Put her in another tank until she gives birth.
My molly is about to do the same thing... and I'm unprepared! But u can be! Here are some tips:
you can put her in a breeding net, just as long as it is big enough for her
You can also get a breeding tank for the babies
you can also have a Glass Fishbowl, or a vase and put the mom in there.
The only reason I'm not prepared, is because I only have her and 2 snails that are algee eaters!lol
I hope I helped! And I hope you will have healthy babies!
--Mae
P.S. For food, crush the food u give them, or gather some algee from a dirty tank, or a fountain that dosn't have cloriene in ti!
Have fun!
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Do not put her in a net or plastic breeder because she may get stressed and give birth to soon instead You can buy a ten gal. tank at walmart and put her in there as soon as possible and add a ton of floating plants and dense plants so the babies can hide in them And you can either buy fry fish food or feed them powdered flake food to make the food put a few pinches in a plastic bag and get as much air out of the bag as possible now close the bag and pinch the food and rub you're fingers together
You can separate her now by putting her in another tank and only to move her back after she has given birth.
This way, the babies will be safe from other fish.
Alternatively, you cna build partition in the tank if it is big enuff.
I'm not sure if you can really tell when they are going to have the babies. I have one that looks really big, so I seperated her already. They can stay in a breeding net or container as long as they are still in the tank. I read that the water should be warm and you should add some salt. Also eating brine shrimp helps them. I read this on the web so I am trying it but not sure of the outcome. Good luck!
Get another tank and put them in there pronto. If you want to make sure that they don't get eaten, than do what I say and tomarrow get a tank and then transfer what you want from the other tank(or buy some other stuff) and then that can be the birthing tank. Transfer the fish as soon as possible to be sure. Hope this helps!
Put her in another tank until she gives birth.
My molly is about to do the same thing... and I'm unprepared! But u can be! Here are some tips:
you can put her in a breeding net, just as long as it is big enough for her
You can also get a breeding tank for the babies
you can also have a Glass Fishbowl, or a vase and put the mom in there.
The only reason I'm not prepared, is because I only have her and 2 snails that are algee eaters!lol
I hope I helped! And I hope you will have healthy babies!
--Mae
P.S. For food, crush the food u give them, or gather some algee from a dirty tank, or a fountain that dosn't have cloriene in ti!
Have fun!
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