Sunday, August 2, 2009
How do you get your oscars to like you?
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Just by feedig them the right amount of food and putting them in a spacious tank you shouldnt have more than one oscar (unless they are male and female) in the tank
How to? How do you avoid it? Just feed them a little bit every time you come to the tank. They will be excited to see (the food) you. If your Oscars are small, be sure to caress and pet them. It makes it much easier to deal with them when they are older and you are trying to clean their tank. An angry Oscar is a bite to behold. Doesn't seem to give them problems with their scales at all.
FEED THEM!! works every time
You don't oscar fish are very very mean, and from what i've heard you cant train fish. There bite is very painfull. later experences! believe me! lol
How do you get rid of that brown fungus that spreads on my fish tank?
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You are probably seeing brown algae and it's fairly easy to control, but practically impossible to eliminate from a tank. To control it, keep the lighting to abut 8 hours a day and be sure to do very through gravel cleanings and you do your weekly water changes. A gravel vacuum siphon is the best tool for doing this quickly and easily. Just change 25-30% of the water weekly, take care not to over feed the fish and keep the lighting down and in short order you will see a huge difference in the amount of brown algae in the tank.
MM
You have to take out your fish and put them into a bowl of water, and clean the whole entire fish tank. And if you were to do it, I'd advice you to clean everything, from the bubble making thing, the plants, the rocks, bridges...everything. And you scrub scrub scrub!
There are only two really important thing to having a crystal clear fish tank.
1) Make sure no sunlight is hitting the tank. The direct light makes the algie grow like crazy!
2) If you are using tap water to fill the tank, you have to "condition" it. I use a product called AquaSafe. It takes the chlorene and other chemicals in tap water and somehow neutralizes it. Don't ask me how, I just know it works!
I have had a 55 gallon tank for about 15 years now. I fought algie for 10 years before I finally got someone to tell me these two things. I have never been really good at taking care of the tank and I don't do my water changes like I should. But I can tell you that over the past few years, I haven't cleaned the sides of my tank more than once every 4 or 5 months and it is VERY clear.
That fungus is mostlikely algae. Test your water to make sure everything is where it should be, most likly something is out of wack. Do water changes often and if this stuff doesn't work there are commercial remidies available at almost every pet store.
mix bleeching powder
What you see is NOT algae. It is called brown algae. It is actually diatoms. These will go away in a while. This is usually a lack of light or high amount of silicates. You can remove them with algae eating fish such as otocinclus. Please avoid the Chinese Algae eater. They will eat algae when young but will turn agressive when older, despite what the fish store says.
First you try to find out what it is exactly.Whether its algae or dirt..or something else. Once you know what it is (you say fungus) factors on which its growth is dependednt- and stop those factors - if you can do that without puting fish habitat at peril.
Till you find out this - best way is to clean the tank thoroughly while changing water.
Alternatively you can try SUKER FISH..it will clean the tank on its own - VERY SLOWLY
and for your info - this fish is not very cute one - but work wonders.
How do you get rid of red slime algea?
is it bad for oyur tank?
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Yes, it's bad.
You have a saltwater tank, is that correct? There are a couple of things you can do. The first would be to use a scraper and small siphon to try and get out as much as possible. Other safe methods are to increase your water circulation, reduce nutrients (water changes, phosphate pads, use a protein skimmer), add macroalgae to compete with it for nutrients, and don't overfeed your fish/inverts. Some folks also mention Redox potential (adding hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate to increase oxygen in the tank) but this needs to be done with care.
There are many red slime algae-eating shrimp here-http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.p... Hope this helps!
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Yes, it's bad.
You have a saltwater tank, is that correct? There are a couple of things you can do. The first would be to use a scraper and small siphon to try and get out as much as possible. Other safe methods are to increase your water circulation, reduce nutrients (water changes, phosphate pads, use a protein skimmer), add macroalgae to compete with it for nutrients, and don't overfeed your fish/inverts. Some folks also mention Redox potential (adding hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate to increase oxygen in the tank) but this needs to be done with care.
There are many red slime algae-eating shrimp here-http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.p... Hope this helps!
Friday, July 31, 2009
How do you get rid of "Velvet" in your saltwater aquarium? I have 55gal, sand substrate, live rock.
All levels good; nitrite 0, ammonia 0, ph 8.2, nitrate 20-40 ppm. I use premixed Ocean Seawater. Have gone fallow for 8 weeks, velvet still present.
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I'd have to ask what you've been using to treat this so far, but whatever it is obviously hasn't been very sucessful for you. Also, are you positive of your diagnosis? Marine velvet symptoms and those of a few other conditions can appear similar.
There are a number of methods that are proven to treat marine parasites, among these are freshwater dips (won't rid your tank of the parasites, only the fish undergoing treatment), copper, and formalin. The copper and formalin, especially when used in combination, provide the most effective treatment, but these will have negative effects on any invertebrates you may keep and does stress the fish. You can treat the fish outside the tank (using a "hospital tank") to protect any inverts, but unlike ich, the parasite causing velvet can remain for quite some time without a fish host. Formalin is also a known carcinogenic, so you need to be careful when handling this. I'll include some links to marine velvet and it's treatment below:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-0... - marine velvet biology and treatment
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/body_vm004... - link on marine velvet
If you are using a copper based treatment already, are you testing the amount of copper present in the water? Copper has the unfortunate tendency to bind with organics (you should always do a water change and gravel cleaning prior to its use), so you may not be getting an effective dose. You also need to pull any carbon from your filters as this will remove medications.
I've never tried Kick-Ich personally, but from information on this product (which is provided by the manufacturing company), it doesn't claim any benefit for treatment of any other marine diseases other than ich. Nor have I found independent research supporting the effectiveness of the product other than the manufacturer's claims. Information I've found on the web, from a website with a panel headed by a marine scientist and author, doesn't support the product even as an ich treatment, rather it lists this as a "non-cure":
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/cryptnoncures...
Are you referring to red algae?
Oodinium ich is easy to treat with KickIch. ONLY. This also will not hurt your inverts corals or anything else in your tank.
8 weeks is a long time to have velvet. kick ich will take about 12 days to cure totally.
If you need more help feel free to email me.
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I'd have to ask what you've been using to treat this so far, but whatever it is obviously hasn't been very sucessful for you. Also, are you positive of your diagnosis? Marine velvet symptoms and those of a few other conditions can appear similar.
There are a number of methods that are proven to treat marine parasites, among these are freshwater dips (won't rid your tank of the parasites, only the fish undergoing treatment), copper, and formalin. The copper and formalin, especially when used in combination, provide the most effective treatment, but these will have negative effects on any invertebrates you may keep and does stress the fish. You can treat the fish outside the tank (using a "hospital tank") to protect any inverts, but unlike ich, the parasite causing velvet can remain for quite some time without a fish host. Formalin is also a known carcinogenic, so you need to be careful when handling this. I'll include some links to marine velvet and it's treatment below:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-0... - marine velvet biology and treatment
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/body_vm004... - link on marine velvet
If you are using a copper based treatment already, are you testing the amount of copper present in the water? Copper has the unfortunate tendency to bind with organics (you should always do a water change and gravel cleaning prior to its use), so you may not be getting an effective dose. You also need to pull any carbon from your filters as this will remove medications.
I've never tried Kick-Ich personally, but from information on this product (which is provided by the manufacturing company), it doesn't claim any benefit for treatment of any other marine diseases other than ich. Nor have I found independent research supporting the effectiveness of the product other than the manufacturer's claims. Information I've found on the web, from a website with a panel headed by a marine scientist and author, doesn't support the product even as an ich treatment, rather it lists this as a "non-cure":
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/cryptnoncures...
Are you referring to red algae?
Oodinium ich is easy to treat with KickIch. ONLY. This also will not hurt your inverts corals or anything else in your tank.
8 weeks is a long time to have velvet. kick ich will take about 12 days to cure totally.
If you need more help feel free to email me.
How do you get clown loaches to grow really fast???
In my fish tank I lost four loaches that were getting pretty big and now have to start over. Does anyone know how to get them to grow really fast?? I want some big ones!!!
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clown loaches are a slow growing fish but there is one thing to help just feed it good and keep the water clean and cycled and the best thing to feed is brine shrimp that will make them grow the fastest you can buy frozen or raise your own just search on yahoo for raising brine shrimp and it will give you all the info you need it is a very easy thing to do but like i said it is just as easy to buy frozen but not as nutritious
Basically you don't. Clown loaches are a slow growing species and will only grow at a certain speed no matter what you try. The best think to do is go for healthy growth by keeping the tank clean and feeding a nice variety of foods.
MM
They grow at their own rate. Unless you keep one of them in a really big tank, then he'll grow to adapt to the tank size.
Keep the water clean, change 25% every alternative day, maintain temperature at 27 degree C, and feed with frozen or live blood worms. Their growth rate will increase.
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clown loaches are a slow growing fish but there is one thing to help just feed it good and keep the water clean and cycled and the best thing to feed is brine shrimp that will make them grow the fastest you can buy frozen or raise your own just search on yahoo for raising brine shrimp and it will give you all the info you need it is a very easy thing to do but like i said it is just as easy to buy frozen but not as nutritious
Basically you don't. Clown loaches are a slow growing species and will only grow at a certain speed no matter what you try. The best think to do is go for healthy growth by keeping the tank clean and feeding a nice variety of foods.
MM
They grow at their own rate. Unless you keep one of them in a really big tank, then he'll grow to adapt to the tank size.
Keep the water clean, change 25% every alternative day, maintain temperature at 27 degree C, and feed with frozen or live blood worms. Their growth rate will increase.
How do you fish. I have a lake across from my house but don't know how to fish.?
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You need a rod and reel and some bait. If you're fishing for catfish, raw chicken liver is the best bait there is. If it's bass, you need a plastic worm or a lure from the sporting goods store. The clerk can help you. For cats, just throw in the baited line and let it sit till you get a bite. For bass, you have to simulate live food for it to hit. Practice makes perfect. Fishing is a great pasttime. Enjoy!
Take a friend along who knows how and let them show you the ropes! Also, watch those fishing shows on tv on Saturday mornings.
Check out the sporting goods dept in your neighborhood mega-store.
Ask a neighbor to take you and show you how. But first make sure you don't need a license for that particular lake.
This section is for aquarium keeping. You will probably get far better answers by posting your question in Outdoor Recreation or Water sports sections. Best of luck, fishing is fun!
MM
What kind of fishing? Fly fishing,bottom fishing,bait fishing,spear fishing,bow fishing,lure fishing or how about trolling. What kind of fishing rod and reel?
You buy a fishing pole and use the directions. Be sure you have a liscence to fish, also.
There are many types of fishing and this is the fish caretaking section, try sports and recreation
Best of luck!!!
You won't get fish for your aquarium from fishing in a lake. Go to a pet store. If you are going fishing for food or sport,look up in your yellow pages under fishing or game and wildlife in the government section.
How do you feed fish while on vacation.?
In July, we will be going on a 2 week vacation. We have a 20 gallon aquarium with 4 fish in it. I need some info on how to feed them while we are away.
Quick answers gets you the points
Thanks in advance
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There are fish feeders that runs like a clock and can feed the fish twice a day, all you have to do is fill the cylinder with fish food flakes and attach it to the tank, if patience you could watch the thing for five minutes while it drops the food in the tank. I was gone for three weeks and my fish was fine when I return. They are about 25 dollars at petsmart, I found the same thing for half the price at Wal mart. The other thing is feeding blocks that you drop into a tank that releases food slowly, but there is no guarantee that the fish may try to pick on these and eat them more quickly, but having only four fishes it should not be a problem with the time release feeder. Last you can use a time release and ask a friend to look after your fishes from time to time, but I like the fish feeder clock cause I know that it works and even when I don't have time to feed the fish it is done automatically.
They actually make little shell or stone-shaped things that you drop in the tank which slowly dissolve and release food - check pet stores or even pet dept at Wal-Mart.
There are vacation food blocks available for fish at your local PetsMart or PetCo. Be sure to read the labels carefully, as different brands last for different amounts of time.
You could also look into purchasing an automatic feeder. though they are a lot more expensive.
You could ask a nieghbor or a relative that lives close by that you trust. They could go to your house everyday to feed them. They can also bring in your mail and the paper.
in pet shops you can buy this things which can last for long and your fish will pick at them they are good
Friends or neighbors. Ask somebody else to feed the fish. Or if you can't, there's some long term food fish stuff that you can buy. It desolves slowly, some last for weeks, some last for days. But I suggest having somebody come by to feed them.
you can ask a family member to go over like every other day and feed them.
They make vacation feeders, I've seen up to 10 day ones.
The problem with them though, is that any picky eaters in your tank will shun the pellet food and starve.
Happened to my Violet Goby.
Automatic feeders are sold at most pet stores, they tend to run around $10 at Walmart.
You can give it to a neighbor to feed. You can buy an automatic feeder (not the ones that dissolve, the ones that are electronic). Or you can not go on the vacation (which will suck)
They make vacation feeders you put them in the tank well you are away, couldn't be easier.
Well at some pet stores they have these bars that let out food slowly.
They all last for different times. Ex-1 week 2 weeks 5 days.
If you can't find these i would try to find someone you trust to give a spare key and give them the right to go in your house without you there to feed your wet little friends.
Hope you have fun with on your trip!!
Vacation feeders...aptly named (on the package) blocks of basic food that will release slowly over time (timed-release) and insure that the food supply will last for a week.
There is also a small device available in petshops called an auto-feeder...designed for this type of need.
It's a small plastic device that mounts atop the tank, and uses a motor and batteries.
A hopper holds up to 2 weeks of food, and it actually dumps the measured amount of food into the tank each day.
For a 2-week stay, this would work better than the blocks.
Hire some one to feed them.
As others have said there are vacation feeders that take a while to dissolve or even electronic feeders. Their are neighbors as well if you trust them or even family members if they live close or aren't going with you on vacation. There is even a pet sitter service if you trust that for people who have dogs,cats,birds etc. I am sure even fish. I hope that all goes well and have a good vacation.
ask of hire a neighbor or friend
Quick answers gets you the points
Thanks in advance
Answers:
There are fish feeders that runs like a clock and can feed the fish twice a day, all you have to do is fill the cylinder with fish food flakes and attach it to the tank, if patience you could watch the thing for five minutes while it drops the food in the tank. I was gone for three weeks and my fish was fine when I return. They are about 25 dollars at petsmart, I found the same thing for half the price at Wal mart. The other thing is feeding blocks that you drop into a tank that releases food slowly, but there is no guarantee that the fish may try to pick on these and eat them more quickly, but having only four fishes it should not be a problem with the time release feeder. Last you can use a time release and ask a friend to look after your fishes from time to time, but I like the fish feeder clock cause I know that it works and even when I don't have time to feed the fish it is done automatically.
They actually make little shell or stone-shaped things that you drop in the tank which slowly dissolve and release food - check pet stores or even pet dept at Wal-Mart.
There are vacation food blocks available for fish at your local PetsMart or PetCo. Be sure to read the labels carefully, as different brands last for different amounts of time.
You could also look into purchasing an automatic feeder. though they are a lot more expensive.
You could ask a nieghbor or a relative that lives close by that you trust. They could go to your house everyday to feed them. They can also bring in your mail and the paper.
in pet shops you can buy this things which can last for long and your fish will pick at them they are good
Friends or neighbors. Ask somebody else to feed the fish. Or if you can't, there's some long term food fish stuff that you can buy. It desolves slowly, some last for weeks, some last for days. But I suggest having somebody come by to feed them.
you can ask a family member to go over like every other day and feed them.
They make vacation feeders, I've seen up to 10 day ones.
The problem with them though, is that any picky eaters in your tank will shun the pellet food and starve.
Happened to my Violet Goby.
Automatic feeders are sold at most pet stores, they tend to run around $10 at Walmart.
You can give it to a neighbor to feed. You can buy an automatic feeder (not the ones that dissolve, the ones that are electronic). Or you can not go on the vacation (which will suck)
They make vacation feeders you put them in the tank well you are away, couldn't be easier.
Well at some pet stores they have these bars that let out food slowly.
They all last for different times. Ex-1 week 2 weeks 5 days.
If you can't find these i would try to find someone you trust to give a spare key and give them the right to go in your house without you there to feed your wet little friends.
Hope you have fun with on your trip!!
Vacation feeders...aptly named (on the package) blocks of basic food that will release slowly over time (timed-release) and insure that the food supply will last for a week.
There is also a small device available in petshops called an auto-feeder...designed for this type of need.
It's a small plastic device that mounts atop the tank, and uses a motor and batteries.
A hopper holds up to 2 weeks of food, and it actually dumps the measured amount of food into the tank each day.
For a 2-week stay, this would work better than the blocks.
Hire some one to feed them.
As others have said there are vacation feeders that take a while to dissolve or even electronic feeders. Their are neighbors as well if you trust them or even family members if they live close or aren't going with you on vacation. There is even a pet sitter service if you trust that for people who have dogs,cats,birds etc. I am sure even fish. I hope that all goes well and have a good vacation.
ask of hire a neighbor or friend
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