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I have two Ghost Catfish, one looks sick but acts healthy and the other looks healthy and acts sick, what I do?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

They were in a 5 gallon tank with an algae eater, I left the one that was acting sick in the 5 gallon tank and moved the one that was acting healthy into a 10 gallon tank along with the algae eater. The sick acting one sometimes lays on the bottom of the tank barely moving but a while later will swim around like he is healthy. His scales and fins all look healthy with no signs of anything being wrong. The other fish, acts healthy and is always swimming, however he has lost his whiskers, and his fins look like he’s been in a fight. I feed them both freeze dried brine shrimp. Does anyone have a possible explanation or know of anything I could do for them.

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brine shrimp and aquarium fish

Posted on December 17, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

i have a tetra a sucker catfish and 3 fancy tail guppies would it be ok to add some brineshrimp for them to eat i have a refrigerated bag of eggs that take a day to hatch would it be a good idea to feed the brine to my fish

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Feeding My Striped Raphael Catfish Brine Shrimp?

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

Hi. I am new to the cats so I need someone to help fill me in here. I am feeding my cats Frozen Brine Shrimp. The employees @ petco said disolve the shrimp before feeding to the fish, but it breaks down into tiny pieces when i drop it in. Should I ignore that technique and just put it in there frozen so they have more of a chance to eat it? Also, how do i personally feed the fish so that I see them eat it. This is just my personal want because I like to make SURE that the cats got their food. Thank you, and please give me all the info you know!

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i’ve had a bn catfish for a week should i buy it an algae wafer?

Posted on September 19, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

i’ve had a bn catfish for a week and was wondering if in case it gets hungry i should buy it a pack of aglae wafers

also how do u feed ur fish live brine shrimp. Do u like pour the whole pack in so the fish can take there time to eat them or do u pour bit by bit in and how long does that feed them for like a day? or 2 days?e.t.c
i mean live brine shrimp

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What is wrong with my fish?

Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin| 7 Comments

I have a 6 gallon tank. 2 months ago I had 4 fish: a cory catfish, a female betta, and 2 otos. They had all been in the tank for a year and were doing fine.

Three weeks ago, I found the Cory dead in the bottom. He had been acting lethargic. Now my betta just sits on the bottom and seems unhappy. Otos seem fine.

I always do a weekly 50% water change and treat the new water with a dechlorinator before pouring it in. Tank is kept between 79-81 degrees. PH is high, but that never bothered the fish before and people have told me to leave it alone. I feed them every other day with either blood worms, brine shrimp or flake food. Pet sitter fed them just flake food.

One thing I noticed when I tested the water yesterday is that the ammonia was kind of high, especially for an established tank. Nitrate and nitrate are zero. Last test showed zero ammonia and nitrite, very low nitrate. Not sure what happened. Did a 50% water change. Didn’t seem to help. Don’t see any signs of ich or parasites.
Also, I went on vacation for a week a couple months ago and the pet sitter overfed them. Came back and the tank was filthy. I did a 65% water change and siphoned as much food out as possible.

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