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Betta can’t stop floating. Bladder problems??

Posted on February 18, 2010 by admin| 8 Comments

I have had this betta for a little over a year now. I feed him 1 piece of bloodworm or brine shrimp every day so I know he is not overfed. About a week ago I noticed he was unable to get away from the surface of the water. He still agressively attacks the food when he is fed but if it starts to sink he can’t go more then an inch down into the water. Sometimes I find him on his side as well. 2 nights ago he seemed like he was fine again since I saw him near the bottom but the following morning he was on top again and has stayed that way, still with a healthy appetite. I’m guessing he is having trouble with his swim bladder. Any ideas on how I can help him out? Please don’t say his days are over just flush him.

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quarantine tank growth?

Posted on January 2, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

Tank is 4-6 wks. old with a foam filter, piece of live rock and no substrate. Flake food kept the tank relatively clean, started using frozen brine shrimp noticed the foam filter turning reddish/brown also the tank floor. The top of the live rock also turning the same color. Water tests all good, temperature 79 degrees. Not overfeeding. Is this natural and should I clean it or leave it alone. I do a 1-2 gal. water change every 3-4 days and clean out fish waste daily.

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Will my Sexy Shrimp Survive?

Posted on December 21, 2009 by admin| 3 Comments

My boyfriend and I just bought these sexy shrimp online a few days ago. They are pretty cool but they are A LOT smaller then I thought they’d be. Right now we have them in a catch cup with a piece of rock but we want to know if they’d survive if we let them out.

We have two blue yellow tail damsels, a domino damsel, a 4 stripe damsel, a ocellaris clownfish, a clown fairy wrasse, a snowflake eel, a serpant starfish, a cleaner shrimp and a Condylactis Anemone.

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what are the tiny white worms crawling on the bottom and sides of my baby angelfish tank?

Posted on December 17, 2009 by admin| 8 Comments

My pair of mated angelfish laid eggs about a week ago and some of the eggs hatched, i seen the fry wiggling on the bottom of my tank about 4-5 days after they were laid and oneday i looked in the tank and didn’t see any fry so i pulled out a piece of slate that was laying on the bottom of the tank to see if the fry was trapped under it and as i was looking closely i seen little tiny worm things crawing on the bottom and sides of the tank. I had been crumbling up some angelfish food int tiny pieces so they could eat until i could get them some brine shrimp.Could that be the reason for the little white worms?

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