Aquarium Fish Species

Dropsy can not be mistaken for any other disease. The scales of the fish stick out from the body like a rasp or file. The disease is incurable and can usually be traced back to poor water conditions.

No they do not "need" salt in their water. Mollies (Poecilia sp.) originally came from brackish (Estuarine) waters and provided it is done very slowly they can eventully live in a marine environment, but they have been kept and bred in fresh water for so long now that salt is not a neccessity as it once was 60 years ago.

Guppies are opportunistic feeders and will really enjoy a feed of live food like brine shrimp, daphnia, white worms etc.

Yes they do, (security in numbers) they break away from the school in order to breed and rear the young and then return again. Sometimes they form a new school.

One way to tell the sex of your neon tetra is that the males tend to be more slender, and the females tend to be a bit more round. Additionally, the line that runs along the body of a male tetra will be straight, while on the female, it will bend a bit.

They are fairly fast provided they have heaps of room and heaps of food. At 4 months old a Platty should be between 1 and 1.5 inches if it has been reared properly.

They can be pregnant (gravid) at 3 or 4 weeks.

No, but the babies are sometimes eaten by the females...

Cardinal tetras will eat most good Tropical fish flake foods obtainable at pet shops. They will also appreciate and do better if they get the occasional feed of live food such as daphnia, cyclops, white worms etc.

The water temperature should be near 76-78'F(24'-25'C). They can be in water as low as 72'F(22'C) and as high as 82'F(27'C) but 76-78'F (24'-25'C).is a safe place to keep the water temperature.

Is it back near the anal fin? Although a picture would help it's probably the gravid spot. Pregnant live bearers get the spot and it gets bigger and darker the closer they get to giving birth..

If it is not preyed upon it may survive. The main problem is potential overcrowding of the tank. Each 1 inch of living creature in the tank needs 1 gallon of water at least. You should also have a cycled filter and do regular weekly water changes of no less than 50% if you want to have healthy fish and shrimps.

That all depends upon how much damage was done to the fish while it was in there and how much damage was done getting it out. They have been known to survive similar traumas. Have you considered putting some kind of cover/sieve/sponge over the inlet to avoid this happening again?

A plecostamus (check spelling) I call them "pleco's", it is the only 'algae-eater' that NOTHING will even think about eating. For one main reason, spikes!! The pleco has spikes or spines much like a catfish. They are not nearly as poisonous as a cat fish but still pack a nasty sting, if a cichlid or any other larger fish did manage to get in it it's mouth both the cichlid and pleco are most likely going to die. " Survival of the fittest" I have seen the rare case were the pleco was 'spat' out and the other fish ended up dying which then the pleco later consumed it's rotting corpse- irony!! Plecos ARE catfish. But the answerer above me is right: nothing messes with a plecostomus catfish.

Also, if you are pricked by their spines, go immediately to the Doctor!

Milo and Oscar are not brothers. They are really close friends who live together! Hope that helped!

Bettas are egglaying fish, not livebearers. When a female fills up with eggs in readiness for breeding, she will stay 'pregnant' until she either mates or drops the eggs without a male being present. She may do this if she has filled with eggs and there is no male, because otherwise she may become eggbound (potentially fatal). If she releases eggs without actually spawning with a male, the eggs will be infertile and not hatch.

You mean if your guppy is giving birth and the babies won't pass? You should net the guppy out. Hold the guppy (yes, with your hands) in one hand and gently push your finger on the guppy's mid-area is a way that seems like you are rubbing the fish, but a little bit harder. If you are a novice, or just nervous, take your guppy to a vet and they will handle the situation. :)

Fightn' Fact #1: Always make sure your hand are wet before you have to handle your aquarium fish for any reason. Especially fish with softer fins like Bettas.

Fightn' Fact #2: If you try the first way and put your female back in your tank and she doesn't continue giving birth, don't worry. She just needs a few minutes to calm down. However take her too a vet if she is still carrying longer than a day.

They're omnivorous, so in the aquarium you can feed them general tropical flakes or small pellets.

Sometimes they will, but most of the time the babies are black. My Molly Fish just had babies and all but one was black. The other one was brown. So, yeah. They can be brown.

Fresh water angelfish are at the price of about 7.50, this would be the same for salt.
it cost to $3-$33 it depends on the weight and size.
Around 4 - 5 dollars

Yes they can and do. One lot of youngsters can have several different fathers.

Unfortunatly not.

Goldfish are used to freshwater conditions where as tropical fish have tropical water conditions. Both have diffrent PH water requirements so chances are that your godfish might die.

Hope that answers your question!

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No, goldfish and tropical fish should not be put into the same tank. They have drastically different temperature requirements that need to be addressed.

The goldfish are coldwater fish that need temps in the range of 60-65 degrees.

The tropicals need to be kept in temps of 72-76 degrees and some even higher than that.

Keeping a fish in the wrong temp water stresses them a lot and eventually compromises their immune system. Then, opportunistic parasites and diseases take over and the fish's life is shortened appreciably.

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No, I wouldn't

YOU CAN, ITS ACTUALLY GOOD TO HAVE GOLDFISH in water the same temperature water as tropical fish. Goldfish prefer tropical fish flakes aswell. becasue that's what i do and they have been fine for ages.

I'm not sure this is right but, I've heard it takes 3 hrs for a male guppy to impregnate a female. But I've also heard that it can take up to 1 month.

Goldfish are best with goldfish, but you can have weather (dojo) loaches, or bristlenose plecos, or even apple or mystery snails.

While there may be a number of varied opinions on this, and some fish keepers may have had lucky success with other typically incompatible fish in their tank, this is not the standard or proper recommendation.
There are quite a few species of coldwater fish that can live alongside Goldfish. There are Golden Orfe, Blue Dace, Rudd and several species of catfish too. Check with your local pet shop what coldwater species they have available on their lists.

Some mollies die after giving birth due to the stress of it, but it is usually rare. most mollies survive.