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HELLO I'VE GOT THREE FISH
TANKS IN VARIOUS SIZES.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IS WHAT PLANT'S I COULD
PUT IN THAT GROW UP THE
SIDE OF THE TANK AND ACROSS
THE TOP.
CAN TWO PIM PICTUS CAT FISH
LIVE IN THE SAME TANK. WHAT
FOOD CAN I PUT IN THE TANKS
THAT WILL LAST A WEEK WITHOUT
POLLUTING THE WATER. THANKS
.
Reply.
Hello. I don't know of any aquatic plant for aquariums
that will grow up the side and across the top of
an aquarium. Click
here to read the list of plants for aquariums
that we sell.
I just remembered
that a long time ago my brother and I planted some
Vallisneria in the corner of one of our aquariums,
and the Vallisneria grew to the top of the water,
then bent over and grew across the surface of the
water. It was huge, dark green, and grew so fast
that it amazed us. So you might try some Vallisneria,
if it sounds like something you'd like to raise.
Yes two Pictus Catfish
can live together in the same aquarium. In fact
Pictus Catfish seem to enjoy each others company.
They often swim together, not quite in a school
but just near each other.
Hi, I was wondering if you
suggest a different fish
in a vase with a plant,
that does not need feeding.
I am decorating a wedding
reception with 24 Fish in
a Vase. I was hoping to
give away most of them and
I thought the fish would
live off the algae on the
plants just like our pond.
I'm up for any suggestions
and I am looking for 24
fish to fill the vases and
Plants also. Speed reply
please.
Thanks,
Linda F.
Reply. Hello.
I don't know of any fish that can live in a vase
without being fed. Not enough algae grows in a vase,
and there are no bugs like fish find in a pond.
The best fish for a vase is a Betta Fish. Click
here for more information about keeping a Betta
in a vase.
hi, can you mix item
2375-Malawi Peacocks with
oscars?
jake
Reply.
Hello Jake. An Oscar and a Peacock Cichlid could
live together in the same aquarium, if they were
about the same size. Both of these species are Cichlids,
and they are not as aggressive as most Cichlids.
But you should not
keep a few Cichlids in the same aquarium. If you
keep just a few, the strongest will make the others
miserable. But when you keep lots of Cichlids together
the strongest cannot make all of the other miserable.
So you should not
keep just one Oscar and one Malawi Peacock together
in the same aquarium.
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My name is Timmi
S. and I teach high school
science. I recently acquired
a 1.5 gallon fish bowl and
am looking for something
to put in it and take to
school. I need relatively
low maintenance fish. I
have gravel and have read
your section on how to maintain
a fish bowl, (very informative!!)
I am planning on
getting 1 male betta, but
would like something to
go with it. I really would
like something that would
help me take care of waste
(besides the ghost shrimp)
and I was looking at the
Plecostomus Catfish as a
possible choice. I know
that it says filter etc.,
but could I get away with
it. 1 male betta and a P.
catfish?????
thanks, ms. shawler
Reply. Hello.
I recommend one Betta, six White Clouds, and a Mystery
Snail. Click
here to read more about White Clouds, and click
here to read more about Mystery Snails.
I am thinking about buying
a pair of guppies.
When the female has the
baby guppies, should i put
them in a breeder net?
So far all the fish i have
are zebra danios and painted
glass and those are about
the same size as a guppy.
Would they eat the babies?
when you change 20% of the
water and clean the gravel,
do you have to remove the
fish from the pond and/or
the aquarium? also,
do you remove the 20% of
water with the gravel cleaner?
Because you said you remove
20% water twice a week and
when you clean the gravel
to only clean untill 20%
of the water is gone. Thanks!
Reply.
Hello. Thank you for your two emails. Put the female
Guppy in the breeder net a couple of days before
she has babies. Leave her in the net for a day or
two after she releases her babies, so she can recover,
before she goes back in your aquarium with the other
fish.
Guppies are close
relatives of Mollies, and breed about the same way
that Mollies breed. Click
here to real all about breeding Mollies and
about putting the female Molly in a breeder net.
Zebra Danios swim
fast and will probably eat your baby Guppies. So
you should keep the baby Guppies in a breeder net,
until they have doubled in length, which usually
takes about two weeks, by then they'll be able to
swim fast enough to avoid being eaten by the Zebra
Danios.
When you remove water
from your aquarium, I recommend that you leave the
fish in the aquarium and just carefully remove 20%
of the water using a gravel washer to siphon the
water into a bucket that is on the floor under the
aquarium. Click
here for more about using a gravel washer.
As you siphon the
water from your aquarium, watch how much water you
have siphoned out, when you've siphoned 20% out
of your aquarium, stop, because changing more than
20% of the water in one day can be risky to your
fish, even if you add water conditioner. Click
here for more information about water conditioner.
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Hi again. I want to thank
you on behalf of my fish
and myself on all the helpfull
information you have provided.
I have just one more question.
I'm looking for a convenient
way to feed my piranhas
and I read that freeze dried
krill can replace feeder
fish. Is this true? If so,
will this provide them with
all the nutrience they need
so I will not have to feed
them anything else?
Thanks again.
A. C.
Bay Area
California
Reply.
Hello again. Click here to read about the recommended
diet for Piranhas. Freeze Dried Krill will make
a good addition to their diet. But I would not feed
them just the krill, which will be lacking in variety
and may be lacking in some nutrients that the Piranhas
need.
It is always best
to feed several foods, and if you look on the label
of a good flake food or fish food pellets, you will
see that the flakes and pellets have lots of different
foods like carrots, shrimp, fish meal, and lots
of other various foods to make a balanced meal.
I have tried the potted
aquarium plants ... The
potted plants work ok and
they avoid the "shock" that
some plants go through.
The pots limit growth, however,
and if you have plants that
reproduce via runners or
buds, they might not appear
or if they do, you need
to dig them out to separate
them.
If you want plants to stay
on the bottom, here's an
idea. Fill very small plastic
bag (clean) with gravel.
Use a rubberband to attach
them to a plant and bury.
Works great for anacheris.
Reply.
Hello. This sounds like an ingenious idea, and it
might be a solution to keeping plants in aquariums
that have a very thin layer of gravel like we recommend.
Click
here to read more about cultured gravel for
aquariums.
Of course before
we put anything in an aquarium, we want to make
sure it's non-toxic. The plastic bag is probably
OK because we usually put food in for human consumption
in plastic bags. The rubber band might not be OK.
Some rubber bands are plastic, but other rubber
bands are made of natural gum rubber, which might
decompose and could possibly cause a problem in
the aquarium. So be cautious.
But you idea is creative
and worth a try, which I am going to so in my aquarium.
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hi i have 1 female guppy,
2 male guppies, 3 cories,
and 2 female balloon mollies.
just right now, i discovered
2 black fry hiding in my
newly bought java moss.
i know that its not guppy
fry, cause the female already
gave birth and the fry is
already bigger than the
3 day old guppy fry, and
i know its not a cory cause
they dont look like that.
the only 2 possibilities
are : it came with the moss,
or its the balloon mollies.
do balloon mollies give
birth to black fry. are
they ballooned from the
beginning. or do you think
it came with the moss. i
washed the moss thouroghly
before i put it in the tank
so it cant be that. also
the balloon mollies were
bought from a tank with
other mollies other than
balloon mollies.
is that why the fry dont
have the balloon body? if
you need more info, email
me ... i tried to be as
detailed as possible.
thanks to anyone who answers.
Michael
Reply.
Hello Michael, the babies could have hijacked their
way into your aquarium on the plants, where the
stowaway fish might have been able to survive in
a few drops of water on a plant.
But I think you other
idea is the more like explanation. The unidentified
fish are baby Mollies. Right now they do not look
like your Balloon Mollies, but maybe the babies
will change as they grow, or maybe they had a regular
Molly father, like you said, and they look like
their father.
What is nice is that
you can raise them up to see what kind of fish they
will be.
I have kept goldfish before
but I now have a heater
for my 3 gallon aquarium
and I want to know what
kind of tropical fish can
go in the same aquarium.
To be specific I would like
to know whether or not I
can put angelfish and neon
goldfish in the same aquarium.
Thanks for the help,
Megan, 13
Salem, Oregon
Reply.
Hello Megan. Thank you for your email. I recommend
that you get three Zebra Danios for your three gallon
aquarium. Zebra Danios are very pretty and very
hardy fish, so they will be easy for you to take
care of.
Click
here to read more about Zebra Danios on another
page in this web site, which also has a picture
of Zebra Danios. Scroll down that page to read about
"Compatibility", where you will read that Zebra
Danios live best in a group with at least six Zebra
Danios.
You should remove
about 2 quarts of water from you aquarium twice
a week and replace that water with fresh tap water
from the faucet. Don't replace more than two quarts,
because too much fresh water on one day is bad for
fish.
Click
here to learn about how to test the water in
your aquarium with you fingers, eyes, and nose.
If the water in your aquarium has very high quality
after three weeks, then add three more Zebra Danios.
Angelfish will soon
grow too big for a 3-gallon aquarium. Click
here if you want to read about Angelfish, where
you can read that an Angel needs an aquarium with
at least 29 gallons of water.
I have never heard
of a Neon Goldfish. I have heard of Neon Tetras.
Click
here to read more about them. But Neon Tetras
are more difficult to keep than Zebra Danios, and
you should learn how to keep Zebra Danios before
you try to keep Neon Tetras.
I hope these answers
help you, Megan. Good luck with your aquarium.
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