Recent content by sharklover8

Well on a ferry they wouldn't last as long because they would be exposed to cold wind which would lower the temperature of the bag quite quickly so probably less an hour, in a car it would be warmer and they could last approx and hour and a half to two hours depending on how much oxygen they...

Yes, because Betta's are tropical fish, not cold water fish. Only cold water fish should not have heaters otherwise they would literally boil to death. Betta's come from an environment where they live in warm water and they are breed in warm water, so therefore they need to live in warm water...

Yes, because Betta's are tropical fish, not cold water fish. Only cold water fish should not have heaters otherwise they would literally boil to death. Betta's come from an environment where they live in warm water and they are breed in warm water, so therefore they need to live in warm water...

Cycling is basically where your tank builds up and establishes good bacteria that help convert the ammonia produced from fish waste into something less toxic for fish, as a high level of ammonia can have several ramifications on fish such as death. At the start of the cycling process you will...

Angel fish do well in schools, I wouldn't worry about that. It depends on how big your tank is, for all the fish you have listed it should be no less then 55-60 gallons. Angel fish get to be about 6 inches in length at adult size, and need approx 35 gallons for the first one. Angel fish are also...

I don't know what assassin snails are but they sound cool! I would put in maybe a few bigger fish like an angel fish or a silver dollar, or even a rainbow shark. And maybe a smaller school of smaller fish such as rummynoses, or danios. Tiger barbs are also bright in color and would go well if...

Ian is right as usual. It's usually the simple things like bad water quality, or your filter is broken, or your heater is not working that is causing problems with your tank unless you have recently introduced new fish. All tank contain dormant diseases, and when your water quality gets bad it...

I'd say it is just stress. Fish often loose color when their surroundings change, such as when you put your hands in the water, when you clean their tanks, if they're getting bullied, if they're sick etc. Add in some stress coat to reduce the stress of the fish, and try not to shake up the tank...

Gosh your ph level is very, very low! The only fish really capable of living in a ph level of 5 is cardinal tetra and discus fish, if you don't have either of these fish, I would double check either on here or google what the ph level for your type of fish should be. Most fish live between...

I'm sorry to say that your fish probably isn't going to survive. Fish that have been breed as not naturally occuring fish, such as your blue parrot, often don't live as long as the naturally occuring fish of the same species such as the red parrot as they are man made. In this case, your blue...

Yeah sure, and actually you probably can have a 20 gallon tank on a stand designed for 10 gallons as it will be able to tolerate the weight, unlike someone said. I have a 100 liter tank on a 65 liter stand and it's been like that for a long time no with no problems at all!

Well if I hadn't of read Kylie's answer I would have said the same thing! Lots of fish swim up and down rapidly, they'll do it for a while and then just stop, a lot of fish do it along the sides of the tank, over aeration dives and near filters. It's just normal fish behaviour and you have...

If you buy an ammonia test kit, and it reads 0 then your tank has been cycled provided you have been doing a fishless cycle using ammonia. Have you been doing this? If not, then your tank will not be cycled until you add fish as the waste from the fish is converted into ammonia, ammonia to...

If you buy an ammonia test kit, and it reads 0 then your tank has been cycled provided you have been doing a fishless cycle using ammonia. Have you been doing this? If not, then your tank will not be cycled until you add fish as the waste from the fish is converted into ammonia, ammonia to...

Excuse me? A goldfish? I hope it is not in the tank with those other fish. If it is, I don't know why it would be and you should get it out immediately1 Goldfish are COLD WATER, all the rest of the fish are TROPICAL fish are they require heated water. Gold fish can not and must not live in any...