Fish Lovers 2.0

[Schipperke]

Yeah. I'm always on the look out for deformed or even injured fish, cause I know that I can give them a better chance at life than some pet shops. Thankfully I haven't found any deformed guppies yet....cause if I do, it's coming home with me. I wouldn't breed it of course, but it would have a happy life. XD

That's what I do too! I've got a 9 inch albino oscar with only one guy that I got at my work because it wouldn't sell. It came in from someone who didn't know anything about oscars and kept it in like a 20 gallon and it got a fungal infection in one eye. *sigh* People need to do research before buying fish. She's enjoying my 125 gallon though.

Oh yeah, and I'm back guys. Needed a little break.

[Bettahorse]

Awesome Bettas! What do you do with the babies?

Keep some to breed and show and maybe sell some if there are enough.

[Bettahorse]

I was wondering because I've never found out, how do fish have children?

It really depends on the species. Some mate and give birth to live babies, some lay eggs and then the male fertilizes them.

[.Survivor.]

These two are spawning right now! Cross your fingers that I get lots of eggs. Only have a few so far.

If you are selling them online ill gladly buy a female if they have one.





And they definitely were worms. I've unfortunately bought a snail(which I didn't know was fixing to lay eggs) and I woke up the next day and there were tiny little annoying black snails in my tank.

[spiderfish]

That's what I meant, yes.
Depending on how old they were (if they weren't stunted), they could just have been ranchus that hadn't developed yet.

No idea how old they were, but that may be possible.
Come to think of it, there may have been a small head growth, that I didnt see because of their colouring, and they were in the pond section, so I was looking down on them.
Just found a picture on google of some calico ranchus that actually looked like them here.

@ Dakotak
Thanks, that'll come in hady later


I'd appreciate if anyone had any info on ranchus/caring for one eyed fish.

[Bettahorse]

Well I think they are done spawning and I only see a few eggs. Dad is fat and doesn't seem to be guarding them. There isn't even a nest, just a row of bubbles along the edge of the tub.

[Keletheryl]

My Dad said it is fine, the man in the fish shop said it is fine, if they outgrow it we'll get a bigger tank, I'm going to look after them and clean their tank, they will be fine. I have to go do homework now.

This may sound mean but it's just a general question, is your dad a fish expert? Has he raised fish properly before? Also, the man at the fish shop is wrong. Not all people at pet stores are right. This one girl held a hamster up by it's scruff, which hurts the hamster. Yet when I told her she shouldn't do that she told me 'Are you the one working here? NO. Then you don't know what to do.' Well excuse you, just because I don't work at a pet store doesn't mean I'm stupid. Just like how because you don't work at a grocery store doesn't mean you don't know what a friggin apple is.
But my point there is that they don't always know what they are talking about just because they are at a pet store. Some do, which is great, but if the guy said it was okay, he's wrong. Either he doesn't know and thinks it will be okay, or he is just trying to sell it to you. There is no IF, the goldfish WILL grow bigger. Most fish at the pet stores are babies, so they aren't full grown. You have babies that could grow anywhere from 3 inches to 20 inches.
I had a goldfish named Mamba, and he was one of those black bubble-eyed guys. I had him in a 7gal too, and he died because there wasn't enough room for him. He was completely healthy, but there was just too much poop and too small room for him and he probably couldn't breath in the intoxicated water.
You will have to clean their tank every week if you are going to keep them in a 7gal.
I agree, it is fine for now. But when they grow, and they will grow FAST, you should probably start saving up or buy a tank now, cause they won't be in that 7gal for long.
Also, if they are too big and kept in a tank that small, they will loose their colour (due to stess? Not sure). Happened to my cousins goldfish. They are kept in a 2.5 gal and they can barely turn around. It's horrible and I wish I could take them but I don't have the tank size or room to do it. They are about 5 inches and are pure WHITE. They used to be gold, but now they are just white. They look dead to me.
I'm happy that you at least have them in a 7gal and not a 2.5 like my cousins. >.>

I was wondering because I've never found out, how do fish have children?

They.. spawn. Some fish do it differently. Livebearers get pregnant, so I guess there is only one way that happens. And then there is the most common, where the female shoots her eggs into the water and the male fertilizes it like that. That's how they have children.

[.Survivor.]

Question. This will be a first time breeding, I know that when the male beta makes a bubble best he is ready to breed...but what should I do then?

When should I introduce the female and how soon after do the lay eggs and all that sort of stuff.

I'm only used to breeding livebearers not egg laying fish.

[Dakotak]

My Dad said it is fine, the man in the fish shop said it is fine, if they outgrow it we'll get a bigger tank, I'm going to look after them and clean their tank, they will be fine. I have to go do homework now.

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You will have to clean their tank every week if you are going to keep them in a 7gal.

Actually a tank that size with 2 goldfish should have the water changed daily. 50% a day until they upgrade.
Weekly water changes is the normal with goldfish and is the minimum you should do. I do weekly water changes on my 110 gallon goldfish tank and sometimes it is still not enough.

I'd appreciate if anyone had any info on ranchus/caring for one eyed fish.

It depends if it is fully healed or not.
If it is, it would be normal goldfish care. No sharp or big decor in the tank or rocks. Nothing they can get stuck in but I would put filter sponges around the intakes just to be on the safe side. Their sense of smell is excellent so it would be able to find food fine, but it would need to live strictly with slow moving fish like other fancies. No common,comet or shubukins.

If it is not healed then you will have to treat the fish until the eye socked has healed up. From what I understand its just salt and making sure the water is super clean but if you want I can find the info on what you would need to do to treat it.

[Blood Storm]

we were going to get gravel for my tank so I could move a baby guppies into it soon (they are over a centimeter long each and their tails are covered in black patches). my one female was having issues and we put here down but while removing water from the tank we found out she had given use a few babies (my question is where did they come from she had very little color and was maybe 5 weeks old when the males died so who is the father). I saved one and it lived for a few days in a clear green plastic cup until I moved it into a nursery(really just one of those teeny tiny betta tanks that might hold a female).