For each 10 gallons of water, empty one packet directly into aquarium. Repeat dose after 48 hours. Wait another 48 hours then change 25% of the aquarium water and add fresh activated carbon or replace filter cartridge. How do you condition a new fish? Adding the Fish Take the sealed bag that your fish came…
Take your fish in your hands and place it in cool water from the fish tank. The oxygen in the water will help the fish breath and thus, revive it. More often than not, if you place the fish back in its own fishbowl, the water will fill life back into your weakfish. Fishes take…
Sometimes, color changes are completely natural for the fish. So how do you determine if your fish turning black is a cause for concern? You have to understand what is causing this change. Are there black gold fish? Black. Unique varieties like the bubble eye goldfish or the black moor can come in black. These…
Is it better to fry fish in cornmeal or flour? The key to frying a fresh fillet of fish is the temperature of the oil. In my kitchen test, both the corn meal and flour came out perfect although the cornmeal tended to be more uniformly golden across the fillet. What do you use cornmeal…
Do Betta Fish Recognize Their Owners? Surprisingly, science has found that fish are capable of recognizing their owner’s face, even if the owner is standing by the tank with other people. It’s normal for betta fish to swim to the front of the tank when an owner comes up to it. Can betta fish hear…
DO NOT feed your bearded dragon any fish, canned, cooked, or live. Live fish may contain parasites and bacteria, which could make your beardie very sick. Can Bearded dragons eat fish pellets? No, they should not eat fish. Although it wouldn’t kill them to eat a small amount of it, fish is not found in…
Pollock, the fish in most fish sticks, is nutritious and low in mercury. Fresh or frozen pollock may be introduced as soon as your baby is ready to start solids, which is generally around 6 months of age. Can a 7 month old have fish sticks? Pollock may be introduced as soon as baby is…
Is anemone poisonous to fish? When a fish swims by the anemone, its tentacles will shoot out a long poisonous thread. The toxins in this thread paralyze the prey. Clownfish are one of the only species that can survive the deadly sting of the Sea Anemone. Can a fish survive an anemone sting? Unlike other…
Why do snakes go into fish mouth? Because these sound waves come from the side opposite the snake’s head, this reflex action drives the fish to turn and swim directly toward the snake’s mouth. “Once the C-start begins, the fish can’t turn back,” Catania said. “The snake has found a way to use the fish’s…
Fish Cakes for Babies Once you baby is eating chunks or slices of bread or cheese easily they are ready for fish cakes. This could be as young as 9 months of age. At this young age you’ll want to dice the fish cakes into tiny bite sized pieces about the size of your fingernail….
Wipers are sterile, allowing us to easily control their numbers in lakes. Wipers are sterile, allowing us to easily control their numbers in lakes. Can wipers breed? A wiper is merely a cross between a striped bass and white bass, and is more accurately referred to as a hybrid striped bass. They are strong, like…
Barbs are active, colorful schooling fish in the family Cyprinidae. They vary in size, from the tiny gracilis barb from West Africa which tops out at less than an inch, to the tinfoil barb that can get over a foot long. Do barbs school? Barbs are lively, hardy and colorful fish. They are an all…