Fish

[chris41]

a big hello to everyone.i have a new fish tank that came with fish init and theres one fish i cant identify ive allways had fish and no most of them but this one is lite yellow with oringe spots its a lovely fish just dont no what he/her is,i have a pic of him/her if u can tell me how to put one on here thankyou.

 

[fluttermoth]

You need to upload your pic to a hosting site like Flickr or Photobucket and then paste the IMG code into your post

to the forum.

 

[Fyurae]

On photobucket, you want to copy the code that says 'IMG code' or 'IMG thumb'.

 

[fluttermoth]

Thanks, Fyurae

That's a sailfin molly, OP.

 

[Davo86]

Male Sailfin Molly

 

[chris41]

thanks for all the replys, i also have a betta splendens (fighting fish)that just stays at top corner of the tank and sometimes on his side dose this mean hes sick.

 

[chris41]

thankyou

 

[fluttermoth]

It's not normal for fish to go on their sides, no.

How long has the tank been running, do you have any test results for the water and how do you do water changes/clean the filter?

 

[chris41]

ive had the tank a week tommorow not had chance to test water yes clean filter one a week was told to do water changes every 4 weeksits a 100 ltr tank

 

[fluttermoth]

Weekly water changes are far more beneficial; monthly's too long IMO.

How do you clean the filters?

I'd do a big water change now (leave just enough water for the fish to swim upright; don't forget to swtich you heater/filters off!) and see if he looks better.

 

[chris41]

i clean filter by rinse it under the tap its fluval u2

 

[fluttermoth]

Ah.....you see, you should never clean any part of your filter under the tap; you're just killing off the good bacteria that live in there and eat the ammonia for you.

You're bascially now in a fish-in cycle, so your fish will very likely be suffering from ammonia or nitrite poisoning.

50% water changes every day until you can get a test kit, and then keep the ammonia as near to zero as you can.

There are some great articles on the nitrogen cycle and fish-in cycling in the beginner's recource centre (link is in my sig)

 

[Fyurae]

Here's my favorite article about cycling:

http/fishquarium.blogspot.com/2011/08/cycling.html

 

[chris41]

thankyou for your help

 

[colleen0309]

Welcome to the forum! The only time you should use tap water to wash your filter is if you are NOT on a public water system, have your own well(no one else uses it but you), and KNOW absolutely that no chemicals are added to the well. I live in a very rural area and have an underground spring for a well. We used to share it with a couple neighbors and once in awhile someone would put chlorine in the well. That caused me to have a giant disastor! I had a fish room at the time and did pwc on 27 tanks. I lost almost all of my fish and had to recycle my tanks. What a mess!!! So, unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure, your best bet is to use tank water to clean your filters.