Fish Tank
hey guys, fishes fans… I have got these few nice fishes and a little green turtle.. so they all were more or less fine until I brought these two cleaners. Well… I didn’t trust this green turtle from the beginning.. Her face is always very angry and she is acting like a big boss (even though she is really small.. just mini-turtle..)… So I brought these two cleaners, one is a bit bigger, and another one is smaller… And next day this little green monster injured the smaller cleaner by.. biting him!!! The cleaner is actually even bigger than the turtle.. but this green devil got angry with the hard worker-cleaner for whatever reason, and bitted him just in front of my eyes!!! …
so this cleaner fell down on the bottom of the aquarium, and was laying down there for couple of days among stones and other decorations, hardly breathing… I almost was going to take this cleaner to the doctor, but was not sure which clinic to take him to…Today in the morning this cleaner… disappeared… I cannot see him at the fish tank.. I have no idea where is he gone… I hope he didn’t die…
Actually my question is if fish is going to die does she hide herself, just like cats do? Where my poor injured cleaner could disappear? And how can I punish this little green monster turtle, who pretends to be a shark?
among 8 Mollies, 3 Angelfish and 2 Swordtails...The Crayfish finished off 7 Mollies and a swordtail within 2 nights, till I realised it was the culprit, I actually saw it eating one of my beautiful White Mollies...Anyways, I immediately transfered him to my brothers tank, where it lived happily for a year after that...
this green thing is only about 1,5" (4 cm) in diameter... It reminds me the Canadian Toony ( 2 Canadian Dollar Coin)… exactly the same size and shape..lol..the color is different though..lol...
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i was there canary...errrrr..*scratching my head*.....i will see you next gathering.. promise..
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Where did you get to on Friday??
owen - i just got back fr the pool and the sun did get to me..........
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
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yeah right.. the sun DID got into you...see your post..lol
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hey prolly the turtle is a boy bitch??does this make any sense??(ah the sun got to me )lol
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
If your trutle is a female then the cleaner is in her shell ... if it's a male then check the cleaner under the stones in the tank...
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well i havent had the chance to read all of this... BUT... alot of turtles are carnivours ... so they eat other fish ...
please post a picture of your turtle ... so i can see what kind it is...
oh and http://peteducation.com/ is a very very helpfull site... and you should check it out...
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just hanging out and watching dvd's with helen keller... kind of a quite night.
that was good one...
yeah.. and specially since this cleaner was very new one, just joint the Company.. so of course the Big Little Green boss showed him who is the real BOSS there...and yeah.. by the way.. the other cleaner is working 20-22 hours a day so far... he knows qatari rules for cleaners..lol...
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ROFL...QS....really wanting to see your turtle...
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but again, first we have to figure out whether it's a girl or boy... well.. based on the lenght of his tail it's a boy.. but when you look at her face.. NO! she is a B**CH!
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today tis the terrapin that is makin us laugh wonder wat will it be tomorrow
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
im waiting for the next turtle question....relative to reproduction..
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QS - sorryy if i made you laugh so much but laughter is the best medicine......laughing is good .........hahahahahhahha, hehehhehheheh, wooohooooo
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
the tail of this little thing is actualy quite significant.. when yesterday i took her (him?) out of tank for couple of hours for punishment, she/he was sitting in the cage on the edge of the aquarium and kept her/his tail in the water!! what a rudeness!.. and yeas.. you are right.. i think she is a b**ch, and not b****rd at all!!! she looks rather like a b***ch!
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Oh u wish u knew what I was thinking
And by the way, u were right about the tail!
"Adult male
turtles generally have longer, stouter tails than females and use their
tails to hold onto the female's tail during the mating process."
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021802/hga_0218020010.shtml
Yep, I googled it...how unbelievably sad! *nods her head in shame*
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
oh also it could be male turtles have longer tails then female ones.
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
dear corny now wants to know about the procedure to identify turtle sex. dont they teach u anything in the medical college? like every other male you can easily identify a turtle with its LONGGGGGG err nails female turtle have shorter nails. i know what u were thinking corny.
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
well then she's a lil biatch not a bast**d lol. Yeah u definitely don't want a depressed turtle, she might turn suicidial and threaten to eat everyone and then jump out of the tank to kill herself! haha
On a more serious note, how can u tell if a turtle is a male or female ?
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
I cannot laugh that loud!! i am damn at the office right now!!
Spice!!... you killed me from laugh!!! I even had to go out of the office to laugh there.. otherwise....
smoke!i will threaten my turtle with the meal cooked of YOU next time!! Listen! even if she is not the best of behaivior, you cannot use this termins like "turtle soup" in front of her! may be she is sensitive, may be she will get depressed! Do i need a depressed turtle in my aquarium???
Cornie!! pleeeaaase (before she can hear you!): MY turtle is not IT. MY turtle is SHE! do not traumatize my little green bast**d.. otherwise she will eat the rest of the fishes there even if she should die after that!
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just to let ya know the green turtle is called a terrapin and the cleaner fish is called a scavenger........sometimes i call them suckers.......lol
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
lol GOD i just had a sudden mental image of corny in a cramped up fish tank very scary indeed.
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
Hey, hey hey! Just because I walk around in a plant pot doesn't mean I look like a turtle! lol
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
LOL smoke or she can make it watch a cooking show where they're making turtle soup!! mwahahaha
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
may be u should remove the turtle and put corny inside she'll make a very good "pretend" turtle!
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
QS -will the turtle stand in the corner if ya tell it to???
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
hey if i was at the pet store and i see someone looking to buy me i would be smart enough to put on my cutest face, wouldnt you??rather than end up at the pet store all my life, am i correct to say this??
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
Hey, I'll swap you the turtle for my pink lobster. I think he was the culprit that ate two thirds of one of my goldfish's tail fins last night!
QS u crack me up! LOL, it's a T-U-R-T-L-E, not a child!! "unacceptable behaviour" LMAO!!
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
how come i didn't pay attention on her face while was buying her! (I am so trustful! That’s why it is so easy to take advantage of me...) I could see everithing right away...this little green thing is full of anger and have to be sent to the anger management course!!
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Exactly spicemom! Apparently QS is living in her little fantasy that all animals live today in harmony eating weeds together and singing 'Kumbaya'
Hey QS! Good to be back to life, heaven was way over-rated! haha
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
maybe you should put your turtle to a different tank....his "quiet tank" for being mean with the cleaner..
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next time you can use words like Turtle Soup for better effect QS
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
if this little green stinky thing won't understand, next time I will put her in jail for at least 1 week.. to reflect about her unacceptable behaviour!!
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isnt that known as SURVIVAL?turtle doing turtle thing and fish doing fish thing??
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
welcome back to life!!!!!!
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QS, I hope ur not serious about the turtle lol, ofcourse it won't understand what u mean, it's a turtle doing its turtle thing! I really should make u watch the Discovery channel or National Geographic! lol
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
as I have been informed yesterday the cleaner is hiding behind the engine box, and actually I found him there in the morning.. but he still doesn't really move and cannot get back to his duties yet.. I guess he still needs to prolong his sick leave for a while...but at least he is alive and has not been eaten.. Hamdullillah!...
...and the turtle got from me personally a big kick onto her small damp head this morning.. hopefully she will understand what do i mean...
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don't tell me (i didn't read posts up)....the turtle munch on your cleaner?... ..poor cleaner..
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qatarissun, from experience I'd say that if you can't see the cleaner fish then it's definitely dead and most probably eaten.
If by cleaner fish you means the ones that suck onto the side of the tank and clean the algae of, I had a couple of these and they were disliked by all the other fish. It seems that they're not the most popular of tank-mates!
Fish do sometimes find a hidden spot die in - I've often found corpses tangled in the base of plants before. And trust me that size doesn't matter when it comes to eating - I've seen tiny tetras taking bites out of the corpse of a much larger fish.
A couple of times I've had a fish completely disappear, and the obvious conclusion is that it's fed the other inhabitants of the tank.
Once a fish starts looking poorly it's best to remove it from the main tank immediately, as the other fish will prey on it. Also, if the other fish do eat it they risk catching any diseases it had.
Did you actually find your missing fish?
I was so worried about my fish after this thread, I haven't even slept and I've got a morning full of meetings.
I've just been downstairs, that pink lobsters is looking huge! It was only a few centimetres a week ago, and now it's about 15cm long! Arrrhh!
I have only 2 out of my orginal 6 tiny fishes left. and one of my goldfish has two thirds of its tail missing!
I really seriously want to cry!
Bad, Bad lobsters!!!
I'm gonna kill those assistants that lied to me!
do not get rid of your lobsters.. let them growing and getting bigger and bigger.. separate them somehow..do not let them eat each other... put some net between them or something.. and get bigger aquarium.. feed them well... ok shortly my point is I AM WAITING FOR THE LOBSTER PARTY!
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Had a Fish Tank to back home (sweet water) But always looked on the internet for information before buying my fish, to see if the fishes in the tank matched with the ones I wanted to buy. Don't want to rely on the salesman cause in the end he only wants to make money.
Fish that died in the tank mostly where eaten by the other fish.
...engine box..and she is alive.. so far.. thanks God!!
will go and check it now...and then go to slepp right away! have a goodnight everyone!
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Do they fight amongst themselves? I have 4
I can't see the pic
i checked everything in aquarium... i cannot see any parts of body. no fish on the water, no on the bottom... it really makes me nerveuos.. where the heck this fish could go???..and now this crazy woman.. with her stupid husband...i will better go to sleep...
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good God woman! Control urself, it's just fish! The turtle ate the fish...big woohoo, welcome to the animal world where fish and other marine animals actually eat eachother....oh and here's a total bubble burster....lions eat deers! :P
And how do u punish a turtle ? hahaha that was a funny one. I would say ground him in his tank for a week with no National Geographic shows about marine life! LOL
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
Dead fish tend to float, but if he's not on the top then is there any weed or and arch he could be trapped under?
If there is no sign of him then yes he has been eaten, sorry.
Your story does not surprise me ...... I had at one time a tank and spent a lot of money each month keeping the fish in my tank. Many times either the fish died and their remains got eaten up by their tank mates or when I had just bought some smaller fish and put them in the tank they got guzzled up by the bigger tank mates. I remember this one time when a friend of mine had baby gold fish in this really smallbowl. There were like hundreds of them with parents in this small tank. So as I had a big tank, and I must say I was still very new at the business of caring for fish, I offered to take about 40 of them to restock my tank. So when I got home I put them in the tank. My daughter who was very small at that time and I looked at how they were doing. Within like half an hour they had all been eaten by the remaining few fish in the tank. It was gross to see. A real "dinner party" for the residents.
Since then I noticed that other fish ,specially when they were smaller, would dissappear....well actually I realized they were fish food for the others. It cost me a lot of money to keep on restocking the tank. Ofcourse in the fish shop they told me that it was ok to put them together...but dont believe them. I am sure that they have no idea at all about which fish goes with which. I recommend you check them on the net to know exactly which is which and how they "live" together.
Regarding turtles, well I remember when my daughter was small I wanted to buy her one. But a friend of mine who had a zoo and with whom I discussed this matter made me promise never ever to buy a turtle, cos according to him they are very vicious beasts that are even capable of biting off the finger of a child. What they do is they catch these baby turtles which grow up into really nasty big mama's.
So this is my experience with tanks. I have the tank sitting unused sinec a couple of years in the service quarters and anybody who wants to start a tank and spend lots of money is free to come and get it. However my recommendation is to get a small fish bowl with 2 goldfish in it. You will have a more Long Lasting relationship with them and a lot cheaper.
Aisha-Taweela
Yeah, yeah, we believe you! You naughty minx!
Ladies of QL watch out,
The husband thief is about! LOL
tell her to revenge by dating with me
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you are guys crazy...lol...
now i had another crazy conversation.. i logged on my msn and found some name there.. and i started talking to this person trying to find out who the h** he or she is.. and guess what!! it was a guy's e-mail, but behind the screen his wife was sitting!! and she started "screaming" and "yelling" at me and begging to leave her husband alone.. OMG!! it took me a while to explain to her I have no idea who i am talking to!!! she dodn't want to belive or get relaxed... OMG.. what a wierd things are happening today...
do i have a GOUST at my place???
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Sorry, by the time I typed the reply, you'd sent the new post.
put your fingers inside the tank for a while and see the result
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i just said that i got it wrongly..i did not got wat u meant at the beginning..
Did you explain the rules of their accomodation to them?
oohhh God ...what are u talking abt and look wat im talking abt...i totally understood it wrongly..lol...thats so bad.
Waelz
I don't think a chicken would last long in my fish tank.
Smoke
No idea how many different colours there are, but I'll let you know the difference in taste in a few weeks.
Qatarisun
It could be turtle indigestion.
Kellysheroes
LOL
I asked at the fish store and turtles will always eat fish, in fact if you want to rehome the turtle I have pond with two bigger turtles, he or she could join maybe they would teach it to be nicer. Good luck
Just woke up
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don't scare me! I am already scared by this mystic case... what do you mean, my gold beautiful fishes have eaten this dirty big cleaner??? what do you think i don't feed them?? (btw, when last time did i feed them???)...
noo. i can't believe it!! they supposed to live in peace and love and not eat each other!!!!! it is Pacific Aquarium!! no one is allowed to eat another in this aquarium!!!
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another possibility could be that your cleaner decided to Quit working for you and just decided to go looking for another owner that has health insurance and all that..u did keep the poor fishy suffering for 2 days QS very very bad.
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
how are you doing?
well ya i do like fish..but i go better with chicken and meat..but y?
whatz the difference in taste when it comes to blue lobsters and pink ones? how many different coloured lobsters are there?
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
stop making fun of them.. no!! she didn't grow... but what i mentioned, she is hardly moving last day.. and all the time is sitting on the top, close to the surface of water. Looks like her weight on gives her to lower on a bottom... is that any sing???
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1. the turtle ate the fish
2. other fishes did eat that poor fish
3. your fish tank is haunted
so you better get rid of the tank and its contents. They might eat you in the future when they grow up
btw. did you get the tank to practice scuba diving or fishing?
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You like fish? LOL
hello guys.....well im new to this...so nice to meet ya all..hope ur all doin fine..tc n keep in touch..bbyez
The pink one has doubled in size already (in 1 week).
I only have 4 blue lobsters and 1 pink one!
Sorry, that's only enough to serve one greedy lobster lover.
(that's me! )
i laugh and cry at the same time...my poor cleaner... got eaten by little angry mini-turtle??? can't believe it!!
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Has you "small" turtle grown any in the last few days?
you are bad!! bad!! to eat little blue lobster!! or pink one???
... but i DO like lobsters... yami yami....so.. when is tha lobster party, QT???
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QS you did mention he was down at the bottom for a couple of days i think thats enough time for the turtle to munch on the cleaner :) dont be fooled by creatures with small mouths
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
you breaking my heart!! I cannot look for any body parts!!! you want me to die?? i am too sensitive to such stuff.. even though it's just a cleaner who i even barely new, only for couple days.. but it was even hard to see him laying down on the bottom and hardly breathing.. now you want me to look for his body parts???? she couldn't eat him!! her face is very small..(BUT F** ANGRY!)...and her mouth is very small.. how could she eat him?? a whole fish???
any other ideas please where the h** this guy could disappear??
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Not yet, smokey!
It's still a baby! I'll wait till it's eaten a few more fish and tripled in size first!
and a safe one
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aww poor fishy! QT did you end up eating the lobster?
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
your post made me smile but ofcourse i am verry sorry for your turtle and the fishes and the war in the aquarium.
:-D
hope they will make friendship quickly and will live in peace together
;-D
SwissGirl
It broke my heart to see my blue baby lobster carry off in its left claw a cleaner fish twice its size!
Qatarisun
Well, can you see any recognisable little fish parts floating in your fish tank?
how are you doing dear?? i hope you are all right by now!!! eh?
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NO!!! why did you tell me that?? this stupid angry turtle couldn't eat this cleaner.. the cleaner is twice as much as turtle.. turtle is really little ons, the mini one.. like a little toy...she couple eat the cleaner...
yes, and at the store they said, this turtle is not dengerous since she is really small.. yea, she is small but f*** angry! and can bite!! and where does she all this anger from??
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they had a good meal i think
;-))))))
I just had new fish and lobsters in 2 days ago.
My blue baby lobster killed one of my cleaner fish and the pink baby lobster killed my little fishes. The idiots at the shop said they'd get on fine!
I don't think they hide to die, I think the turtle eat him!
I know my lobsters are having a good go at finishing off my fish!