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by MnG
27 Jan 2009, 08:42
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Convention shop visits...
Replies: 100
Views: 10790

Re: Convention shop visits...

We can't join you on the Friday trip as George is coming home late Friday night - are there any plans for Saturday? We are trying to convince Neil to keep the shop open till 6 so we can go after the last presentation - not seeing Neil's Loricariids somehow detracts from the event for us. Neil had ...
by MnG
19 Nov 2008, 21:29
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Strange growths...
Replies: 6
Views: 1381

Re: Strange growths...

Lymphocystis usually goes away once the water conditions improve. If your fish are healthy and in good shape they should not succumb to the disease. Once you improve the water conditions the affected fish will fight the disease off itself - you will see the growths become smaller and eventually fall ...
by MnG
11 Nov 2008, 21:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Disease - What is it?
Replies: 7
Views: 1325

Re: Disease - What is it?

Thanks guys. As Barbie rightly observed, the skin of the fish is intact and we can confirm with absolute certainty that she is not the lowest in the pecking order in her tank; in fact she can be a right little bully when it suits her. We are surprised as we first saw signs of this a year ago (about ...
by MnG
11 Nov 2008, 08:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Disease - What is it?
Replies: 7
Views: 1325

Re: Disease - What is it?

It is not fungus. It is a thick slime coat with a cyst or something developing in it. It does not spread to other animals either.

Thanks.
by MnG
10 Nov 2008, 22:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Disease - What is it?
Replies: 7
Views: 1325

Disease - What is it?

Hi all, We have had this L160 just over a year now. Shortly after we got her she developed a kind of slime on the dorsal fin. We kept monitoring her but she was fine, eating etc and the other L160s in this tank didn't seem to have the same symptoms, so we let her be. Over the last year these slimy ...

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