Hey all
I bought on monday one captive-bred sturisoma. 'till then it's stuck to the filter tube and not moving from there. I checked all day and most of the night, So I guess it's not eating as well..
How can I raise the odds of it.. well, not dying?
I think it just ate one tetra bit crumb, but i'm ...

Hi
I have a 12 CM Quite-Common ancistrus
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..Which is living in a 80 cm (110 litre) planted tank, with a 2-3 mm dark gravel (And some Eleocharis planted ...

So, there's nothing to do, beside of waiting untill it gets better?
(Cant use methylane blue cause of the shrimps)

Thanks for the fast replies,
there aren't any other symptoms (at least not anything that i know of)
I'm happy to read that the belly-up position is normal
A fight? Who could've done that? I also have in this tank Japonica shrimps, kuhli & clown loaches, SAE's and Cardinal tetras..
Thanks again

Hiya.
This is my ancistrus -
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About a week ago, i found it lying on its back on the gravel. A few seconds after, it was okay again (got back to sucking ...

Thanks for replying so fast!

I still have more questions, sorry, hops this is ok.. :oops:
I don't think i can get anywhere here soft water.. The eggs won't hatch if i'll use the water from the main tank (I think the pH is about 8 :shock: ) ?
Actually, i'm not sure at all that i have males in my ...

Thanks, i have already sent message to him

Oh, i didn't know it was so hard to identify it... But never mind..
Thanks anyway !

(And thanks Barbie and KWALKER )

Actually, putting the fish in the freezer is not humane at all.. The fish will be in stress, and will suffer as the water chill..
The most humane method is to take a glass filled with almost-ice water, add to it 3-4 ice cubes, and the put the fish in it. It will die instantly, without any pain.

don't think so.. They don't look similar ..

I know that Kuhlis are not Catfish, but i hope it is ok to ask this here..
After few months that i haven't saw any Kuhli in my tank, i saw one, and realized it had eggs.
I have no experience in breeding..
So, what do i do?
I can't put the Kuhlis in another tank, as i don't know where they are, and ...

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