Still looking!

Hello everyone. I have been looking for 1 of these pleco's for a very long time now. When I see them pop up I am always too late. Someone has always beat me to the chase. If anyone has any of these I would love to know. Thanks.

I've had a sailfin for about 5 months. If it grows to a foot in the next 7 I will be incredibly shocked lol. It is a great pleco though and very easy to keep.

Adding hiding places will make a big difference. They might not come out in the day anymore but I would rather that then watch them die of stress. I have driftwood and rock caves in my tank and all of my plecos make good use of them as hiding spots.

Sweet thank you!

Thanks for the answers. I understand it all. I guess I would understand it more if I had paid attention in chemistry and biology! I wish I could see a formula showing water grabbing oxygen out of the air. That would actually make a lot more sense to me. Im glad I know more about water temperature ...

Awesome tank! That sewellia looks very cool.

So are you saying the oxygen leaves the water quicker when it is warmer and that is why we need more movement of water to the surface? Or does the oxygen dissolve into the water quicker when its warmer? But that wouldnt make much sense. Also, what is the heat actually doing? Speeding up the oxygen ...

I have some questions. What exactly is happening to the water when you raise the temperature and why do you need to increase aeration? By this I mean why do we need more air stones? Also, when you add powerheads or have your water level down a little so they drip, what is happening? How does this ...

Let him keep what he wants to keep. I do the same. If you really want it you will find a way to make it work. I keep frontosas with severums. Ive never seen this before but I love them both and have not had problems. Almost had them together in my 75 gallon for a year. They are both doing great!

Thanks everyone. The white spots disappeared completely from my common pleco. I see a few on my sail fin but not as many as before. I'll buy some ammonia, nitrite and nitrate test kits as soon as I can. My fish all seem to be doing fine right now so hopefully they stay like that.

My PH is at 7.6 in this tank. It is 7.6 in all of my tanks. Then I tested our water out of the tap and its 7.6. I dont know if the limestone is actually changing the water but I am going to try the adding of driftwood. I didnt test my ammonia, nitrite and nitrates because shouldnt they always be at ...

Thanks for the help everyone. From what I've read I guess the main cure for all of these parasites in malachite green based formulas. If the fish arent better in a few days i'll have to pick up some medication. I'll make sure I get the right kind by asking the workers at my LFS.

My problem is I dont have an extra tank big enough to hold 4 cich lids and I dont have the money to go get one. My only spare tank right now is a 2.5 gallon so I'll just have to work with what I've got. I do agree that placing them in a seperate tank to treat them is a great idea. I dont want ...

Thanks for your responses. I will keep the temperature up for the 3-4 day period. If I dont see any change of the white spots I will have to find some medication that using malachite green. The only thing I am worried about with raising the temperature so high is if my cichlids will be okay. They ...

I'll see if it goes away after the 3-4 days but I honestly do not think it is Ich. Ich cannot jump off of the fish and on to a different part of their body.

So the temperature raise works for any parasites? Thanks. I'll have to do that then. I am getting my water checked today so I will have the info posted soon. Ive never had problems with fish in my water and my common pleco has been fine for the last 7 years in it.

Pictures: Sail Fin with spots on head and nose http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7838/img0459x.jpg My Regular Pleco with small spots on his head (too hard to see on picture) http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/434/img0466o.jpg Butterfly actually came out of his ship (hard to get a good pic of him ...

Hello. My name is Sam and I live in San Antonio, Texas. I am new to these forums. For the past few months I have been taking as much information as I can from your Cat-eLog and different forum posts. I have learned a lot and I am very glad I found this website! I am a big fan of cichlids and plecos ...

Thanks. Good idea.

I thought it would be fine due to them all being under 2 inches still but I guess not. My regular pleco and hi fin in my 75 gallon have white spots on them but I cant figure out what it is. It doesnt look like ich because the white spots seem to jump around on their body. I have never seen this ...

The caves and hiding places must be a big deal then. I had a gold nugget, adonis, and a orinoco in a 35 gallon but i had no hiding places because i wanted to actually see them. Ich took over the tank. Everyone survived but the 3 plecos. The ich came when the nugget was introduced.

How do you know if it is okay to keep certain plecos with each other? How do you know they wont fight?