Never pulled fish out just for pictures, but I do move some of them by hand. I usually cradle them, as opposed to gripping them if that makes any sense. Also make sure your hands are clean, but you don't have soap residue obviously. Skin oils can leave marks on fish that will last a while.

Thanks! Never really had any problems with that tank, except nitrates started creeping up once all three pleco's started getting some size to them. Ended up rehoming them. Its nice being able to plant things now, but I do miss em.

It's 225 gallons, with a 60g sump. 8'Lx18"Wx30"H. It was designed as ...

With any luck I'll have it setup again later this month (Had to take it down when we moved). Just missing it

ok, got him in QT with a cocktail of meds. Heres hoping!

Thanks again for all the help.

The water here is fairly neutral. As much as I would have liked the lace rock to harden the water, it has not had much of an impact. Not all rock hardens water. I ended up having to supplement my rift lake tanks with some goofy diy aragonite/crushed coral reactors. A spare pump, plastic coffee cans ...

Thank you for the replies!

I will indeed QT it while it heals up. I'll just throw a towel over it or move one of my tanks into the filter room, not much traffic in there.

The wounds on its sides are from its own pectoral fins. I witnessed him doing it the first few times. The opposite side ...

Looks like you are spot on with that. Thank you. I think I may have looked at the juvy pictures and thought "No....thats not it"

Its been one of those weeks. :-??

Ah, and here we go, a fitting description-

"...Swims darts wildly when nervous. Needs Prozac regularly but has no drug insurance ...

After losing 3/4 of my tangs to a columnaris outbreak I do my best to keep temps just slightly above 76. Seems to work just fine for all of them, and helps. The temps actually stay a little above thanks to the basements ambient temp, but the heaters never let it drop below.

And a headon shot if it helps.

No luck on the camera, but I managed to get some crappy phone pics. Sorry, the best I can do until we get around to unpacking the rest of the house.

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I will see if I can get a pic tonight. No promises on that, as I seem to have lost my camera charger. I could be wrong on the ID. If it is that rare in the trade I probably am mistaken, I think it was just the closest match I could find. Got it from a friend who got it from craigslist, he thought it ...

I recently acquired a Pimelodus Pantaneiro, and it seems no matter what I do it will not stop injuring itself. It has managed to gash both sides open with its pectoral fins, and has numerous scrapes from running into rockwork and driftwood.

It is in a 125G lightly stocked with some other fish of ...