I turn up the heat a few degrees and add salt. Natrual is always better. Good luck

Natural is only better when it works. It was clearly a waste of valuable time in my case.

I lost a third Clown yesterday but the fourth is looking completely normal today. Not surprisingly my L201 tank has been ...

It looks more like Chilodonella than Ich to me. Treatment is the same, but Chilodonella takes longer to treat.

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In all of the searching I did I never came across Chilodonella. If I had known I would have started treatment with Rid-Ich on day one, instead of wasting time with salt and ...

I have 4 Clown Plecos (Panaque maccus) who have had Ich for 12 days now. It went from a few white spots to complete body coverage almost overnight. I started treatment by increasing the temperature to 82°F (28°C) and adding Salt at a concentration of 1TB per 10 gallons. They looked miserable after ...

Ok, so it has been a busy week trying to fatten these guys up in a partially-cycled tank. However, after adding some BioSpira and some mature media from a friend's tank I am finally seeing zero Nitrites :YMPARTY: . I'll try to get a good photo of their new plump bellies.

So now I think they are ...

Looks like Panaque maccus to me. I have four of these and they all used to look just like yours when they first arrived, yellow and very pale colored. I'm sure it was due to the stress of traveling through the mail. They love/need driftwood. Here's what they look like now: (They look darker without ...

I treat all my newly imported wild Discus and Plecos with a combination of metroniadazole, praziquantel and flubendazole.

Funny, I just copied this list from your advice in another post from 2 years ago! Good to know your recommendation still stands. In your experience are these usually available ...

Suckermouth - That is very encouraging information.

Racoll - I purchased them online so I never had a chance to preview them. I've increased the temp to 83°F (28.3°C) and added an additional air stone.

It's hard to tell who is eating what, but it does look like these guys are eating the blood ...

It looks like it has a caved in belly in the reflection.


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It looks like two of them are a little concave in the stomach area. I hope they don't have any parasites as they are wild caught. I haven't found anything specific online as far as causes or ...

Here's a profile and mouth shot...

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree, H. contradens tend to have slightly larger spots but it seems to vary from fish to fish. Does anyone know of any other differences between the two?

According to the Cat-eLog: "H. contradens has a higher body than H. sp(L201)."... I will try to get a decent ...

Just got 5 of these awesome spotted plecos. The one in the photo is 3 inches.
Black/Dark Green body with Yellowish/White spots.
L201 or H. Contradens?