Hi guys and girls the cat is doing great no meds used he / she is eating well no problems at the bottom end fins have mostly healed up currantly in a 300ltr new home arrives next week 1500ltrs 7ft x 3ft x 2.5ft looking forward to setting that baby up

Redtailrob wrote:Lovely Wels 1bob1.

This isnt the Jones Pit fish is it?? Thunk thats a pure albino.
apologises all going of track

Close but no cigar this fish is not from Jones pit misses doesnt want me to say because she wants to go back for one larger that goes over 92lb

Viktor Jarikov wrote:Nice! Thanks for explaining and sharing. What's Mandarin? A special piebald variety?

Hi Viktor i think as redtailrob says its a true albino photos do not do this fish justice self takes

Bob

[quote="Viktor Jarikov"]Good news. If the fish is eating well, it'd be easy to give it some anti-parasitic meds with food. I think I'd try the general, safe, and wide-spectrum de-wormer praziquantel and then another one of similar qualifications - metronidazole. Those two should kill any parasites ...

Glad I was wrong and you don't need to contemplate surgery. Not today anyway lots more time for it to eat something else :d The fact it's eating so quickly after the move would suggest all you need to do is keep doing what you're doing. Jools I hope so Jools i guess the fish losing its slime coat ...

Welcome to the Planet, Bob! Thankyou Viktor A couple of examples of successful extractions with nice vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG5Dz5Iwol4 http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37031&p=253193#p253193 Very nice links I have never seen what your guy shows. I'd imagine if ...

Right boys and girls firstly sorry for not getting back to yesterday as it was a mad day where i barely found time to visit the loo let alone sit infront of my pc heres what happened x-ray showed no foreign objects at all i noticed before we went that the bulge was half the size it was the night ...

Ok good info Jools thankyou i will keep an eye on him / her till late and get up early he / she is going to be with me for a long time so the least i can do is have the fish looked at thankyou for your time i will post an update tomorrow
regards
Bob

Hi Jools i suppose its possible that something has been eaten by the RTC but do you think it could actually travel past the stomach the guy we got it from had the fish from 3" and had been trying to sell for a long time it had just outgrown his tank he diddnt have anything like that in the tank ...

Hi everyone rescued an S.A Red Tail Catfish last night have noticed that his anus is pretruding out from the underside cant find any info on this can anyone help on this topic or seen this before please see pic.
Thanks
Bob