Hi all, my apologies for being MIA, all is well with my Leo. After a good cleaning and consistent water changes, a one week round of Melafix (I know that stuff is controversial) and lots of prayers, my beautiful fish is back to normal. Tank is fine, been keeping up on the water changes (big ones ...

sturiosoma wrote: ↑29 Aug 2022, 14:00 In response to Eric, with a 90% water change you have to be careful of a ph swing, so test ph of tank and ph of water used to change to avoid any problems

Jeanne

Thanks for mentioning that Jeanne, our water is in the 8.0 range out of our well, the tank seems to be holding at a steady 7.6

The API liquid nitrate test is a relative measure at best, not absolute because of much interference with completing anions, e.g. chloride. So 100 ppm by that test could be close to it but could also easily be 2x, 3x or even 5x higher. I am not sure if it can be lower, Darryl could tell us. I ...

If your nitrates are 80 after a water change, I think you need to do a bigger water change (and maybe consider a good gravel vacuuming). If you want to be safe, limit yourself to a 50% WC, but do it several days in a row, or even twice a day for a few days. Alternatively, if you think the fish can ...

sturiosoma wrote: ↑29 Aug 2022, 01:01 Hello can you increase aeration and continue with water changes

Jeanne

I have two power heads on my UG, one is putting out air very nicely, the other not so much for some reason. Plenty of current.
There are two HOB filters that also provide water movement.

It is my nitrates. They are coming in at at least 80ppm (I am scared to think the color is closer to 160ppm) Everything else is fine. Temp 79 pH 7.4 Ammonia 0-0.25 (you know the damn API Master Kit always shows ammonia) 0 Nitrites But clearly they were severely overfed in my absence... I am adding ...

No Leo is the boss of the tank. Even my 12 inch Clown syno doesn't mess with him. Did a 50% water change (well overdue, I admit), did not go crazy with the gravel cleaning, did clean out one of the HOB filters but only rinsed some of the media (not all of it), other HOB untouched. Didn't want to ...

Guys please he isn't doing well I need help and advice as to what to do

S Eupterus
10 years old.
Went out of town for a week, came back to this.
Massive loss of pigmentation, no fuzz or obvious fungus, seems listless and having trouble maintaining balance.
Rest of fish are fine.
Any ideas as to what this may be????

Hi, just noticed one of my Zamora's has what looks to be a fungal infection.
I know they are extremely sensitive to medications.
Please advise as to what I can treat this with. Is it best to move him to a treament tank?
Please help!

Hi! Unfortunately I lost all my "My Cats" info because I did not update it (my grandmother became ill and passed away and I basically lost all my records here on PC =(( ) My list is as follows: S eupterus S Hybrid No. 1 S decorus S pleurops S alberti S brichardi S schoutedeni S ocellifer S notatus S ...

I am trying to figure out if they eat Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

There was a huge population in the quarantine tank they are in. Today I looked and there are a ton of empty shells...?

The Hara hara are still doing well. They are still not too keen on taking pellet foods so I am still feeding them frozen bloodworms, brine shrimp and sprulina brineshrimp.I havent been keeping an extremely close eye on them for any breeding behaviors but I think just as in the link in a previous ...

bekateen wrote: ↑23 Jan 2020, 04:38 How cool is that?!? God for you! Now you need a dollar per gallon sale.

Out of room at the moment Eric

Hi, Corydoras sanchesi is extremely unlikely, those come from Suriname and there are barely any fish exports from there. Even if so, the prices are so high that those will never end up in standard pet shops as they are just too expensive. However, I also don't really know where Ian's cory actually ...

Nope Eric grabbed the only three they had. Same LFS that "made up" my little "Chocolate Catfish" lol. They got a MONSTER shipment of catfishes in these past couple of weeks. Plecos, whiptails, all kinds of cory cats, hog-nosed Brochis cats that were over 4 inches long, just incredible specimens! I ...

Yes Eric that was what they were labeled as.
They seem a little too grey and black to be Erethistes jerdoni, perhaps E. hara?

I always knew these as Hara hara or Moth Catfish, Stone Catfish?

Attached are pics of the 3 "Sunset" corys I picked up today as well as a possible i.d.
Thank you

Yes Courtney is aware of her namesake !

bekateen wrote: ↑08 Jun 2019, 22:48 Agree, Panaqolus maccus female. That big, that fat, no caudal peduncle odontodes? Female almost guaranteed.

Really nice looking fish, Jodilynn.

Cheers, Eric

Why thank you! I consider that a high complement coming from you !

Well, her name is technically Courtney (my then young kids named her after the girl that worked at the LFS).

I have a Chaetostoma dorsale and I noticed his tail seems pinkish red, especially when he is hanging on the back of his tank (Fluval edge with a black back). I notice in some of the pictures on the species page the tail appears to have a reddish coloration. Is this common? Or is he a different ...

Had this guy for a while. Tank is being taken down due to issues with the other inhabitants so I decided to take a few pics.
Darkest I have EVER seen this fish. Normally it is yellowish brown with darker stripes???
Thank you

bekateen wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 23:24 Steve, Steve, Steve... So much to learn.

You think he would know by now not to ask questions

Husband: Uh...why are you cooking sticks?
Me: Because Panaqolus Steve! Because Panaqolus!

Everything sank right away and I saw a little finny tail wagging away by the one piece of oak ...

Got a nice little piece of Oak and what looks like wild cherry boiling away...

Yay! I will still be on the prowl though!

I got a good look at my Chaetostoma dorsale tonight (he is in a different tank than the other two), gosh he is BEAUTIFUL! I love his dark grey color and the light spots, he reminds me of a starry sky! ❤