I have successfully used coppersafe and catfish for ick. The ick cleared and the catfish was fine.

It's red algae, and you'll just have to keep keep cleaning it out. I would'nt boil your stuff though

Yay, I can post again!! It's been a long time!!!

Hi,
I have a decorus, he too is missing a pectoral fin. I got him as a 1 inch baby and it never grew,the spine is there just no fin tissue. All his other fins are perfect. I always assumed it was some type of "birth defect"

they are ocellifers, they look exactly like my baby ocellifers did when they were that size, and mine grew into perfect examples on an adult ocellifer

thanks for all the info guys, I think that's gonna be the way to go. Fortunatly I have well water so I don't have to worry about the chlorine issue

Hi, I recently hurt my back and for the mean time I am unable to lift the buckets of water I need to make water changes. Does anyone have any experience with the Python water change sytem? How easily is it operated, and how well does it work? Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks

it's probably the salt, it acts as an antiseptic.

i suspect you may have a pimelodus blochii, instead of a pictus cat.

Bronzefry, a couple of years ago i was able to order just the top frame for a 40 gallon from my lfs, i think it cost $12.00. After i removed the old frame, the center post had broken, i just attached the new one with silicone. It worked beautifully, no leaks and looked as good as new. sue

i do 50% once a week in each tank

pictus cats should really be kept in a group of at leat 5 or six, they are a schooling fish

i had one that killed a royal pl*co, and harrassed the rest of the tank.

most likely its microglanis iheringi. sorry, i don't know how to post the link, but in the cat-elog under psuedopimelodidae

i hate to tell you that it probably will bite you later,
not to mention those fish are gonna outgrow that 12 gallon tank in a minute!!!!

you aren't very far from toledo,there are a couple of good places there. dave's tropical fish,and tropical fish fantasies,even the pet supplies plus has a fairly decent selection.
sue

i'm withb silurus, it looks just like my ocellifer
i don't think the regularity of the spots is any
indication of it being a hybrid,you just got lucky
with such a uniform pattern.

if you are in toledo,ohio have you tried trilby tropicals,or perrysburg aquarium?

You could try shrimp pellets maybe

It looks that way to me!!!

I use the GE silicone II also, it's inexpensive,and works great!!!!

I for one, think it looks great !!! i am looking forward to seeing it when finished!!
sue

do you have any ciclids in the tank? they won't breed without any ciclids, they eat the ciclids eggs and replace them with their own and the ciclids raise their young.

hey guys fyi-laura is a girl

how about an LDA25 Pitbull pl*co
they would fit the bill
sue

I have been to an online fish store (sorry, don"t remember which one) that actualy list their pictus as bred. i'll try to see if i can find it again and post a link
sue

i got this guy labeled as an ocellifer,but he did'nt look much like the other ocellifers in the tank, any ideas? http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/suezbele/ocellifer008.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/suezbele/ocellifer007.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/suezbele/abbc5e68 ...

i have 2 right now both are smaller than yours at 3 and 4 inches repectively, and i've had mine maybe a month, they will eat cucumber,zuchini,yellow squash, romaine lettuce, assorted greens,mustard etc... they seem to graze all day mine hide alot though... sorry i wasn't much help.... sue

relax, they're making fun of michigan not germany. to a lay person mittenstate sounds mildly german. there was no offense to germany intended. those of us in michigan just have a sense of humor about ourselves and our state. it's cool, really....
sue

i have seen 2 piece rubber heater "protectors" sold seperatly at pet stores, maybe those would work for you, me myself i have never had problems with my fish getting burned pl*cos or otherwise.
sue