Have a feeling I will be there somehow

So where were you all when we were in Darwen at the CSG meeting on Sunday then??

Have to say it would have been nice after all the effort to sort the weekend if some of you could have come to the meeting, would have been good to meet you all...

my ancistrus has the same problem (long stringy poo). So, is it an internal parasite?

If it is clear or white and you cannt put it down to the food, then I would say yes, it is internal parasites.
The best option for IP that you are unclear of is either a course of flubenol 15 and interpet number ...

ok, well pointed out

taksan wrote:What is CSG?

Sorry, should have explain better, the catfish study group. Heres a link to its site http://www.catfishstudygroup.org/core/index.htm[/url]

So who is coming to the CSG meeting on the Sunday? its a discussion on feeding habits of Loricariidae, it should be quite interesting

Can you get any pics? it sounds like an internal parasite to me from the description, although its a little hard be definate,
Do they seem sunken in there bellys?

Hiya, nice to see you on here?

Hi Freddy

Like the idea Adrian, shame I got so much to do at home.....
If people so want to make a weekend of it, the The Britannia Hotel in Standish where we had the CSG convention would be a convenient place for people to stay I think?

Why not make a day of it and do BAS as well? Sounds a good idea to me.

Be nice if it is, nice fish

could you get more pics?

Sounds like thats where it could be from.
I bought some galaxy rasboras last week and when I got them home I noticed one had a swollen tummy, pinched anal area and red worms in its anus - camallanus worms..... Thats the third time I have had problems with wild caughts, I will never get any again ...

The best thing for skin flukes is Flubenol 15 (see siggy;))
Sterazin isnt strong enough. If its the egg laying skin flukes you will need to treat the whole tank weekly for a month to kill off any new ones that have hatched from eggs.
Although Flubenol 15 kills snails, it doesnt kill amano shrimp I ...

Myself and Mike will be there, the mrs has said she will stay at home and keep the fire going on the return from ooop north

So who is going from here?

might make my own blackwater addirives, I found this on another forum, what do you think guys?

2L of DI or RO water
20-25 Oak or maple leaves from backyard
2 oz peat

1. Collect clean, moldless leaves in bucket
2. Pour in RO or DI water
3. Drop in peat
4. Smash leaves and peat with fingers
5. Let ...

I was told on Corydorasworld that it could be a dominance thing the 'sub' fish tend to lose their colour.

They were $19 at the auction I went to last weekend

Thanks Mark

Will keep an eye on them and see what happens

I have three adult weitzmanis I got a few weeks ago and last week I added two more young females to the tank.
For a while the adults have looked a little washed out with little colour, I have left them alone and tried not to mess with them too much, but they havn't coloured up. The two young ones ...

Peter burgess suggested this book to me the other day in an email 'BSAVA Manual on Ornamental Fish, second edition, edited by William Wildgoose' but at around £80 its kind of out of my league

I have my discus at 28, but I wouldn't try it lower than that tbo, just stick with the corys I suggested and if you want more corys, get another tank like I did

Just added this into another thread in here.

C.adolphoi, duplicareus, gossei, suessei and sterbai are ok with discus

I would think about rehoming that discus first if I was you, they need to be in groups of five or more and the minimum tank size I would reccomend would be 240L. Bear in mind a discus can get to 7".....
When you do get another tank, the only corys that will be ok in water that hot are adolphoi ...

Looking at your location, have you tried Pier Aquatics in Wigan?

What did the LFS have them for sale as?

would planet sponsor a trip to rio negro?

I use it in my discus tank which has corys in it, its cheap and easy to use, give it a go, its great stuff

L254?