As I was treating with the Pimafix I had removed the carbon temporarily. I'll put some in today and do a waterchange after it been in a while then run the esha hexamita and exit combo as it seems a reasonable catch all and is thankfully not too chemical.

Cheers

Paul

Hi Mat, The fishes behaviour has been odd since Monday and normally my Cichlids tend to be quite good at alerting me to Ich. Is it possible that I won't see the white spots due to the Hoplo's scales? I have Cory's and a few plecs also that seem unaffected. I always seem to come across diseases with ...

On Monday of this week I noticed that the larger(4inches/10cm) of my 3 Hoplo's appeared to be in some distress. He was swimming erratically but not flashing and seemed unable to rest for any period. I could see nothing additional in terms of symptoms so called my local LFS for some advice. They ...

Hi Jon, Is there anything key that I should be looking for in differentiating these two plecs? They're both nice, but I'll happily take a mango if theres a chance of a mix up.

Cheers Racoll, I shall make some enquiries.

Many Thanks for all your help. The urn is now in and has some new friends in my Rusty plec and my L002. Looks the part too.

Cheers

Paul

Hello,

I'm forever perusing the Cat-elog and I kinda fell in love with the 'Zombie' Pleco. Has anyone come across these fish in the UK?

Cheers

Paul

Haha, the scientist in me just wants to go and give that a try with some chalk!!

I gave the urn a few baths and a scrub but it still has some algae like stuff on it. I like the look of it as it seems old. Do you think its worth getting all of this off, or could it be a treat for my Plecs

Cheers

Many Thanks for that, I'm always a little dubious with such things. A friend recomended tryiong a little vinegar to see if it reacted. Ive given it a few baths now so will add to the tank in due course.

Cheers

Paul

Hello, I recently moved to a new house and the back garden resembles some kind of oasis. Partially buried in gravel, I found a great terracota urn that i'd like to add to my tank. It currently has a nice selection of blotchy growth on it. Is there a process I should run through before adding the urn ...

I run a 240l Juwel tank with an additional interpet filter acting as a backup/powerhead. Temp is 26/78 with Ammonia and Nitrite 0, Nitrate 20ppm. PH is 6.8 and I do a 10% RO water change each week. I have read about the heat increase for Ich to speed its life cycle, but the medications I have been ...

I've now got a 20l tank up and running and have the blues seperated. I'm running a bacteria medication, so hopefully they can get on the road to recovery. Does anyone have a quarentine routine or a best practice with introducing new fish?

Many Thanks

Paul

Hello, I'm afraid I don't have another tank with which to quarentine them. My friend at the LFS has a number of tanks and has mentioned that he can take the blues and treat them. I'm lucky in many respects as he is a keen catfish person and has helped me out greatly with the appropriate medications ...

I decided upon moving to my new tank, that I should try and diversify with the fish I keep. In this instance, I opted to expand on a pair of dwarf cichlids(Laetacara Dorsigera)that i'd had for some time. I obtained 4 more Dorsigera and 5 Laetacara Curviceps. These fish were obtained mail order ...

Hello, I picked up a 4cm long Bristlenose recently that was sold under the subject moniker. Following some nosing in the Cat-elog, it seems that this may not be the case. Unfortunately the pictures I attempted where all rather useless, but I can offer a brief description. This fellow appears mostly ...

Cheers Paulf, I'll hopefully order some in due course as it sounds excellent. I have a 240l tank so I guess 10ml of so would be the weekly dosage. I think the flukes came in with some wild caught Laetacara cichlids.

Thanks again

Hi all, Following a good amount of investigation I believe my fish are suffering from Gill Flukes. I purchased some Sterazin to start treatment, but noticed that I can't use it with some scaleless fish. I have a Synodontis Eupterus, so have concerns. In addition I have an armoured shrimp kicking ...

It's funny you mention the bogwood as I just threw a soaked chunk in and then added a sack of charcoal to remove the tanins... :oops: I'm gonna pop to a few garden/aquatic centres tommorrow in search of the Pistia as Mats mentioned it before. I do like having live plants in my tank and have Anubias ...

Cheers Mats, to be honest the shops local to Portsmouth never seem to have a great selection, but I wanted some of the floating plant you mentioned so I'll go on a hunt.

Thanks again

Paul

Hi Mats,

Thanks again. I have a about an inch of sand at the bottom of the tank that is constantly varying due to my 3 Hoplo's! Is there a reference site or book I could refer to for the plants you mention?

I recently noticed some fluff like substance growing on an Anubias plant in my tank. Following some investigation, it turns out that this is Brush Algae. All the plants in my tank are attached to Bogwood as I'm lazy, so does anyone have any suggestions for getting rid of the stuff without removing ...

I ordered my Juwel tank from these guys and it was free shipping. http://www.aquariumsdelivered.co.uk/catalog/juwel-aquarium-cabinet-beech-black-p-129.html They seemed very good for price and swift in the delivery. And on the sand digging front as Marc stated, Hoplos are great. I have a gang of 3 ...

Many thanks guys. The residue from the coconuts was a tad worrying, but I guess the temp in the tank is'nt going to be sufficient to encourage the leeching. Is it okay to leave a little husk on the nut shells? Cotton thread sounds great. I was a little worried that it might cut into the plant after ...

As usual I'm hoping this is in the right place. I was recently given some coconut halves, that previously contained birdfeed. I have soaked them in boiling water and scrubbed them but they still appear to leech fat into the soaking water. I was just wondering i'f i'm wasting my time, as I don't want ...

Well, here I am in my new house with my new tank working away nicely. I have a full compliment of fish and apart from a mildly soggy car, all went well. I'd like once again to thank Mats and all those that contributed to my post. Once I have it in some semblance of order, i'll post some pics of my ...

I don't think this will change a great deal, but I have decided to go for a 240l tank. Following some conversation regarding Plecs and fast flowing water, I was wondering how to add this without affecting the whole tank. I imagine this is just ignorance on my part, but is it possible to balance a ...

Cheers Mats, I knew I'd go wrong somewhere. Quite right the 'gold' is transient. The real reason I love this fish is girth and its furriness. Can't beat them for the odontoidal covering.

Cheers

A friend of mine works in an LFS and called me up from the wholesalers saying they had some great Chubby Plecs and would I like one. They were the gold variety so I jumped at the chance. I went to see it today and this thing is about 20cm long and almost as wide. Apparently they'd never seen them in ...

I think I have a full gameplan now thanks to all the help I've been provided with. I'm going the cheap route with some plastic pipe I found as a guard. I find it kinda funny that as stressful as moving house is normally, i'm glad I don't live in water that needs a certain chemical balance and ...

If okay I'm gonna join this thread as I should've posted something similar before now. As Sharen stated, I dont think I've ever been on a forum that actually works as well as this one. I've spent hours running through the cat-elog and have gleaned so much information from the site, it's amazing ...