I had my young spotted get like this a few weeks back. (It happened while I was out of town, had a friend feeding tanks, he over fed alot....even had fungus outbreaks in two tanks due to excess food and an algae outbreak in the other) Anyways, I cut back on pellets for the next few days and it went ...

ok, in that case he will go into the planned south american tank, he'll be ok with angels, discus, a pleco and a raphael? BTW this cat keeps me on my toes yesterday thought he was dead, touched him wit heh net, he swam around all day. this morning I found him upside down betwen two plants, body bent ...

ok I think what I picked up to be a flag tail, it is currently in a 29 gallon, it is about 3 inches long. I dont hav ea camera so cant take pics :/ anyways, I read the thing in cat-elog it says they get up to abotu 5 inches, and are a good community fish. The LFS said 8 inches and predatory to ...

well. right now he is in a log so I can keep na eye on him, I am headed ot hte LFS this weekend....it is far enough away that an actualy trip must be planned

why no ships?

BTW, I didnt see anything about tnak size, or did I miss it in the linked article?

ok, and t his would be helped with suplementing with things like sinking shrimp pellets, frozen foods (i.e. leftovers from the other fish?)

I know it looks like the food thing, and I am not disagreeing, but you mentioned to the low-oxygen lvl possibility, that the cories where fine, cories can breathe out of the air for a period, and I know mine routinely, (every few hours) dart tohe top then back to their regular vacuming of the bottom ...

ok, I am plannin on starting up a new tank soon, with a bichir, and I would like a pleco. People have had problems with plecos eating the slime coat of of gar and bichirs, ending up in the fish's death. Are there any armored type plecos that are not likely to get attached ot the taste of fish slime ...

oh yeah, is a 29 gallon big enough for him? Is a 29 gallon big enough for two of them provided they have adequate hiding spots? (base dimensions are 30x12) on edit, I am slowly raising tank temp to 80*F, this an ok temp? The angels have some damage to their fins due to tankmates in tehir last home ...

ok, I just picked one up 3 days ago. He is easily 5+ inches, prolly over 6. I have some general quistions. He is in a 29 gallon tank, black gravel. Tankmates include, 6 cory cats, 4 angels from 1/2 to 1 inch in length, and 2 african buttefly fish, and thousands of snails, all types. Do I need to ...