The lfs is useless for determinig where it was caught. They would just tell me the name of the wholesaler they got it from. Thanks for responding MatsP.

This was sold to me as a gold spot ancistrus.

For only $4.

Thank you!

I looked through the cat-e-log and can't quite put my finger on it.

Interesting enough, when I went back to the lfs, all the other alfbns were dead also. They looked ok, hence the reason I bought one. I spend a great deal of time looking at the fish before I purchase.

Firestorming wrote:I have found that at time some of the larger tetras can be quite aggressive with nipping the fins of LFBN to the extent that I removed them from my breeding tanks.

That said I have had issues with various loaches and long fins also.

Which tetras have you noticed nipping fins? So I can steer clear.

I also quarantined the ALFBN last night and today when I got home from work, there weren't any fins left and it has died. Anything else that could have caused this?

I purchased an ALFBN yesterday. It acclimated well and was doing great. This evening I was looking at it and its fins had been chewed to just about nubs. I have an A. Triradiatus and a reticulated botia in a 29 gallon along with community fish (red rasboras, lemon tetras, neon tetras, green tetras ...

Thanks!

L168, Dekeyseria brachyura? http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=706

I have seen fish just like yours being sold as L333. That does'nt mean that they are but I have 4 of them and that's what the invoices say from 2 different suppliers. Sometimes you need a dozen so they can sort themselves out when there are similar species and natural variations within each species ...

I looked through the entire cat-elog and the entire transfish database and couldn't match him to any plecs. Can someone please help me? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/1killer1liter/funkyj1313/funkysfish/coolplec1.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/1killer1liter/funkyj1313/funkysfish ...

He has ick again. I'm going to treat the 135 gallon and rid the tank of this parasite. Hopefully he returns to his normal behavior.

Thats fantastic Barbie! Great pic with gorgeous fish.

I just put it in the tank and it falls to the bottom eventually. They will move about and sniff it out sometime during the night.

Thanks for the help and suggestions. Water aeration is provided by an 802 powerhead at the surface with a an Optima pump feeding it. On the opposite side at the bottom of the tank there is another 802 powerhead and in the middle, lower portion of the tank there is a 501 powerhead. Surface agitation ...

There is plenty of bogwood/driftwood. I have had him since february this year. He also gets squash, zuchini, cucumber, sweet potato and apple. Thanks for the help.

This weird condition that my L190 has had for about a month now still has me puzzled. He isn't hiding as much (which makes me feel a little more comfortable), I haven't seen him eat in a month (he must be eating something to still be alive), nothing wrong with his body; i.e. fungus, sores or ...

If its bloat, which it could be, because of the diet, you could try an Epsom salt bath. Its a natural laxative and should help with bloat.

Like matsp said, the diet needs some veggies in it. Bloat is also called 'boring diet syndrome'.

It's been for the last 2 weeks he has been near the surface and in a corner. This isn't his normal behavior. He doesn't go crazy for the veggies like he used to. He has a round belly and is gasping. I added some aquarium salt (20%) to see if that might aid him in a bowel movement if he's bloated and ...

Over $5,000 US for a pseudacanthicus? Wow.

I think I ODed him on protein also. I'm a little more watchful of how much high protein food I'm feeding now.

I feed frozen bloodworms 1 or 2 days (not consecutively) of the week and frozen brine shrimp the next week 1 or 2 days (not consecutively) of the week. Any day I don't feed the frozen brine shrimp or frozen bloodworms, I feed OSI Vivid Color. Probably twice a month I will feed sinking shrimp pellets ...

My wife called me when she got home and the albino ancistrus sp.5 died. I noticed it had been acting different for the last 2 weeks but the water parameters have been ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-5-10, ph-7.2, temp.-80-82F. I saw he had a big belly for quite some time. I just thought he was getting ...

Thanks Jools.

It would appear that way.

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