well,since we cant stop them...my as well save them...then to just sit there and talk....tell people around the world....stop eating them please...

however,IMHO,no matter how they bang or get stunted in our tanks,it's still better compared to seeing them lie dead at the fish market...

well..ok..sorry... ermmmm..the tank has been around for months already and i usually change 20& of water weekly...and i top up water almost every 2 days... it's a 4x2 with sump of 400 bio balls and i lost count of how many kg's of ceremic rings already....so i suppose bio filtration is not a problem ...

well..ok..thanks...what i'm more worried about now is that they are still not eating...sigh**

aw...alright...thanks....it was at the bottom all the while...no wonder...ok...thanks..

btw,how would they probably react to it???swimming against the current??

bros, i've heard cases that bros with iredescent sharks loves it around with a power head in the tank....so where should i actually put the powerhead??on the tank base???near the surface???etc...??? btw,my iredescents has not been eating for the past few days....sigh**...however,i changed the water ...

Silurus wrote:Sorry to hear about that. Looks like the gills had suffered irreparable damage.

yeah..i guess...learned a very painful lesson there....

I just couldn't fall asleep as I felt so guilty and sorry for it.So i sat there beside it hoping and praying that everything would turn out fine when the sun rises.As I sat there,I noticed that it was getting weaker and weaker by the minute.By 0655 hrs ,it's colour was starting to fade. Later,it's ...

alright..meaning that as long as it starts to eat again...it's alright..is that it?? btw,bro silurus...you've been really helpful..while i was about to burst into tears when i really dont know what to do...been posting everywhere but no one seems to know or reply... anyway,if only i could upload an ...

sorry for asking too many question but i would really like to know more about it..

so,are there any significant physical changes that is within our visual capability??

thanks bros...so i changed 30% of the water...hope that it would be better..
btw,how long would it take for these sickness to go away??

so at least i roughly know what to expect and what went wrong..

alright..i'll do it right away...thanks bro...and i sincerely feel very sorry for the fish...
i hope it post no offence to catfish lovers...

oh...they cannot take blackwater...and yeah...the water is acidic...okay..thanks..

nad how bout now...though i wont repeat the same mistake again..i need a cure now..

currently,i put him in yellow powder and salt...would it help??

Silurus wrote:Did you test your water?

yeah..water is fine...i had to keep my water fine coz i have delicate fishes in there...everyone else is okay...

and yeah..they are all in blackwater..

It's 2 " in length and i have 2 of them in a 4ft aquarium...one of them looks sick to me..i had one last time acting the same way and finally died...so i'm trying to save this one..it's my fav .. ok..here it goes..it looks normal from the outside..it has not been eating for some time,and it's ...