The above mentioned pleco is doing fine and back in the 350 gal tank. He eats well and defends his territory very well. very beautiful fish he is. Treatment that was succesful as mentioned above. I have since tried out some other rarer plecs L018,L260 and L083. The sail fin is the only one that made...

Well finaly after about a week and half I am seeing improvement.I tried 2 different meds as recommended previously plus some combinations.Pimafix,Maracyn,then added salt and increased temp to 82F. No improvement were noticed.I then came off Maracyn and added Gordans rid ich plus which is a combinati...

Do not know if wild caught but I assumed so.Retailer not an edcucated person but I,ll ask.They had 2 large and 3 small of these.This made me think wild caught.Typically a trade in or something of this nature you would only have one fish.

Large L025 scarlet pleco,10 inches,just purchased from retailer about 2 weeks ago.I have been noticing for several days now a white moldy or fungus looking growth developing.Mostly around the nose at first and is now spreading further back in body.I have noticed tonight that it is far back as the ta...

At this age I would not worry about anything accept making sure he,s fed.They can be delicate until they gain some size.Feed live foods for now and as the weeks go by make attempts with others but always clean out the tank the next morning if he does not take the prepared food offered.I am doing the...

maintaining amonia levels in a 125 gal tank should be pretty easy to do assuming you have proper filtration for this size tank.At 3 weeks old the tank should pretty much be stablized and should be easy to bring back into ck. As far as getting rid of the fish I feel resonably sure that there would be...

Man I,m glad to hear she is better. At any rate these are tuff fish. I would get with local fish store and get one of the products designed to help fish with their slime coat.Make sure to use plenty of chlorine remover.Typically to much won,t hurt and you can usually get the 2 suggestions above in o...

Why? Surely not because its missed. Must be scientific reasons I assume.

I do believe it to be the small spot by what I have read so far. I have yet to see a photo of one with the head bump like this one though.Not sure if that is an age or sex difference. I have found a local pet store who knows the fish and where he can get them and did indicate that they were uncommon...

Been reading up on them last night and this morn(instead of working!!!) I may hang on to this one and see if I can find some more.It is I have to say the most beautiful fresh water fish I,ve seen.Of course thats personal taste I understand. The dark blue and ultraviolet spots are amazing.Now I need ...

I,m from Houston Tejas usa_________ Just west of the terrible news coming out of Louisiana. I,m a long time catfish nut short time internet guy. I,m in the process(that is actual process not talk) of setting up 2 tanks totaling about 800 gals along with maintaining 2 others at about 350 and a pond a...

Well I guess not to hard to ID.I,ve been searching the net for days and found nothing. I allready have taken your post and used it in search and have some reading to do now. Now for the usual question,s. Is this a unique fish? It appears to be locally here in Houston Texas USA. No one has none what ...

Heres a pic of a fish I recieved in the purchase of my new 540 gal catfish tank.It was hard to get a true color photo but this is close.In real life he is a dark blue overall and the spots are a very bright lite blue color. The spots actually glow almost like he has a black lite pointed on him. http...

That is correct on the test kits.They will be labeled. As far as the scars no worries.It,ll give you a story to tell about your pet.Good luck

One week is cutting it close on the tank.Might be a good idea to get some test kits to ck the water for amonia and nitrates.25 percent water changes will help also. As far as the looks of fish now its hard to say but sounds like nomal healing and yes it,ll probably leave scars. I,m not expert by the...

Hopefully it is an established tank and he won,t have to go thru all that.Was the salt non iodized type as the iodize they add to can be bad for them.Basis questions but just checking. Otherwise he should be fine.Let him get hungry,dont try to overfeed to quickly.It may take a few days for him to se...

40 bucks would be a good price for someone who has a tank big enough to keep one without dumping him into a ditch when he grows up to 2.5 ft long

I also have a recently new cat that was being run over by other tank mates. I went and bought a 20 long tank and filter system and moved the new guy into it.Now he gets all he can eat and the others in other tank are being fed lighter.Once the new guy becomes the big kid on the block I,ll put him ba...

I have just taken deliver of a used 600 gal aquarium although by the measuements I get about 550 gals. Inside numbers are 34.5 X 34.5 X 95 all in inches. I am going to reseal it as it is about 6 years old and started out as a saltwater tank but was most recently fresh.What I have detirmined appears ...

No flame takin and please continue with replys. As far as 4 foot redtails I have been around the fish buisness on/off for all my life,never have seen any S.A. cats over 2 foot or so in private or public scenario.Not meant to be argumentative but digging for knowledge and experiences of others as my ...

Ok I,m new to this site and have been reading thru a bit and understand the general fellings on keeping the big cats.Really glad I found this site. Now my question,or wanting opinions.I have 3 baby cats (red tail,tiger shovel,tigrinus) I am considering having a custom tank made to grow them in for t...

Thanks for the quick replys.

Thanks Dave.Had no idea on what was going on with this guy but now I do.Despite the conditions as I understand them now I am still glad to have it.It appears they are shuned by the hobby?

I think I posted this in the wrong section so I am doing it agin here.Plese feel free to delete the other if needed. :cry: Hello folks,new to this site.Glad to have found it. I have been a avid fan of the big cats for some 20 years.Have been in the buisness of importing and selling a long time ago a...