Richard B wrote:certainly NOT royals

Reminds me of a Lorde song ("And we'll never be royals")

The smaller helogenes and the last neon tetra are dead. So that leaves 6 fishes for you to monitor closely. Please do so and don't do anything drastic, like a complete water change. Give them some time to refind balance. If necessary, dose again. If in severe doubt, dose again. Given the victims, y...

Do these fish also have Ich? If so, you might consider another dose of the med you used and/or adding a little more salt (non-iodined). The salt triggers the slime coat to get thicker, thus giving parasites less chance. Ime your fishes should be able to cope with a salt dosage of 1 gramme per liter ...

Which fishes are currently in that tank?

panaque wrote:By the way, Marc, "meaning" = betekenis or bedoeling in Dutch. I think you meant to say "opinion" (mening). Easy mistake to make

You are right of course; I have edited my message. Thanks.

Although I have a firm opinion about this, I will not be lured into talking politics. So, why do I react? You might want to change the title; I take it it should read "positive" instead of "postive". Edit: "meaning" replaced by "opinion" as suggested by Panaque.

Bacterial.
And don't blame yourself; if things go that quickly, there's hardly anything to nothing you could have done to save this fish.

Two more victims: the old Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus female and a large Ageneiosus atronasus female. I'm pretty sure none of the atronasus will survive. One other atronasus has died, but afaics that is going to be it. Which means 5 atronasus and the female of Ageneiosus sp 4 have made it to rec...

I congratulate you on your achievement and your commitment.
Très bien fait!

Hello and welcome to PC. It could be that it was born this way (meaning without fins)? It looks healthy to me, but of course I can only use the picture as a reference. Nevertheless, Synos are pretty hardy. Did you have a look at this thread: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t...

I worry that people using half measures has contributed to this ich superstrain we keep hearing about. Not to derail this any further, but I think the problem of creating superstrains starts at exporters, importers and even local sellers and their inevitable "preventive" treatments. That ...

Any recommendations for scaleless fish meds ? I see this come up again and again. Can someone explain why scaleless fishes need to ich-treated differently to other fishes? Over here it's written down specifically in the instructions that come with medicins; "not to be used on (with?) scaleless...

Alas, I have no idea which meds are available at your end. Nevertheless, a combi of formalin and methylin (spelling??) blue worked for me, although it is often not recommended with scaleless fishes. From my rather recent experience however, I can tell you that my auchenipterids had no probs with a t...

Looks like it and imo it's not a good idea to try to catch it, as you will stress it even more. Were there 2 different specimens in the video? If so they both have it, so I'd say start treating them asap. Medication (proper!), salt, extra oxygen and a temp raise. That should do the trick. To my regr...

If this law is based on Burgess' book, it is certainly outdated - to say the least. It is an enormous generalization to include all Cetopsidae based on the behaviour of just a few species. Besides, what to do with the former family Helogenidae, which is now included in Cetopsidae? They should be all...

kruseman wrote:Only a few survived, but have grown. They're all black and laying on the bottom of the container all day.

That's a big surprise! What are you feeding them?

If you're doing a daily 25% water change, pls beware that you re-add 25% of the medication that disappears with the water change. The same goes for the salt. Ime you should refrain from water changes during a treatment, unless the instruction leaflet tells you to do so. After the cure you could rest...

Two more victims: the old Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus female and a large Ageneiosus atronasus female.
I'm pretty sure none of the atronasus will survive.

Marc, how was the temperament of your gnathocharax ? I've got a shot at some but know absolutely nothing about them. Also, are they jumpers? The long angled pectoral fins remind me of hatchetfish, aka 'aquatic rockets' :P. They can and will jump (see pectorals indeed), peaceful despite visible teet...

Give them enough room/space, otherwise you'll end up with one specimen. These fishes fight rather fiercely amongst each other.

First victim: Ageneisosus sp 4 male.
It may sound strange, but I'm relieved, both for the fish as for myself.

Pfffff...... you scared me with that title. I thought something bad had happened to him.

Congrats Dave, great fish, well deserved!!

I commend you for trying your best to save your fish! Thanks again, but misfortune has (re-)entered my tank - just like yours. Things have apparently been too much for some auchenipterids, thus giving the dreaded Ich(*) a chance to spread. And spread it did.... Not the first time this has happened,...

Now that is what I call very good news. Pls keep those wrigglers alive - even if it means you can't go on holiday shortly b-) I must add that I am being helped - yet again - tremendously by ex-forum member Sidguppy in my efforts to keep my fishes alive. Not giving him the credits he deserves would b...

Update on my auchenipterids: Ageneiosus sp(4) : female again improving compared to last week and nips at food; male slightly better than very bad, but still not eating Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus : one female "beyond repair"; four specimens fine and eating Ageneiosus atronasus : all sev...

In that case I see no problems. Give them some time to adapt and they will show up at feeding time, no doubt.

Two things wrt the S. asci: - I had 9 specimens once and all were males...... I had never seen a female until The Dark One posted a pic, which should be somewhere in this thread. Two specimens may look too few, yet they should be okay but: - I noticed you want to keep them in a diverse setting. Plea...

KungFish wrote:No need for them to pop up, I already have a chance to buy them

Any updates?

Nothing to do with an ID, but this fish seems rather deformed. What's happened?