Thanks for the advice. I am going to take my time. Let my tank settle down and then see what i fancy. I am loving plecos so much that I am thinking about having a pleco setup... I would love to try breeding them but one step at a time!

Jools - I noticed you are from the same part of the world as me ...

I don't know if it has been properly de-wormed. So I did a bit of online research and found Sterazin Waterlife. It deworms and apparently treats other parasites.

Should I stop the Melafix (been adding recommeded dose for 4 days now) and use this instead?

Just to recap one Cory is flicking and my ...

Hi - just thought I would pop in and say hi. I am fairly new to fish in general but even newer to plecos. I bought a snowball pleco that I totally fell for but went on holiday and something went mad and when I came back she was very ill and didn't last the night. So sad but it made me go learn more ...

actually looking at the photos on here my corys don't have gold spot...... I didn't realise they are gold around the gills. Beautiful

could it be gold spot?

The reason I ask is that one of my corys have been flicking itself against the substrate and is very slightly gold around the gills......

Thanks - I am heading out today to buy some sinking pellets for carnivores to bump up its diet. Is there anything I should treat it with.....

thank you! You wouldn't believe that I used to work as an IT consultant.... not got a clue!

Anyone got a clue (nice link!) what's going on with my poor queenie?

so to speed it up I have put the photo up on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24984383@N08/?saved=1

but if someone can help me get it up on here....

Please help. Thank you.

my photo wont upload! It isn't too big (only 332kbs) any idea why?

so the photo below is the best I can do. the flash wasn't too popular and she is hiding away but you can see the white patches on her back. They have definately spread (both in size and number) since this morning.

I went to my lfs and have treated the tank with melafix. But no change.

help......

i will try - not known for good photos but if it will help.

Hi - I am fairly new to fish keeping. My tank has been setup since Christmas and everything has been going fine except with my pl*cos. I got a snowball 6 weeks ago who lasted 2 weeks. She died when we were on holiday but before we left she developed a small white patching. thinking it was whitespot ...