Sorry for the loss. I am still mad over my own dead pleco, which got killed last spring. How did you paint the tank? Describe the procedure. I have a feeling that the process of tank-painting severely terrified the fish, and instead of helping the fish it made things worse. just took a brush and so...

Sorry about your loss. I don't think this fish had high chances to survive to begin with. When I first saw him and his infections I was pretty sure he would be dead in few days. So don't feel too bad about it. Nothing more you could have done to save him. Is this thing right next to his mouth a par...

So guys the fish passed away... Here's what happened and I want your thoughts: At the time I'm writting this it's Thursday 10PM. So yesterday I came home late at night and found one of the fry dead with his odontodes flared out. So I started preparing water to do a wc in the morning, and I did an 80...

I'm sure some experts will chime in and tell you exactly what's that.
Good luck

So guys the fish is still alive but doesn't seem to be better. The skin on the pectorals is melting away and bone is showing. So till now I've done a 90% wc and reduced feeding by alot (were overfeeding the past few days). I dose with melafix about 1.5 the recommended dose daily, I also dose a littl...

Also, Redrain, please don't put plecos in an illuminated bare bottom tank. It is just not fair for the plecos.. they want it dark, and the light gets reflected from all sites of the tank. There is no shade at all... I am not experienced with plecos, but judging from your tank pic I think that even ...

I have to agree with Eric on this. A couple of things to note which makes me believe this. First, bristlenose prefer larger (more open) caves than most other plecos. Some species will outright refuse traditional tube type caves. This is likely the reason so much luck has been had with the coconut s...

So I've removed the rock wool from the plants and rinsed them well. The whole coconut you see in the image have been hollowed out and I've had at least 3 or 4 successful spawns that happened right there, the male actually prefers it over stuff that I've offered in the past, so I removed them and kep...

I am absolutley sure, that this was not a failed breeding attempt. And BN females do not hurt BN males... This is practically unheared of. Hi Jobro, I don't know how rare or common it is, but it happened with my ABNs and it happened with a pair of BNs in my friend's tank too. I think the initial wo...

I am absolutley sure, that this was not a failed breeding attempt. And BN females do not hurt BN males... This is practically unheared of. This fish is slowly rotting away. It is not the result of a fight but of some bacterial or chemical infections. And I'm afraid this fish may die soon. The fish ...

For me the fish looks thin and short so I don't think it has had enough of food and or water quality. It may be so that you and I have totally different fish and that your don't grow as big. How big is he? I also think the wound could have come from a fail breeding attempt. One part was not ready f...

Here's the whole setup if that helps anything. The pic was before adding plants

Update: Ok so I managed to find 1 bottle of Melafix and I dosed the tank yesterday. Today he seems even less active than yesterday, plus the infected parts got red (on the fins) but the back seems to have gotten better. So I half dosed today. I don't know is it a phase they go through while healing?...

Hi Redrain, The red marks look like wounds, either from fighting or a rough interaction if the male tried to mate with the female and she wasn't ready. If that was my fish, I wouldn't do too much. Biggest priority is clean water (I'd change 75%-80% of the water weekly during this time), lots of oxy...

so I was just writing a thread and it got deleted while refreshing.. Anyway, my male brislenose seems to have some sort of external infection. He also seems to be less active and have his fins clamped most of the time. Nothing has changed in the tank for along time. Tank is ~30 us gal, bare with som...