Recent content by Nigel_K

Thank you very much! Yes, we treated the tank as well. We even had antibiotics shipped, but it was too late. We still have our otocinclus Herman in the tank. He hides most of the time, but every now and then he comes out and darts around. We are so glad that we still have him.

Sorry for the radio silence. I took Oscar to a great vet a week ago to find out that his poop basically consisted only of worms in addition to a bacterial infection...with the outbreak most likely caused by the ammonia poisoning. He was treated at the vet and we treated him here for the last...

So another update. The ammonium is, after daily water changes (with conditioned water with bacteria at the appropriate temperature), still at >1 ppm. Nitrites, Nitrates at 0, pH at 6. Now the guppy started showing signs... not being able to swim, etc. The pleco is still alive, but hasn't really...

Thank you all very much for your kind help. I really appreciate it. One thing that worries me a lot though is the pleco's general behavior. He hasn't moved that much in the last two days. He is still "blinking" and breathing. I put a pleco wafer (his absolute favorite) in front of him. He...

Update from the battlefront. We tested the water again today. Nitrites and Nitrates at 0 ppm, Ammonia still at 1 ppm and the pH is around 6 (dropped from 7.2). Nitrites and Nitrates were at 5 ppm and 160 ppm respectively before and we are glad that we got it down. We change water every day and...

Is there anything else I could do for the pleco? He hasn't eaten in a while.

Thank you very much for your suggestions. :flowers: We are slowly changing the water right now. I am conditioning the water and it is in bags in the tank to adjust to the temperature. I don't know the levels. The guy in the pet store told me to let the bacteria work and come back this Wednesday.

Sorry, here is the pic.

Yes, I changed the filter, because the pleco started more than a week ago to go up to the surface for air. That's also when I made the water change. But since Thursday it has been this bad. So this morning he had pulled himself up on the glas like he used to and seemed to be okay. Came home...

Update: He just turned on his belly for the first time in 4 days. Hopefully he is getting better.

Hallo everyone, I have a question concerning my 4 year old 10.6 inch pleco. Tank mates: one guppy, one otocinclus.. in a 20 gallon tank. I had this fish gang for 2 years together now, with only minor problems. I adopted the guppy and the pleco from a colleague so they have been together for...

It came back So here a quick update. The pleco is in his new 20 gallon tank. We moved him around 10 days ago and he was perfectly fine as he was eating like a vacuum cleaner..he still does and swims around as always. However, today I came home from work to find his belly one of his fins and the...

Hi MPWallace1, No, unfortunately I haven't. The two pimples seem to heal off, but new white spots appeared at his belly, but they are too big to be ich. Maybe he is too big for the tank and constantly hurts his belly..I got him a bigger one and I hope it will get better. Will keep you posted.

Dear all, my name is Nigel and I am new to this page. I have a question concerning one of my fish and I hope you can help me. :flowers: I have a 2 year old pleco in a tank together with a guppy and an otocinclus. Weird combination...I know, but I got them from a colleague over a 1.5 years ago...