Recent content by Richelle

Good Evening, Two of my common Plecos were fighting Saturday so I split them up. Do these white areas look like an infection or just war wounds? NOTE: The white eye in the photo is from the flash. It's eyes were not wounded.

Thank you for replying! I've kept fish for a few years now. I have 5 tanks ranging from 10 to 135 gallons, all planted, with plans to build a pond in the backyard for the common plecostomus that are now 18 inches long. I do understand the nitrogen cycle being an environmental microbiologist...

For about 3 weeks now I've been fighting what I thought was a fungus. They are similar symptoms to a sick Roseline Shark I took to the ichthyologist at Long Beach Aquarium last year. That fish survived. In the past week I've lost a glass catfish, a Bosemani Rainbow fish and a Cochu tetra...

Thank you both for your replies. I think our EN got scraped when he took over the crayfish cave. Our crayfish died recently, so opened another hiding space. The EN has to get in/out sideways, so I think thats when it happened. It is a 60 gal tank with a Fluval FX4 canister filter. I do water...

No, no fish startling it. There are rose line sharks, various barbs (green-rosy-tiger), reticulated loaches, pigmy gouramis and a pleco, but this EN rules the tank. The booboo looks better today. Increased the heat andused Fishkeeper.

This morning I discovered what appears to be a sore in the right side of our elephant nose fish. We have Dragon rock in this tank and I thought it might be a scrape but not sure. Does anyone know what meds are acceptable for this scaleless fish? I don't want it to get infected. If it already...

Correct, not pure RO. We get the water from a local fish store that has an RO system with UV. They add essentials back into the water.

Thank you, I think I'll try that.

Yes, I purchase RO water to change the tanks, heat the water to 82, and change at least twice a week, because there is no carbon in the filter due to the meds.

Good morning everyone, My goldfish appear to have white spots or something in their gill covers. I thought it was ich. I've been treating them for months with Paragard. The tank temp is at 82. The spots are slowly going away, maybe 4 or 5 a month. Since this not resolving very quickly...

Wow! I just looked them up online. You are so right! Thank you for solving the mystery!

We bought these fish 2 weeks ago. The shop owner does not know what they are so he's calling them rice fish. I don't think that's correct. Could they be a tetra or barb or killifish? They have an iridescent blue eye ring, and are about 1 inch long. This is a 6 gallon tank. All responses are...

Our golden black moor developed a bloody eye while vying for the female's affection. Over time it started to swell. I took him to the vet a month or so ago and he thought it was conjunctivitis. I gave eye drops for a week, but no change. It's now getting larger. Any suggestions?

Thanks for responding! It's acting normal, so it must be part of the muted color situation. The larger albino pleco is starting to pick on him, nipping his tail and chasing.

I've been watching my leopard pleco for a few weeks and wonder if it's muted colors are due to subordination or if there's something more going on. I've noticed white around its mouth, but not sure if it's part of the mute or cotton mouth. Any suggestions?