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I've noticed hair-like thingies(techinical term)on my plecos back. The only things I know to think are hairs, parasites, algae. That's just what can think of. I'm hoping, of course, natural growths or algae. Do plecos, mine is pterygoplichthys paradalis, have hairs naturally? Don't see these...

I've had molly fry for about a month. They seem to be a silverish color on their bellies very shortly after birth. To me, it looks like their scales are thin, but it might just be discoloration. They have not at any point looked any color but black & silverish--meaning not reddishly irritated...

Can anyone recommend an algae wafer for my pleco(pterygoplichthys paradalis)? The ones I have donnot dissolve fast enough and he gives up on them for the other fish pestering him to get it. I've been soaking them and putting the resulting mush down for him to get. This works out fine but it's...

Just wandering...can anyone provide me with a list of the commonest freshwater diseases which would spread most easily, thus being a particular hazard for the community tank--especially the community tank with little or no quarantine back up? Thanks a lot, ae123

She is breathing really heavy and her gills look swollen--like the opening is wider than it should be. She is swimming a bit frantically up and down against the glass. Any ideas? She layed 20 or so fry a three days ago. She has been this way for a bit over 24 hours. I added some gravel just...

Since fish cannot see themselves, how do they recognize and subsequently socialize with fish like themselves?

Hey all. A few water changes ago, I added a bit of epsom salt--I think about 1 1/2 teaspoons. One of my platys had a thick green, I think from the peas, bowl movement. This was good because she has tended to have stringy poo most of the time. My tank is freshwater, mostly. Hardness--13gh...

Hi everyone. I've got a 55 gallon tank, 45 of which is water, a Top Fin 60 Power Filter(hob) & a Top Fin Powerhead 50. The filter is on the right(backside), the powerhead is on the left(backside). Is anyone familiar with the Powerhead 50? It is submersible but I don't like doing that. So it...

Just wondering what becomes of the things the tap water conditioner neutralizes--metals, chlor/chloramine, ammonia?? Do they rest at the bottom, to be removed at vacuumimg time?

Need salinity ASAP...or do I? And if so, what kind? And the white thingies on plec? :confused::confused:My pleco has tended to get little white particles attached by very fine hairs on his back when the salinity is low. If I add aquarium salt at about a tablespoon per 5 gallons they fall away...

Hey everyone. Just a quick question. I got my API hardness kit. I don't know so much about water chemistry but I know enough to match the test numbers with what my fish need and the following would be nowhere close. Soft water I get from my father measured low gH, around 30ppm. The kH...

Hello all. Can anyone tell me what the ingrediential difference is between the New Life Spectrum brand of fish food "Thera A" variety and just the "standard" pellet food is? I'm going to buy one or the other. The product descriptions look almost identical except the Thera A indicates being...

Small white particles about the size of a grain of sand(maybe smaller, I don't remember haven't been to the beach in a while) land on my plecos(pterygoplichthys pardalis)back and sides. but they seem to be attached by a thread a couple mm long or less. the thread is not visible but i can tell it...

most of my fish are still alive and healthy, as far as i'm learning their mannerisms...after a month of using tapwater which i determined with my api test kit yesterday was at approximately .5ppm. could have been a lot worse. i was diluting that with soft water from another source, a very good...

Hello everyone. My problem is that whenever I feed my fish in my 55 gallon---- --1male molly --3female mollies --2 female platys --1 pleco(in process of identifying specific type) --30 or 40 molly fry(ages 1wk to 3wks) ----white particles get stirred up and begin to float around. it's not...