Thanks Gang, consider lesson learnt

Normally the nitrates sit about 20 (just before the water change) so I guess something has changed to cause the sudden jump.

I have a sick pimelodus pictus - anyone help IDing the illness... Only noticed problem today. Floating up near top of tank, unable to balance/keep upright, swollen around head area, barbels are missing, some red/bloody area around fin on top of it's body. All other inhabitants in the tank seem fine ...

Just wanted to say that I got your book Lee (through Amazon link Jools ) and I thoroughly enjoyed, well done!

LOL

Hey Shaun,

Are we ony meant to be able to get male black lancers down under?

My little fellow has no genital papillae so either too young to know or my fella is a girl

Emma

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Jools and all the wonderful people at Planetcatfish - you guys are such a wealth of information!

Fantastic, looks great!

Showed the video to my husband, he just about had a heart attack tho and told me not to get any ideas lol! This is the same man who wouldn't get me the fish tank toilet for Xmas last year, killjoy

Just north of Sydney Australia. Love this site

Will keep my eye out in the future then for anything resembling genital papillae

Not only do may friends and family not get it, my Mum even admitted that if I wasn't her daughter she'd think I was strange lol. My eldest daughter who is 7 shares the obsession tho! We have just had baby platys born and she told me to drive faster to get home to see them and if the yweren't in a fi...

Just had to share that I found a black lancer cat fish at the LFS and just had to have it!! It's about 6cm, looks nice and healthy. Haven't seen one before, does anyone know if they are all that common in Australia? I'm very very excited in any case :D Just had to share, cos my non-fishkeeping frien...

I'm afraid to admit Larry but I htink I killed the new ones :oops: I put in a dose of ich medicine into the quarantine tank last night as they had some ich spots and then this morning they were floundering. I put it a full dose, and I think I should have put in a 1/2 dose :( I did a 50% water change...

Only one juvi pim left and he doesn't look so good

He seems no different today, behaving normally, still looking skinny. I can give another dose of medicine today so I may do that. I made a huge mistake with my pims in quarantine :oops: I noticed some white spot and so changed 50% water and put in a dose of ich medicine. I accidentally put in the fu...

Anyone got any idea as to when I should be able to see a difference post-meds?

Thanks guys. Was able to track down some Jungle labs Internal parasite guard, so have done the 25% water change and medicated the tank. Fingers crossed!

Hi, I have one Pimelodus Pictus who I have had for about 8-9 months. I have noticed (s)he is becoming skinny with no other symptoms. Eating well, as active as usual. Could (s)he need a Pim Pic mate? I have another 4 new ones in quarantine that will be going in to my display tank in a few weeks so my...

The bloke at the pet shop just said it was a "hypostomus spp" when I rang back to check the scientific name. It was a young fella that mentioned it was a choclate pleco. I like him chocolate or not, but it would be nice to know exactly what you are buying

Thanks for everyone's help!

Looking at the pictures of P. pardalis, that's who Chocolate looks like.

Thanks again

Chocolate has 11 dorsal rays. Below is a link to bigger picture on my facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... =633064439

Hi, Can anyone tell me, do you think my 5cm chocolate pleco is Pterygoplichthys scrophus. My local fish shop tells me it is a hypostomus, but the little fella has 11 rays on his dorsal fin which seems to indicate Pterygoplichthys. He is mottled brown. He has two ?nasal flutes towards front of head. ...