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06-18-2008, 03:22 PM #1
Through the Great Divide
Oscar
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Dangit...What's this on my juvie clown Pleco's head
Since I never see the little guy I just now noticed it...all my N. multifasciatus are fine. Here's the link
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06-18-2008, 03:26 PM #2
Mbuna Lover
Red tailed catfish
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What other fish do u have in the tank, kinda looks like he was aattacked or hole in head disease
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20 gallon, Two blue gouramis, One Danios, Two albino coreys and five red guarres.
75 gallon mbuna tank, Four yellow labs, Four rusty cichlids, One red zebras, pair of Eureka peacocks
10 gallon planted- Six Caridnal tetras,
another 10 gallon, and newts
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06-18-2008, 03:31 PM #3
so JDM
Whale shark
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HITH is usually a cichlid disease, any other fish that coulda took a chunk out of him?
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06-18-2008, 03:32 PM #4
Through the Great Divide
Oscar
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Just the shell dwellers...so I kind of doubt it, they're juvies. Maybe the water is to salty and hard...did use cichlid lake salt in small quantity when setting up and maintaining the tank. I hope he pulls through...i like the little guy. What is a good algae eater/or bottom feeder that will thrive in the tank. I am worried about Synodontis eating the eggs
Last edited by The Wedge; 06-18-2008 at 03:34 PM.
And it's the ocean flowing in our veins
Oh..That it's the salt that's in our tears
Oh..Cause we could have come so very far
Oh..In at least as many years
Take the highway through the Great Divide - T.A. and T.M.
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06-18-2008, 03:33 PM #5
so JDM
Whale shark
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juvies wouldnt attack or be aggressive. im thinking he might have scraped himself and it got a bacterial infection
Originally Posted by The Wedge
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06-18-2008, 03:34 PM #6
Marine Tank Addict
gulper shark
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Almost looks like a burn from a heater. Does he hang out near your heater at all?
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06-18-2008, 03:57 PM #7
NewLifeSpectrumguy2727
Arapaima
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Looks like a heater burn or he wedged himself into something abrasive and had a tough time getting out. Melafix and high water quality should do the trick. May need to remove certain decorations if they pose a threat like this.
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06-18-2008, 03:58 PM #8
Mbuna Lover
Red tailed catfish
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Oh yeah it does look liek a burn!
My Current Aquariums
20 gallon, Two blue gouramis, One Danios, Two albino coreys and five red guarres.
75 gallon mbuna tank, Four yellow labs, Four rusty cichlids, One red zebras, pair of Eureka peacocks
10 gallon planted- Six Caridnal tetras,
another 10 gallon, and newts
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06-18-2008, 04:20 PM #9
Mbuna Lover
Red tailed catfish
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Hmmm, if you do have a hospital tank, I agree that melafix is the best way to go, espissialy to make sure it dosnt turn into a fungal infection
My Current Aquariums
20 gallon, Two blue gouramis, One Danios, Two albino coreys and five red guarres.
75 gallon mbuna tank, Four yellow labs, Four rusty cichlids, One red zebras, pair of Eureka peacocks
10 gallon planted- Six Caridnal tetras,
another 10 gallon, and newts
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06-19-2008, 01:27 AM #10
Through the Great Divide
Oscar
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Nope...no hospital tank unfortunately...do I have any alternatives or suggestions that will not affect the shell dwellers?
And it's the ocean flowing in our veins
Oh..That it's the salt that's in our tears
Oh..Cause we could have come so very far
Oh..In at least as many years
Take the highway through the Great Divide - T.A. and T.M.
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