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What is the best EBO food for Leopard Frog Plecos and corydoras?
Colu replied to Yanni's topic in General Discussion
I use EBO youngster grow paste and EBO spirulina tabs to feed to my adult bristlenose and fry the youngster grow paste is a good food to get adult in to breeding condition and for raising fry of herbivore omnivore and carnivore species I have seen improved growth in my fry and since I started feed the grow paste and spirulina tabs more frequent spawns from my adult bristlenose -
You could add some spirulina flake to their diet if there going after your plants their not getting enough vegetable matter in their diet
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He's how you tell Epistylis from ich if it's Epistylis you want to treat with kanaplex in food @Tonyu as Epistylis feeds on the bacterial on your fish and spread more rapidly at higher temperatures
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Otto's are best added to a season tank with plenty of biofilm and algae you can feed them repashy solient green super green algae wafers some veggies like cucumber blanched spinach and lettuce french beans they are not the easiest to get to get to take prepared foods bristlenose pleco are a good option you could have 4 in a tank the males can get territorial so provide plenty of caves wood so they can each have they own cave panda Cory's would stay small I add no less than 6 Cory are less shy when kept in bigger groups neon would be ok with guppys angelfish are good at eating guppy fry they would Also eat your neon Bettas are hit and miss when it come to eating guppy
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I would gradually lower it over a couple of days so you don't stress your out
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You can but meds can be stressful of your fish I would treat with ick x Frist if you have had signs of parasites such as flashing rapid breathing white stringy poop then I would treat with paracleanse
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I would love a biotope tank with tiger stripe sliver dollars
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What I would do is finish the course of maracyn add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties to help speed up the healing process you could treat with ick x for a couple of days as it treats fungal infections
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I don't think it's ich as melafix doesn't treat ich what are your water parameters and temperature
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Frist what are your water parameters how long have you had the fish before they started showing symptoms and does the the white patch have a fuzzy appearance
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Yes I have the other two will definitely be getting the book on bristlenose when it's published
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If you like catfish I would recommend you get a copy of these books their bringing out a book about bristlenose catfish soon as well as one on snakeheads
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It looks more like he could be ripping his fins on something in the tank are their any sharp pieces of wood or stones in the tank he could be catching his fins on
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I have seen people get good results from kanaplex and jungal fungas clear fizz tabs and the aquatics foods premium flake I personally like to use jungal fungas clear fizz tabs active ingredient are nitrofurazone furazolidone and potassium dichromate with the kanaplex
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Sound like low levels of desolved oxygen rapid breathing in the later stages as the brain's starve of oxygen you can get moment that looks like your fish is having a seizure it's odd how only your Betta was effected have any of your other fish been hanging near the any rapid breathing
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I use jungal fungas clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone you can get nitrofurazone powder off aquabid or aquatics foods premium flake containing nitrofurazone there's a couple of options
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I don't think kanaplex would have any effect on fungal spores the spores would more than likely attach to any decaying wood I would just remove the wood and treat any remaining fungus with a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution hopefully that will do the trick
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I think it was more than likely bad genetics he could have been blind as well I wouldn't beat your self up you did everything you could Betta are heavily inbred and are prone to developing health problems
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Possible Epistylis with secondary bacterial infection that would explain mass mortality in your Cory's I would Qarantine all your fish treat with kanaplex in food and jungal fungas clear to treat the water column as furan2 has been discontinued the combined treatment is very effective at treating Epistylis and Columnaris and severe bacterial infections as Epistylis feeds off the bacterial on the skin of your fish and spread more rapidly at higher temperatures so I would lower the temperature you could also add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons it Will help with Gill function and add essential electrolytes to help reduce stress in your fish
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Looking at the pictures it could be a bacterial infection I would check your water parameters just in case anything off also if your going to treat with maracyn I would add it to food it's more effective when added to food I use 1 quarter of a packet of maracyn one scoop seachems focus one table spoon of pellets one cap of garlic guard and a few drops of water mix well you can store any leftover medication in the fridge feed for 7 days and you can add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 3 gallons that will help with Gill function and add essential electrolytes to reduce stress in your fish
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I wouldn't dose the water and add to food I would finish the week of medicated food if some aren't eating follow it up with a course of kanaplex to treat the water column
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I haven't had anything like this in my tanks If it releasing spores into the aquarium it will be difficult to eradicate from your tank if your have a UV steriliser that should kill the spores and stop them from spreading
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What I would do is Qarantine give the meds a rest as there can be stressful and hard on a fish when it's been treated with multiple medication what I would do is add some aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons the salt will help with Gill function and add essential electrolytes and some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties make sure your water parameters are good if you have poor water quality it will slow down the healing process I would treat with the salt and almond leaves for 1 week if after a week your seeing no improvement then I would treat with kanaplex in food as kanaplex is a more broad spectrum antibiotic than maracyn
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Rummynose tetra, might be the best fish ever?
Colu replied to Atitagain's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
They are one of the larger tetras and are constantly chasing each other trying to sort out the pecking order in a planted tank the colours are great -
When you squeezed it the fungus more than likely released it spores
