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I still keep catfish :thup:

I had a 'noise' start in mine a few months ago. Gradually got worse until the flow started to slow, noticed wear on the impeller so bought a new one, same thing happened after a few weeks so I now have a whole new motor housing with impeller so fingers crossed this one wont clap out either. Has been a very frustrating, expensive and time consuming affair but I really like the filter so want to get it running properly. Hopefully yours is not heading the same way. Try googling 'fluval fx5 troubleshooting' it is a pdf file and pretty helpful, just a process of elimination

Very nice, well done :thup:

Yeah that's the closest I could find, cheers

Any one have a better idea of what these whiptails could be? Were purchased as 'black tail whiptails' from hollywood Cheers

I dont think feeding cooked prawn would be any worse than feeding beef heart (the whole mammal protein/fat thing) but still seems healthy so can't be too bad Hasn't grown much in the last year or so, somewhere between the 50-60cm mark i think. Will try put up a pic sometime in that other spiny eel thread

I have a fire eel that I feed on cooked shrimp (and a mix of other things)....5+ years and still swimming

If you get a stihl you won't regret it, even a second hand one. Anything other than stihl or husky will probably drive you crazy. Plus if you would like to on sell if you stop using it, it is way easier with that brand name behind it. Just thought i should comment as i use them everyday, goodluck

Probably L239, not a big wood eater but always pays to have a few different types in the tank so they can graze on what they like

birds....cheep cheep... :roll:

Try Sturisoma festivum

Hey thanks guys, here's the best pic I could get

Don't mean to open another can of worms here but does anyone know what the plec's that came in with this common name actually are?

Think i was in the same shop yesterday. I found a loach flapping round on the floor which was probably from the wet drift wood left sitting on the wooden bench. Asked someone a question about a $150 dollar fish i was looking at buying, they didn't have an answer so went to get someone else, after 10 mins no one had come in the fish room so i left, pretty quiet too, so poor show all round really :-?

Yeah i used the furan and they seem to have come right, i lost a few more but they were probably too far gone to save. Everything has been sweet for a while now so numbers are starting to improve, thanks guys

I only have run of the mill treatments you get from most pet shops, not sure where I would be able to get other antibiotics from, any tips? All 3 fishes bumps look slightly different which has stumped me further. I try to keep the tanks pretty clean with frequent water changes but il will start wiping the floor of the tank clean to see if that helps, would another dose of furan be worth a try? the stuff i had was sitting around for a while. I got the agassizi from hollywood a while back and they are really nice fish, I'm hoping they come right to as they dont pop up that often. The cockatoo is one i got off you bilbo, thanks for the help guys

These are the closest and clearest i could get so hopefully it shows something worthwhile Agassizi pair Female cockatoo, these pics make it look more like a fungus but I'm pretty sure its not

Ok i have searched for an answer to this and have had no luck at all so hoping someone on here has had a similar experience. I have a pair of agassizi's and the female has a small white ulcer coming from her stomach region, she has had it for maybe a month now and she has slowly gone down hill, the male has developed a sort of raised line of scales vertically down the middle of one side of his body and now i have a female cockatoo that has started to develop a small white lump on her side. I have no idea what this could be and hoping it was bacterial i have treated all 3 with one dose of furan2 but it does not seem to be getting better. They are in a 50L hospital tank that receives a 10L water change every 2 days, i cant really think of anything else to say but will try and get some photos up to see what people think soon as possible but any comments would be very helpful, cheers

I'm going with L104, coz they dont look like hypans to me Well done mate, awesome stuff

Im sure i had a really young one a couple of years ago so they may be floating around still, and forgot who i sold it to sorry. I know how annoying it is looking for a specific fish that may/may not be in the country (I've bin lookin for a male L102 for years)

Furan aye, might have to give that a go if it doesn't come right soon. Thanks for that Does anyone have an idea of what the disease might be called?

Hey guys, just a bit of a problem for me at the mo. I got a tank a few months ago that had about 50 adult guppies in it. Then about a month ago some started getting lethargic, slightly hunched, tail gets a little red on the end and drops down then eventually they die. Whole process normally takes a couple of days and it affects both sexes. I have lost over half of my fish from whatever this is, 2 week old fry i saved from the tank are fine so far, all other fish in the tank are fine and have had no other deaths apart from guppies. Water param's are sweet and temp is about 25 degrees C. I cant find anything on the web so if anyone has had something similar happen or knows what could be wrong please let me know as it is starting to drive me nuts Cheers

Bang on with your first statement mate

I dont think it would have died from fighting as the fish shows no injuries other than the hollow stomach. Plecs fighting is rough stuff and they can survive a hell of a beating even at that size. Im sure if it died from fighting it would look way worse than it does and i think the stomach is open as the other fish would have started eating it there after it had died. It could be something bacterial because of the redness around the stomach and fin, hopefully its nothing serious

Yeah the one I saw at yours last week looked like a female to me and im guessin you got the one on here that had the undershot jaw Great to meet you last week by the way Mark, loved your place Good luck with those aro's mate