Recent content by charonchariot

This is an FYI for all the people who were kind enough to post advice. Mully, my pleco is 100 % again! Yay! I don't know what it was that helped, the peas, or her min exposure to epsom salts, but she's eating to beat the band and I am just so pleased. Thanks to everyone. Hope all is well in your...

This is an FYI for all the people who were kind enough to post advice. Mully, my pleco is 100 % again! Yay! I don't know what it was that helped, the peas, or her min exposure to epsom salts, but she's eating to beat the band and I am just so pleased. Thanks to everyone. Hope all is well in your...

30 gallons. No weird poop. I am going to take the water to the pet store tomorrow for a test but i work a double today. I figured water is okay, because my other fish--fry included--are ok. I changed out 30 % water and added mashed peas...it's too early to turn on the light in the tank yet...

I don't care what anyone reads anywhere, do not :crazy: use epson sqlt in a pleco tank. Mully like to have a fit when i put 2 teaspoons in my 30 gall and i had to run out to buy RO, change 30 % of the water, all in fifteen minutes before work. I thought it sounded okay, i have treated ick...

Hi--it's a 30 gall tank, and usually nuked zucchinni exclusively since she was a baby. I didn't use the Marycyn, I am trying peas and I tried a little epson salt, which was NOT a good thing, so I did a 30 % water change. Mully (my pleco) doesn't have any of the symptoms you described. It's...

Hi Dane-- i found this similar solution on other sites as i waited for replies, also the addition of epsom salts and raising the temp to 82 slowly; i am doing both things, as well as the peas. what do you think about epsom salt? Mully (short for Mulligan) is about 7-8 inches tip to tail and...

Hi-- This is a freshwater emergency for my common Pleco. He (or she) stopped eating his favorite, zucchinni, about 5 days ago. I thought it might have been because the last piece was a little old, so I didn't think anything of it, but then I noticed he wasn't eating at all. His belly seems...

Hi-- This is a freshwater emergency for my common Pleco. He (or she) stopped eating his favorite, zucchinni, about 5 days ago. I thought it might have been because the last piece was a little old, so I didn't think anything of it, but then I noticed he wasn't eating at all. His belly seems...