Recent content by mikesmikes

I have two orandas and two pearl scales, he's attached himself to one of the orandas tails and seems quite happy to stay there for now but maybe i will prep another tank for him just so i can keep an eye on it

Well the catfish does look amazing, i just feel bad because i had a butterfly plec also on its back the other day, stiff/dead etc and i got rid of it, now im worried it wasnt clinically dead

Thats exactly what im thinking, he seems to be the only one in there and he obviously has no older plecs around now so im a bit worried for it, if i could take a picture of it for u i would but its really that small!! I have algae tablets that slowly disolve and coat the inside of the tank, i...

Thats exactly the species, we both keep them in cold water tanks but they dont have any current to speak of, the colour seems about the same as featured in pics 1,2 +3

Hi I had three of my plecs die recently after using WS3 white spot treatment, has anyone else had problems with this treatment? Anyway I now have no plecs left in my tank, or so i thought, I noticed a baby plec about 3mm long clinging to my orandas tail, hes been there 2days now and i really...

Hi my names Mike from the west midlands here in the UK, i run a recently setup tank with two orandas, two pearl scales and my three plecs mysteriously passed away recently, it appears i still have one though as i noticed yesterday a baby plec (yay)

Heres something that perplexes me and im hoping someone has a reasonable explaination, my girlfriend has a butterply plec, only a couple of centimeters in length, this morning she found it on the gravel, on its back, stiff, dead? well she put it in warm water for ten minutes and massaged it back...