Recent content by paul_p

Clowny wasn't alone when he was purchased there were 3, unfortunatley they were all in a bad state of ich and he was the only survivor. I would get him some chums, but after my devistating baptism of fire with my first purchase of clowns I'm reluctant to introduce more... My LFS has plenty of...

Hi PD, He's only in this tank at the moment because of his potential threat to the others. He was sold to me by a complete numpty in Pets At Home who knew sweet FA about them. They sold it to me as a BN Pleco but I soon researched and found out that this wasn't the case. :/ The isolation...

Currently he's in isolation in an 80L tank... but the other is a 240L. Where he is at the moment I'm carrying out 25% weekly change, including complete vac because of his ailment. Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = <20, pH = ~7.5. It's a whitish, grey soft looking lump, no red, does not...

Hi All, Following a post in another forum, someone has suggested I post in here to help with the diagnosis of my Pleco's nose ailment... I wondered if you could help me with identifying a lump on my Pleco's nose. It doesn't appear to be cotton mouth (treatment for this has been administered)...

Hi PD, He's had a couple of doses od antifungal treatment and no change has been seen. He is in a display tank (my old 80L) in a nice quiet front room. Ideally I'd like to have him join the rest of the gang but might following your reply, I may just pop a couple of community fish in with him...

I wondered if you could help me with identifying a lump on my Pleco's nose. It doesn't appear to be cotton mouth (treatment for this has been administered) There's a picture on the 'Member's Aquarium and Fish Pictures' topic forum. The pleco isn't in bad shape, is eating normally and seems...

Hi All, I wondered if you could help me with identifying a lump on my Pleco's nose. It doesn't appear to be cotton mouth (treatment for this has been administered) The pleco isn't in bad shape, is eating normally and seems quite happy. He's currently in isolation as I'm worried about it...