Loaches Online Forum

Hey,

raphael catfish (Platydoras costatus) is very beautiful and interesting fish but it grows fast and it will eat everything that can fit its mouth (in my friend's tank one mature speciment ate in one night 15 neon tetras).

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Hey,

looks like I did not remember it rightly ;))).

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Hey,

I had exactly the same problem few years ago with this difference my clowns have refused to eat blood worms after treating for parasites.

Everything back to normal after 3-4 months. Just keep the water clean.

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Hey,

If I remember rightly pee was a fool's day joke ;).

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Hey,

there are a few eggs in 1:49. I wonder why only a few of them were released. Did you see them spawning again?

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Hey, i'm not sure about that since my fish got ich uhm so long ago I cannot remember :) however when I talk to a vet he said that some medicine won't work in warm water so there is no point in using medicine and warming water - however you got probably different meds than we here :). Just raising te...

Hey, to keep live food alive you can put it into the fridge :) however it will die anyway just a bit later :/. Brine shrimps are good swimmers but they won't be able to swim agains current - I think your loaches will eat them really fast :)) so there is no problem. And about a risk of disease - ther...

so maybe my loach is not so unhappy as I thought,

hey Mike take a look on this topic one more time :wink: .

Thanks.

I guess it's social fish and I have only single speciment :( it must feel horrible :/ - heh I have no idea when I will be able to buy few more :(.

Do yours enjoy their own company?

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Hey, what about this paper Mike? I'm really curious to see it! :) Little Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei is doing fine. It loves bloodworms :) and catfish chips :), it's not interestd in flakes :/. I just wonder if there is any way to find a food it could filtrate from sand, maybe live bloodworms? Wha...

Could I also ask for a pdf? :)

Thanks Martin, this fish is beautiful!

Sorry for going a little OT but what is this mysterious 'S' fish?

Hey, Wow, thats a lot of great new informations to read :). Martin - this is not a young cobitis taenia for sure. I saw them few times and they look different from my fish and the second reason is that they spawn during the spring time - we got now -20C here and a middle of a winter ;)). However I w...

Hey,

thanks Shari for links. In my eyes fish looks like this on third link you gave - especially this two photos by Ken Childs look very similar. I will try and take better photos however it will take some time for sure :) since I'm not good in taking pictures :).

Thanks for all your help.

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