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Yes, I looked the apendencies more ofte than the film itself. I allways admire people, who are able to transform pictures in their minds into recognizeable form. If I tryed this, it would look like a pile of mashed potatoes. Even if I would aim for the potatoes, the result is nothing but frustrating...

That`s so Weta Workshop.
How are you carving the styrofoam? Nife, melting iron?
What kind of cement are you using? etc. etc.
While you are waiting for the cement to cure, keep us posted and please add the details for those of us, who are less gifted.

I saw them for 7,95€ in a big store.

The fish behaves like something is bothering it. The gluestring is a possibility. If it`s save, there is a small chance the fish gets rid of it and survives this.

I have an idea, but I´m out of words and so is my dictionary. They are worms we call Planarien over here. You get them with foliage, lifefood or to shortly frozen frostfood into the aquarium. In small numbers they aren`t to dangerous for the fishes but they try to nibble at them at night. They shoul...

Can you see something sticking in his mouth or gills? A hair, piece of plant or so. Use a (??) you know a glass thingy, that makes everything look bigger. Ah got it - a magnifying glass.

brett_fishman wrote:, IMO, .

Since you are in explanation moode, please don`t let me die dump.
What means IMO?

I don`t like long distance diagnosis, without even seeing the fish. Even so, if the fish is eating a lot, but is skinny, without white feces, my tip would be parasites from the worm family. They live in the intestinal system and steal the food ingredients. If you treat a parasite infestet fish with ...

Flubenol also works in most cases. If she can get it, I have to look up the dosage, it`s a bit out of fashion.

I`m really sorry about that.

Next time I play "anywhere but here", I`ll choose your market.

nothing specific to see out of your description. Even if the parameters seem fine I´d do at least 50% waterchange with water conditioner.
Can you post a pic of the tank?

If it is very resistant to your treatment, you can try this: raise the temperature in two or three steps to 32°C -keeep an eye on your fish, if they can`t tolerate this temperature, it`s not your way - leave it there for at least 10 days, even if the fishes loose their spots after 2 or 3 days. Keep ...

You'd be amazed . Nice tanks you`ve got there, but those are first of all run with deeep knowledge of aquaristic needs and not by simply adding all available fancy tecnologie. If you ask the people who run these facilities what is less needed, they will answer: UV-sterilizer. Amano requires CO2, fe...

Water changes, over filtration, and good quarantine procedures should be a given. It's all about prevention. If you keep large messy fish like clown loaches, and like to feed them well.... UV technology can help prevention as well. There are a lot of things that should be a given, but in my experia...