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Post by palaeodave » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:03 pm

Fish can be troublesome creatures :lol:

Just saw my girl, she's looking heaps better. Think I'm clear of the woods. The one week treatment of melafix is finished but since there is still visible sign of injury I'm going to keep going with it but at a very reduced dose.

She still won't pose for a photograph though!! :evil:
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Post by saphphx » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:05 pm

good to hear she's doing better :) If you were a super model involved in a horrible accident would you pose for photos before healing? :P Poor little glammer loach has had a hard week :)
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Post by shari2 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:10 pm

Good news! 8)
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:54 pm

Heh, actually I think she's a boy.

Whenever I have an accident or similar I find that I take rather a lot of photographs of it! I'd have posted my thumb operation photos in the off topic forum long ago if I didn't think I'd get kicked off for it! Guess I'm strange.
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Post by saphphx » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:18 am

palaeodave wrote:Heh, actually I think she's a boy.

Whenever I have an accident or similar I find that I take rather a lot of photographs of it! I'd have posted my thumb operation photos in the off topic forum long ago if I didn't think I'd get kicked off for it! Guess I'm strange.
he can still want to be pritty :P

I seem to only have pics of ill fish :P

Lets see this thumb! Linky Linky!

(Please do note, I took photos of all disections in school :P I'm weird that way)
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Post by wasserscheu » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:12 pm

... did you get a chance to take a picture yet? ... she propably is extra careful right now, knowing she could be hurt easily...

... I had no problem taking a pic. of a gravid Kuhli, that I found dead sticking out of the pangio box an hour ago, ... it was sad finding her that way ... such a strong girl - picked a too small hole... unbelievable, these days :!:

later I will start another thread, re. gravid kuhlis, and put some links for pic´s... she had plenty eggs... never had a fish die that way ever before :cry:

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Post by loachmom » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:45 pm

palaeodave wrote:Fish can be troublesome creatures :lol:

Just saw my girl, she's looking heaps better. Think I'm clear of the woods. The one week treatment of melafix is finished but since there is still visible sign of injury I'm going to keep going with it but at a very reduced dose.

She still won't pose for a photograph though!! :evil:
Glad to hear this thread is going to have a happy ending! :)
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Post by palaeodave » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:25 pm

Um...

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....that can't be a good sign. I don't know for sure who it's from. The powerhead brings all the poo in the tank over to one corner.
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Post by shari2 » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:31 pm

Looks pretty bright red...
what did you feed last?
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Post by palaeodave » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:38 pm

Been trying out that new Tetra Pro colour stuff. I say trying out, I've been stealing it from Lee on a daily basis. I've noticed red poo for a few days now and that is concurrent with the time I've been using that food. Hopefully thats all it is. I aways throw a bit of JMC catfish pellets and some high protein granular food. I occasionally throw in the odd Hikari sinking carnivor pellet as a treat, but haven't done that for quite some time.

(I write like I'm a proper Englishman. You'd never guess I actually sound like a Yank - sort of.)
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Post by Graeme Robson » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:24 pm

Ouch! Fish with sting-rings!

Cut back on the high protein granular food. Maybe 3 times a week (thats if your feeding them this more than 3 days) and give up on the Tetra Pro colour food! The normal Tetra Pro is good enough, even if it's free! This is my personal preference though. :wink:
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Post by KhuliKhilla » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:07 pm

palaeodave wrote:Been trying out that new Tetra Pro colour stuff. I say trying out, I've been stealing it from Lee on a daily basis.

hmm... i shall remember that. i did think it was disappearing at a rapid rate
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Post by palaeodave » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:01 am

Hoorah! 'It' is out and about quite a lot today, rummaging around for food and getting involved in full on chases! First time I've seen such normal behaviour since this all started. I managed to get one sneaky shot from my desk. Its pretty poor as it was on full zoom and I never use the flash when photographing my tanks.

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That hideous knarled root type thing in the bottom right corner is where it's been hiding out almost all the time. Here's a closer view of the same shot. You can just about make out a grey band around the body where it's healed up.

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I'll try for some better shots after I've secured some food for myself!
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Post by KhuliKhilla » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:36 am

she is looking a lot better. that band is colouring up a bit and not looking as brutal as it was.
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Post by Hell Fire » Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:04 pm

It was me, my 2 clowns got stuck in a tower!! Are you sure its was stuck for? Mine were actually coming out when i wasnt about, they were 2 new ones. I just kept a close eye on them, turned the tower on its side and waited with tempting food and lightsout (i have a moon light so can sill see). I reckon it may of been stuck by the sounds of it and then dislodged itself after loosing some weight in the gap!! I have a fake tree rout and i jammed the holes up with resin and then stuffed a load of java moss in the top large hole jt encase. No prob!!
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