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I understand it is a bit hard to see in this picture but my female seems to have a puffy white lower lip. Any idea of the cause? Also just about to do a water change and sand cleaning, don’t mind the feces.
Made sure to treat within the tank and did the instructed water change after 24 hours. The water still has some whiteness to it and the male apisto doesn’t seem to have improved. What should next steps be?
Doing just that! My local store didn’t have anything that listed those ingredients directly on the bottle but got a “parasite remedy” and a “bacterial infection remedy”, both from the brand imagitarium as when I googled those chemicals it came up with those two
Thanks for all the info! Is there an easy way to tell if it’s worms or parasites? As I mentioned I’d seen small white detritus worms on the glass but those go away once I change the water.
Sorry for the barrage of questions but I thought of one more that I figured this forum would be the best to ask. I’ve noticed feces hanging around on the sand a fair amount and want to figure out a good cleaning crew for the sand along with the glass, sometimes small detritus worms show up. I...
Another issue the tank has had lately is that right around the spider wood on the left there is some sort of black algae growing in the sand. I vacuum it out every so often but it regularly pops back up. Any way to prevent that?
I noticed he also has a small white bump near his left eye, attached in a pic below. Would that maybe be another cause. I also see him hanging out with the fry all the time and the female not really going after him. If I added more cover, probably on the left side, would he be fine?
Hey all,
I recently set up a 20 gal high breeding tank for my two apistogramma cacatouides and they had success with lots of little fry on their first attempt! While it is a joy to watch these fry, my male has seemed to be hiding more, often in the front left corner by the plant or the fake...
Hey Darrel,
Thanks again for responding! For the sake of the fish then, along with my interest in having the cacatoidues breeding, it sounds like it might be best to move them a tank with sand, some dithers, and a different species of catfish, is that correct? If so what size tank would you...