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  1. fishgeek

    Apistogramma cacatuoides puffing?

    the ammonia is the problem you need no ammonia in your water, how old is your tank setup? you need to be doing daily water cahnges to reduce the ammonia levels probably best at 50/50 r/o and tap and maybe as much as 25% of the water daily make sure you match the water temperature...
  2. fishgeek

    Apistogramma cacatuoides puffing?

    check you nitrate levels too they dont like that greying and thickening of the gill occurs when something is irritating them, prehaps the chemicals you are using, prehaps other infection/parasitism they are suffering are you able to see any other changes are he fish feeding what are the...
  3. fishgeek

    sick fish

    have a ook at pictures of lernea argulus and other fish flukes and ectoparasites .. sometimes just 10 x hand magnification is enough to see detail on these physically remove it, or use pp, formalin or any generic external parasite treatment on it other possible though may include things...
  4. fishgeek

    sick fish

    white cotton wool like growths on fish are usually opportunistic infections of saprologenia(fungus) or columnaris (bacteria) both these pathogens are opportunistic and will invariably follow some form of poor water,stress or physical damage look at your water quality ensure no...
  5. fishgeek

    Acidic Water

    tank water that tends to drop in pH is because of the nitrogen cycyle tending to produce some acidic by products ... if water changes are regular these are removed and replace by fresh water at what ever parameters that maybe wood will leach natural acids, much like peat and leaves will...
  6. fishgeek

    Acidic Water

    have a quick search under peat on this forum, you will find many differening ways of using it's natural acids to lower pH if your water is very soft then it should be easy to achieve if your kH is less than 4 you may have some issue's with a tendency for the pH to drop even lower than you...
  7. fishgeek

    nicholsi caught in the act

    beautiful fish and excellent photography
  8. fishgeek

    Ap. Hongsloi II

    they look more like macmasteri to me amdrew
  9. fishgeek

    fry deaths

    you say the water parameters should be ideally they should be checked as water quality would be the most likely for fry issue's andrew
  10. fishgeek

    BlueRam/Tumor?

    if tb , it often affects the liver and spleen electrolyte imbalances may be making here weak in the photo she looks qute thin and irrespective f what s the cause of the swelling i dont feel this is going to have a positive outcome andrew
  11. fishgeek

    BlueRam/Tumor?

    yep cathy i dont think there is any point trying eradicate it when chnaces are the restocking will reintroduce it
  12. fishgeek

    BlueRam/Tumor?

    mike means mycobacteria not mycoplasma what colour is the lump? some encysted parasites can cause swellings over area's of musculature without beng a big issue to the fish TB is suggested as being as high as 30% incidence in aquatic hobby so for all of use with more than 3 fish were...
  13. fishgeek

    Multi quote this message

    safari osx(as no one else seems to use it) i get blue question marks andrew
  14. fishgeek

    Lost Bouyancy

    something has ruptured or inflammed his swim bladder so that he has lost neutral bouyancy putting him in shallower water may alow some of thestress to be alleviated as for possible cause's they are multiple and treatment becomes guess work i have just had a male trifasciata recover...
  15. fishgeek

    Mystery Apistos from Grab-bag

    watch how wrong i can be:tongue: i would guess biteaniata and prehaps elizabethae i'm pretty poor at this though andrew
  16. fishgeek

    A.cacatuoides problem

    magnification may be adequate on a childs scope though i think the lens quality may be a hinderance there is also a steep learning curve adn an objective lens that can take a basic camera mount allows multiple opinions on what you are seeing
  17. fishgeek

    A.cacatuoides problem

    i am not aware of an oral dose of levamisol and it does cause anaorexia at higher levels so may not be the most effective method of administration? though i guess when the fish stop eating you know they have been dosed enough!?!:eek: i dont believ any of antibiotics are particularly...
  18. fishgeek

    A.cacatuoides problem

    protozoa often casue some bloating rather than just sunken tummy, that why i wondered about worms they are only seen from anus in later stages and with camallanus, there are other species can you do feacal examination did you treat with both levamisol and metro simaltaneously before? andrew
  19. fishgeek

    ovipositor?

    search this forum for camallanus andrew
  20. fishgeek

    A.cacatuoides problem

    have you a microscope? do her gills look a bit pale? could she have nematode infection casuing anaemia? feacal float and sediment would tell which treatment is most apporpriate
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