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My clown went into my filter and as of a day or 2 after he lost all of the feelers around his mouth. Question....will they grow back and can he still eat?

I posted in the buy sell and trade but no answer. Anyone interested in any gouramis?? Wife wants to flush them, I dont. but they need to go anyhow

he is looking very bad. I checked on him today and he has no feelers on his face and it looks like he has lost his nose. of all the fish that could have done that... ok treating main tank.

hhhhhmmmmmm...... OK first a bucket might do the trick IF i can get him out easily there is nothing he can get stuck in he seems to be hanging out in the castle and it has large holes in it and lots of room inside Pond melafix...where can I find that? Price? not much money right now If I do a full treatment in the large tank, is there any cause for concern of the healthy fish?bala, angel, pleco, gourami??

The only problem I have is that He was just moved into the 75, then that night he went into the filter and now to move him again? Isnt that too much stress for him?

only other tank that I have is a 2.5 G small pump to fit it and heater

Ok I need some help, Yesterday I moved everyone around and in trying to make some happiness in my tanks again I moved my sharks, clown loach, and angels to a 75 Gallon tank because everyone was a little stressed. All was going good until @ about 8PM I heard a noise come from the filter(only one without a cover on the pipes) I ran over and unplgged it and took it apart to find that my clown had been sucked up into it. When I got him out and back into the tank I could see that He has cuts on his mouth and gills. There is some tissue hanging off where it hit him. BTW he got sucked into an Aquaclear 500!!! I only have the one as I cant seem to keep any others alive to stay with him. He loves swimming with the sharks as a school. Anyway he quickly hid into the castle at the back and has nt come out today. I can see him move once in a while but Im sure he is hurting big time. What can I use to help him without hurting anyone else in the tank. I understand that he has no scales and am not sure what to put with him for healing. Is salt Ok? what about the mela or Pima fix? Never used them before. I would do what ever it takes to help him as he is one of the families fav fish PLEASE HELP :mad: Needless to say there is a cover on it now

Awesome thats good to hear. Thats just one more reason to go Hagen supplies. I've had food issues before but didnt know they would do that

Cool.....Well, not but I just finished checking levels and doing the filter. So far no more casualties I wonder if it was just a victim to someone else? Thanks Rahim, Boy is this place great. :ml: :ml:

Did it have similar marks to what you saw in the picture? Everyone is still ok and looking happy together. So I am still hoping that this is a one time occation.

Yes Rahim I do have a pleco in there. It is about 4-5 inches long. What could he do to cause this?

Well......Thanks. This info has had me looking and I have been watching everyone in the tank carefully and so far noone else is showing any signs, granted the cobalt never showed any signs that I noticed before. I will keep my eyes open and will let you all know if it shows its ugly face again

Alright I got a good picture now See the blisters on him

Am I crazy. ppl look but noone says anthing. All levels are in good range and once I get the picture I took of her compressed I will send in so you can see

I came home tonight to find one of my cobalt blue cichlids dead and stuck in the filter system. It looks like he had blisters on him, or it was the pump slowly sucking him through. his eyes were very bulged and his guts half gone. When I was home at noon everyone was fine and i gave all a little to eat before going back to work. Wondering most of all if the blisters are something I should worry about or if they were from the filter. I will be checking all of my levels tomorrow when I get home. PLease help! I dont want to lose anyone else

Hahahahahahahaha, wish my wife would buy that line!!

No dont block him. That is a funny one lmao

I have a flameback holding right now and I was wondering what the smallest size tank I can put the fry in. I will strip the female if I have to, I dont plan on putting her into the fry tank and waiting till she spits. But If I know what size is the smallest tank that I can have then I will strip her(now that all you smarties have shown me how). I have 2,2.5Gal tanks empty and am hoping to be able to put them in there

Man, you all are so much help. thank you everyone!!!! dont know how i got along without you :thumbs:

Milk?

YES, she is definetly holding then!! She looks just like that one, that sack sort of beats in her throat. I wouldn't mind having 2 or 3 more but i dont have the room for them. The best I have is 2, 2.5Gal tanks, one hex and one short , the 10 that I have is leaking. This is the first time that she was like this and I got her in Nov, so maybe I'll wait till next batch.

Holding? Is that when the fish holds the babies or eggs in her mouth until they are ready or do i misunderstand. My flameback female hasn't eaten in a while and her mouth is very big compared to how I remember it looking. Not sure as I am pretty new to the Cichlid circuit. Dont know why it took me so long to get into it. Well ok I do. No Hockey!! anyway, do I remove her and put her somwhere else or do I just let her do her thing and hope for the best. If I hope for the best, then should i remove the fry when they are seen? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks

Im not sure what people think of this idea but i have had ich on mine before and i had a friend tell me to turn up my temp to 82 degrees for 2 weeks. Seemed to work, the spots went away and the eggs still hatched. It hasn't come back and the temp is back to about 78.

Congratulations!! I just found out an hour ago that both of my convicts have fry hidden, I gave both a very nice castle type thing to live in, in a 75 gallon long tank and they love it. No big fighting anymore, just a little chacing. What are you supposed to do with the fry after they start to get big?? I see at least twenty inside each home.