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EowynJane

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  1. BN's are quite messy, they are a pleco. But they aren't as messy as the bigger plecos. They top out at about 5".
  2. EowynJane

    Hello!

    Aaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! The eye!!! The eye!!! It's always watching me, even here! Thanks!
  3. Is he rubbing on anything? It does look like ich to me. I wouldn't add any meds just yet, keep the water really clean and try to reduce stress. If he's still eating and not lathargic he's not that bad. Have you ever treated Ich with heat and salt? You can slowly raise the temp of you tank up, over a few days, I believe to about 85 and this speeds up the life cycle of the ich. You can't kill it while it's in cyst form on your fish, you have to wait until the cyst bursts and they become free swiming. While your raising the temp you're also slowly adding rock salt. Not table salt of course. Just plain old rock or aquarium salt. I buy my from the grocery store, it should be free from additives of any kind. Disolve the salt in some water and add slowly until you're up to a teaspoon of salt per gallon of water. Salt doesn't evorapate so when you do a water change only add back enough salt for how much water you took out of the tank. A week like this is usually sufficient to kill off any ich, do some extra vacuming in both tanks as Ich lives in the gravel. Ich will also be present in your main tank (becuase it is just usually there) but most healthy fish are strong enough to fight it off which is why you're not seeing it in the other fish. The Rainbow is likely experiencing some additional stress... maybe the danio's are chasing him?
  4. EowynJane

    Hello!

    Thanks everyone! Yes, Edmonton, south side actually. I've lived on the south for almost 2 years now and I love it.
  5. I have a BN named Hoover (very original I know!) and 3 Oto's (in separate tanks).
  6. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought excel only worked to get rid of black beard algae. I have the same kind of algae you speak of and I don't think I've ever noticed excel help it. Maybe check your water parameters and give it a good scrub?
  7. EowynJane

    Hello!

    Thanks guys, I hope I do learn more here.
  8. EowynJane

    Hello!

    Hey, I'm new around here! I was pointed your way by a nice person at Natures when he found out I frequented an American forum. Great people there to but I'm really excited to find something local! My tanks are pretty basic, right now I have a pair of 20's, one has Platies and a BN pleco, the other has Platies, Oto's and 1 little danio left from my school. It's soon to also house some lovely pure Endlers a friend is shipping me up from the states. I also have a Betta named Echo and 2 little male Endlers in a temporary tank (they will eventually join the others when they arrive). When I have a little more room I'll be setting up a Cichlid tank... I can't wait. So anyway, I'm just going to poke around and see what's happening on here.
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