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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Quick update - day 17 and he's finally starting being productive again!! Amazingly enough of all the things I put in the tank, i've no idea what actually worked as I couldn't use any more epsom, he'd stopped eating his peas etc. although he had started to eat the daphnia and tropical fish food...
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    Fish Death

    Hi, i'm a newbie to fish keeping however, I too heard a popping noise/ more like an air bubble noise late one evening and when I checked my fishtank my sick Betta had taken a nose dive and died. When I checked with our local aquatic store as I replaced filter, air pump, heater etc (at quite a...
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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Quick update, still no movement on the movement front! I've been feeding corguettes soaked in epsom salts, i've done the dip (which really upset Pleki) and the other bn's are decorating like crazy!! I've tried brocolli, cucumber, peas, corguette's, melon everything! My little chap is still...
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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Sorry, just one more thought, if I soak the food and put in the community tank, will this be harmful to the other fish if they digest it too? I'm more concerned about my two bristlenose as one of them will literally eat anything and everything in the tank! Thanks again and my apologies for the...
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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Thank you so much for your help, I tried to buy some zucchini today but to no avail, I will grab some first thing in the morning. I'm starting to realise that my fish survival seems to be more luck than judgement! Feel awful but will definitely ensure this doesn't happen again. Will ensure...
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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Thank you ever so much for your help and advice, much of my concern has been due to a few people in stores who have offered advice which has been varied but have never actually used the methods themselves and i'm worried about putting my chap under unnecessary stress; which I feel I had done in...
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    Common Pleco Constipated For One Week

    Hi All I'm new to this site, I've been keeping fish for nearly a year and my common pleco is my main fish - I absolutely love him! Tank: 180 Litres, Filter: Undergravel and Fluval 4 maintained regularly Air: 3ft long bubble curtain Fishmates: 8 Pakistani Loaches, 3 Histrionic Loaches, 1 Hong...
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