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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    could anyone identify this white/grey mark? It has a dark boarder around it, skin is not broken. The fish seems to be getting better, ate ravenously this eve.    (The green spots on the picture are on the glass not the fish)   Thanks
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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    Cheers, its been so healthy for years, its a shame large tanks are so expensive in the UK. Although before I left for work the BGK was back in his pipe as usual so that's encouraging! Hull aquarium declined my offer of a new BGK... anyone have a 3 metre long by 1 metre wide and deep tank in the...
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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    The BGK is now 8inches, he seems to have improved overnight as he's now swimming more like his normal patterns, If he makes a full recovery I will have to give him up by the response here, I read a few info threads saying a 56g might be ok although obviously the bigger the better, the main issue...
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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    To answer the other questions:   temp is now up to 25c, I have it at 21 as I thought BGK do prefer the lower temps in the tropical range but I am no expert so I will change this if advised.   I read about the possibility of electric currents leaking from faulty equipment and so tested this by...
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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    Thanks for the prompt reply!   1. readings are ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 25. PH around 7.2 and the water is medium/hard 2. listless swimming/lots of vertical swimming and resting on plant and wood. not eating well. change of behaviour. white/gray circle in picture is above the flash reflection...
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    Black Ghost Knife Fish Illness Advice

    Hi all   Background - I've had a BGK for 4/5 years since it was 2 inches long, it now lives in a 56 gallon tank with fluval 305 filter, kept at low temp around 21c current water readings are ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 25 (did a 25% water change last night to try and get this down, doing another...
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    Gold Fish Need A Pond

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    Gold Fish Need A Pond

    Item/s Offered 3 x Gold Fish Price: Free to anyone who can collect and has a pond/large cold water tank Location: Leeds, Hyde park. I have 3 gold fish that need a bigger home, I only have them due to rescuing from friends who lost interest. They are healthy and active, and are around 3...
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    Platy Lying On The Bottom But With No Other Symptoms..

    wow i hadn't even considered that! but now you mention it i have seen a few bits of aggression from the CAE. I thought nothing of it as he is still very small. thankyou very much for the suggestion i guess i will have to consider re-homing it. could this also have caused the swim bladder...
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    Platy Lying On The Bottom But With No Other Symptoms..

    Hi there, I have a 90lt (20gallon) tank with: 1 Platy 1 swordtail 2 columbian red fin tetras 1 male guppy 1 hatchet 1 small chinese algae eater 1 6.5 inch ghost knife (i realise i now need a bigger tank for him, raised him from 3inch, big tank coming soon) 2 german blue rams The water...
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