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Offline Kristina023

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Sucker Catfish
« on: May 25, 2009, 09:11:24 PM »
I put two sucker catfish into my tank and they both died. all the other fish were perfectly fine though.

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Re: Sucker Catfish
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2009, 09:34:47 PM »
do you know what kind they were? many Plecs have different diet needs, some need meat and others can eat only veg matter while others require wood in the tank to aid digestion and will die without it.

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Re: Sucker Catfish
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2009, 10:12:09 PM »
whats your water tests like? Ammonia,nitrite and nitrate,,,,is your ph stable outa the tap?
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Re: Sucker Catfish
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2009, 11:32:08 PM »
What were they?
How long were they in the tank?
Size of tank?
How many fish?
What kind of fish?
Water readings?
Filtration?

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