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josh - 2011-05-27
I NEED HELP/ADVICE DESPERATELY! I have 2 pangasius catfish that are about 3 months old and almost 3-4 inches long. I thought I injured the bigger one when I was tryin to catch my gold fish that are in the same tank last week and maybe I hit him. He has a large white fungus looking growth now that's almost like bubbling. He's been ok up until tonight but he is lieing at the bottom barely moving. What can I do?!!! plz help email me josh_Spence_4@hotmail.com. My mom has some pills for her pond outside that are for some sort of fish illness. They are capsuls. I think I am going to try and find them and use them before he dies. Plz help.

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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-29
There is an article on Animal World where you just posted your question that is called Fish Diseases and Symmptoms. Just go to any fish article and scroll down till you see it and click onit. One the bottom of the Fish Disease and Symptom article there is a bunch of symptoms. Determine what it is you believe your fish has and use the recommended treatment prescribed.

If the spots look white and salty it is probably ich which you treat with an antibiotic.

Grey or white fluffy opatches ia a fungus and you treat with an anti fungal.

etc

The article is clear so just go back to your fish and click on Fish Diseases and Symptoms and you should have an answer. I tried to attach the article but for some reason, it wouldn't work. I am sorry

Good luck
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Lor - 2011-04-07
I have 5 of them in my 75 gallon with some Peacock Cichlids. They're all doing great. These sharks are very active during the day. They school almost all the time and cause no problems in the tank. You probably don't want to keep them with smaller fishes that fit in their mouth. They have a very big appetite and will eat almost anything. They will not eat Algae discs, so the Pleco gets to eat too!

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Mike - 2011-05-22
I'm sorry but you are wrong on the last part where you said the sharks dont eat the pleco food. From my experience they do. I currently have three sharks in a 60gal (soon going to a 75) and all three of them eat the plecos food. I always have to add more pleco food because they eat them too.

Claire - 2007-12-12
I have recently bought 2 pangasius catfish and have read up on them only to find that some websites say that they don't like having the tank light on, and some say they love it! I'm confused.

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Paul Corky Hawkins - 2011-05-22
Hi Claire. I got 3 babies. One the fish man at the shop said it would take 3 years to get bigger. I got them in a 3 foot fish tank. I'm waiting to move to a ground floor falt where I can get a bigger tank, 6 foot by 2 foot by 2 trying to hit 2 birds with one stone. So I don't have to give them back to the shop but if I have to just have to wait till I move and get them again? Let me know as well if they do better with the light on thanks.

Jenny Schwipps - 2010-09-05
Marvin, my 4 yr. old rtcat is my best buddy. He loves to be petted, comes to the top and blows kisses, and loves to have me feed him by hand. I am experiencing a problem though. One other time he showed this quite blue cast to the area behind the eyes and down to the midsection. He is also flared out when he breathes. I do 1/4 to 1/2 tank changes every 3 weeks, and monitor his temp. daily. He is definately under stress right now. Need help and advice. I am cleaning the tank tomorrow. He eats beef heart, and has done this since I got him as a very little baby. I don't know what I would do if I lost him. Question......as he is getting older, would his appetite change?

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jerry price - 2011-05-19
I have a question. I have a redtail catfish. If I don't feed him live food how big will he get in a 135 gallon tank.

Erin - 2011-04-22
Being an aquarist since I was 6 and now am 29 making it 24 years I've been into this. These shark cats can grow up to 2 feet, I have 2 dozen in my 1200 gallon freshwater tank. Yes, they do eat smaller fish, but they've never harmed my Goldfish or any others. I feed them neon Tetras. They down a lot of them as soon as they are added to the tank. To anyone who reads any website saying that shark cats can live in water mixed with canning/kosher/freshwater salt, is dead wrong. Shark cats can and will die from being in water mixed with any of those salts. They can successfully live in marine brackish saltwater of specific Gravity of 1.003-1.005 if they are slowly acclimated. They are brackish fish.

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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-23
Thanks for the input. We need folks like you on this site with woirking knowledge of what is real. No matter how many years a person has spent doing things with pets, there is always someone who has specific knowledge relating to an incident or question. I have 20 years with birds but I know very little to nothing about parakeets. I never had one. Please stay with us. Thank you

Leanne Cox - 2011-04-19
I recently bought a baby bristlenose catfish and he seems to have disappeared. Could my large featherfin catfish have eaten him?

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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-19
It is possible as fish will eat anything. If the baby was considerable smaller, it is pretty likely. I am sorry.

michela - 2011-04-10
We have two Pangasius Catfish. We have had them for a few years now - watched them grow from 3 to 20 inches. Every once in a while, the larger one gets his "nostrils" inflamed. They get really large and red. We haven't been able to figure out what triggers that and how to heal it. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Brandon - 2011-04-06
I was changing my tanks water and when I took one of the catfish out to put it in the tote, its fin got tangled in the net and I had to cut it a piece of the net off and there is still a piece stuck on and I can't get it off.
What should I do?

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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-07
Did you get it off? If not can't you just hold it out for the few seconds and use a cuticle scissor to cut it off. Just be careful. You really don't want other fish or that fish trying to chew it off - not that I would think. Cuticle scissors should be able to slide right underneath the piece of netting without endngering the fin of the fish.

cindy - 2008-12-13
Help please, I have read that albinos can tolerate ph to 8.0 and temp. to 79. what I would like to know is can they tolerate a brackish tank at about, 1.012 salt. I have 2 of these little guys and have become attached to them. I would like to add about 4 small spotted green putters in a 55 gallon tank. I think the tank will be big enough that the puffers will not bother them, what do y'all think?

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Brody L - 2011-04-05
Hey cindy,
if you still need an answer, I'm pretty sure that any species of cory can't live in brackish water. If you choose to put any other tankmates in with a puffer, you want to make sure that it is large and not at all aggressive. Also make sure that you arrange your plants and rocks in such a way that it will block the line of sight of the puffer, because as you probably know puffers can get nasty...
steveo - 2011-04-07
Yes, Betta fighting fish may be compatible with Corydoras catfish. I say "may" because it depends on the temperament of your betta. Individual bettas will have varying personalities. My double tail male betta was extremely friendly. He never bothered my 3 albino corys or neon tetras.

rob - 2010-04-11
Thought my cat was dead one day cuz I found it with its nose pointed to the top of the tank...... does this so often I now call it sleep walking. lol

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motasm - 2010-06-14
I have the same thing and I realized today that my koi is doing it cause the water is not clean.
richard - 2010-07-18
When they get frightened they play dead or swim really fast and hit themselves on the tank.
earl - 2010-09-24
Just bought one other day and every time we put him in the tank he flips out big time goes belly up looks like he is gasping but when we put him in a bowl of cold water he is fine. What can we do to get him in the tank temp is 76 f if the temp goes up at all he goes belly up again what do I do ?
alex - 2011-04-03
They tend to play dead if they are stressed.

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