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Thanks! After two months we are hoping that this thing is under control.

Hello out there to anybody who keeps an Elephant Nose fish. I am relatively new to keeping fish, and have a happy, healthy, chubby Elephant Nose fish! I have had her for several months now, no problems. While I was on vacation, she happily accepted food from my mom. This fish comes...

What an ugly disease. We started to treat the tank in October. The only survivors are one green barb, and one serpae. Poor fish! We allowed them to be alone for all this time. Today we went to our LFS and introduced three tiger barbs. What a happy green barb we have now! This fish...

I'm a visual thinker, and I'm afraid that I laughed when I read this. I don't know what you look like but the image of you running past your astonished wife with a running hose while smoke poured out of your oven finished me off. I tend to slop while I pour full 5 gallon buckets of water down...

Just a little up-date on this story. The second to last fish recovered. Yay! The tank is still home to one serpae and on green barb. What would the popular opinion be on introducing more fish so they can school again?

I'm so happy to hear from somebody who has considered keeping an Elephant Nose. I, too, was looking at black Ghost Knifes as I love the way they move. Somehow I fell in love with the "Noses" instead. I also feed with lights on. As the fish matures I've found that it becomes less shy and...

I was asking as I have one. I haven't noticed any posting about them (save from myself) since I joined Aquaria central. I would like to "meet" people who keep this very interesting fish. I've had "Horton" for about six months now. Shy at first, but definately becoming more out-going...comes...

Hello all; Just wondering if anybody out there has an Elephant Nose....as in the fish.

Thank you all for the great information! We went ahead and treated the tank with ethromycin (API). We did not have the info. on sterilizing plants, sbstrate etc. when we started the process. Sad to say, the second to last fish in the tank is now feeling poorly. He didn't eat tonight. I...

Thank-you. I understand that the bacteria would have been introduced to the tank...but once it is there, I assume that it will continue to breed. I would like to eradicate it if I can. Thanks for the link. I'm going there right now.

Hi all; I suspect that we've got a cotton wool bacteria in one of our tanks. It is not wiping the population out like an "influenza", but seems to be picking the fish off one by one over the last few months. The fish get an infection around the mouth. It looks kind of white. As the...

I'm sorry about the loss of your fish. I know how hard it can be to euthanise a buddy. I can't help but think that you did the right thing. At our home, we've only had to do this one time. We buried it in the Sweet Pea patch. The Sweet Peas are now seven feet tall, and growing. I would...

Here I thought I was alone.

You can....just watch those hard landings. I wish I could age without, well...aging.

They would, but think you'd miss the excitement. I wish that I could eat without getting fat.

Why not? Just don't pick your nose. I wish that I was smarter.

I wish I could retire.

You do! But it has six legs.

Thank-you for the help here. I continue to try to positively indentify these things. My husband works at the University of Victoria that just happens to have an Aquatics lab. He is trying to connect with the student taking care of the lab over the summer. I am hoping that this student will...

So, I found an ugly critter in my tank. Put it out there (to all of you) and the response was "leeches". I don't think so. Why? The critter did not die when salt was added to the mere tablespoon of water that I had the specimen in. It lived for days after. I did some research, and I think...