I cant get enough information out of you MosterMinis haha. Thank you for all the information. I will try these things every once and while and see how they are. Can i ask how long it took for your TSN to get 20"+? Mines at about 15" and he hasnt grown to much more which worries me also. I feel like they are all under stress but all my fish interact with each other how you would normally think. I posted a thread about stunted growth with the concern that they might be. Thanks again for all the help and information! i will defiantly try and use some of your suggestions
Hole in Head-Gars
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What made you stop making your own food mixes? Honestly that is the only way I go now these days. It can be time consuming and messy but it is by far the best method to feed specific fish a specific diet.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My gar. He's getting worse 
. I have no clue whats happening to him! His head is getting worse, and now he's developing like what fungus on his back. Im gonna post pictures of him, but please help me! What is happening and how do i prevent it from my other gar getting it (btw my other one is getting very better for those who read from the beginning) and how do i stop it from spreading and getting worse.
He is a longnose gar, ive had him for about 7-8 months. He's about 14-15" and in a 180g. 6'x2'x2'. I feed him frozen silver sides, brine shrimp, rarely live flathead minnows, and massivore delights. I have increased to about a 40g weekly water change.
He is one of my favorite fish in my tank. I dont believe he is stressed out or that my tank is over stocked. I have a Pbass thats about 16", common pleco 16", TSN 15" and another longnose thats about the same size 13-14". He's still active and eats everything, he is acting perfectly normal.
If you look closely at one of the pictures of the close up on his back, it looks like there is blood on his back. The white on his back looks similar to mold on strawberries.
I dont know if i should try some of that metro medicine i mentioned earlier, maybe some aquarium salt if it is type of fungus. Should i increase my water changes and the amount of water i take out?
I really hope you guys can help me out. No one else knows what it is. Maybe you've had something similar happen to you. I hope the pictures are good. Dont be afraid to ask questions about him either, or my tank. Whatever i can do to help.
. I have no clue whats happening to him! His head is getting worse, and now he's developing like what fungus on his back. Im gonna post pictures of him, but please help me! What is happening and how do i prevent it from my other gar getting it (btw my other one is getting very better for those who read from the beginning) and how do i stop it from spreading and getting worse. He is a longnose gar, ive had him for about 7-8 months. He's about 14-15" and in a 180g. 6'x2'x2'. I feed him frozen silver sides, brine shrimp, rarely live flathead minnows, and massivore delights. I have increased to about a 40g weekly water change.
He is one of my favorite fish in my tank. I dont believe he is stressed out or that my tank is over stocked. I have a Pbass thats about 16", common pleco 16", TSN 15" and another longnose thats about the same size 13-14". He's still active and eats everything, he is acting perfectly normal.
If you look closely at one of the pictures of the close up on his back, it looks like there is blood on his back. The white on his back looks similar to mold on strawberries.
I dont know if i should try some of that metro medicine i mentioned earlier, maybe some aquarium salt if it is type of fungus. Should i increase my water changes and the amount of water i take out?
I really hope you guys can help me out. No one else knows what it is. Maybe you've had something similar happen to you. I hope the pictures are good. Dont be afraid to ask questions about him either, or my tank. Whatever i can do to help.How is the gar now? I hope It lives. I wish I could help but i do not know anything about this disease. Please update what happens.
hmm, how did I missed this? anyway, take the damn pleco out! .................................................................................... oh well, he made a new thread about this, that's why I didn't say anything on this thread back then.
The pleco left him alone after. I didnt take it out until last Friday. They left each other alone. No more issues. The gars head erosion is still there. The smaller of the two has gone away almost completely gone. The bigger one hasnt changed at all.
They act normal and are very active actually. They eat literally anything i drop in the tank, including my fingers haha. I dont even have the food in the water before they start snapping at it. (For those of you who say you need to feed them more, i feed them on the daily of whatever i bought at that time, could be a variety of things)
They act normal and are very active actually. They eat literally anything i drop in the tank, including my fingers haha. I dont even have the food in the water before they start snapping at it. (For those of you who say you need to feed them more, i feed them on the daily of whatever i bought at that time, could be a variety of things)
Sorry I've been MIA... lol Had a baby... Looks like a secondary infection. iir the smaller one looked better? the larger one may simply need more time/address other issues. How is it looking now? new pic?
And I stopped making my own food mixture when I started popping out kids... lol Hoping to pick it back up this coming summer ( no more kids!)
And I stopped making my own food mixture when I started popping out kids... lol Hoping to pick it back up this coming summer ( no more kids!)
Congrats with the kids!
The smaller one is getting better. Almost fully gone! The bigger is the same. Not getting better or worse. I'll post new pics here soon.
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The smaller one is getting better. Almost fully gone! The bigger is the same. Not getting better or worse. I'll post new pics here soon.
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