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Help! Platysilurus malarmo has tangled antenna filament!
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knifegill;4815653; said:
Glad you got it. I hate to use harsh meds (which I have had to on my cats), but frankly salt and heat does not always work. IMO, there are some things that you just have to nuke. Oh, and glad it has a nose!
looking forward to more pics as he comes out more.
I don't think he's taking well to life in the 55g. He's not competitive enough about food. The rest of my stocklist is basically all cleanup crew material and he just doesn't stand a chance of eating enough. He also seems to be having a slight slimecoat issue which is most likely just a stress response. I would alter water parameters to suit him but since he's a freaking martian I have no idea what would suit him better. So if this were your tigrinus, lince cat, or other oddball giant silver pim, what would you do for him to spruce the place up? Give him his own tank? Drop the temp a little? I just have 0 experience with sensitive cats like this.
Okay, in full lighting I see that there is little to be concerned about at this point in time. The idiot is getting his antennae stuck in a crevice and damaging them that way. His skin is fine, I think it was the flashlight playing tricks on me. And he doesn't look to be starving, just flat-bellied. I will set up a tank just for him if anyone knows the correct parameters for this unknown fish. Not sure why I'm even hoping for an answer, but I do wish that other large pim keepers would offer some suggestions for do's and don'ts for similar species.
