1st off he broke my heater like 3 weeks ago and ate a good amount of glass. Since then he has basically acted fine and has kept eating all along. He started puking up the glass about 5 days ago. So for the past 5 days I have been picking chunks off glass out of the tank. It was duing this time that I noticed a bunch off very little crawler things moving around on the bottom of his tank. The tank has no gravel. They are a redish brown tint. I have not ever seen them on the fish. Also I have seen what look like white worms on the glass covers of the tank. The fish himself looks great and has grown from 17 inches to 19 inches since eating the glass. So basically are these things to just monitor or should I put some type of medicine in the tank. I highly doubt pics would be useful since the critters are so small. thanks a lot
red tail cat many questions
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trajan;751591; said:
Man, if you tend to keep those kind of fish like catfish or Pacu or etc,...You have to buy a good heater which can stand the force pressures made from the fish. My heater is covered with Plastic by the manufacture so my Pacu can't break it, after I saw him try to hit his head to the heater several times, I don't know, they probably commit suicide or something.
Poor thing for your catfish, I think he got his internal system damaged.
trajan;751591; said:
i would advise that the heater goes outside the tank in a canister etc....
most catfish ( no scales) dont like salt in the water but there maybe other opinons on this....
as for the creepy crawlers may you could find a fish that would eat them and not be eaten by the rtc ???
really big pleco maybe ????
anyway 2 cents
I won't put the salt in anymore then. I don't think his system is damaged though since he is acting normal and eating like a pig and growing like crazy too. Bought covers for the heaters after the breaking. Had owned a red tail and many other large fish in the past and never had a heater break. thanks for all the advice so far though. Cannot add fish to the tank, have already tried the red tail just keeps trying to eat them even if he can't. 17 in peacock bass was the last fish I tried to add.During the night water was flying everywhere.
trajan;751875; said:
i understand !!!! good luck keep us posted !!!
like to see pics of the rtc....
Been putting 1 tsp of evaporated sea salt in with my catfish for years now. They eat more and never get desieses. I highly recomend it. they had anchor worms which were killed by the salt. I would say to get some kind of medicine specifically for parisites. They will kill most invertebrates of any size~!
