Albino bristlenose problem

eliksir52 · 09-05-2005, 08:19 PM

Hello, friends! My name is Ed. I live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and have joined the forum just couple of days ago. Actually I'm in the fresh water fish hobby about 15 years. Ocasionally I breed angels, kribs, burbs, etc. In April 2005 I've bought some koi angels and albino bristlenoses (ancistrus) from "Angel Plus". Everything was fine until the bn started to die slowly about a month ago. One after another in different tanks. I've got 2-3 bn in 7 tanks with angels for algae control: 20 gal.,39 gal., 55g., 75g. They didn't starve, water is fine, aged water with no ammonia, no nitrate, t 82-83 everywhere, PH 6.8-7.2 always, water changes 1/4 2-3times a week. No visual simptoms until they getting more pale and with much less motion before they die. I would really appreciate if anybody has any ideas. And also if anybody knows about albino bristlenoses and salt. I've heard many different opinions. Thanks.

solar-ton · 09-06-2005, 06:07 AM

the angels are probally attacking them at night koi angels are known to be aggressive. or the water hardness they also could have an intestinal parasite those symptoms usually come from parasites my plecos did that just before they died in a parasite epidemic

**Osiris** · 09-06-2005, 09:58 AM

Hmm, bristlenose are tough though, i mean i keep them in my african cichlid tanks and even had them with the melanchromis species of mbuna(which are crazy mofo's) maybe something else in the water..

**Cichlid Man** · 09-06-2005, 11:39 AM

Number one welcome, number two, why do you want to jnow about plecs and salt, and number three, what filtration do you have? what do you feed your PLECS? And are there any other anomollies that you can think of?

fish talk!

09-05-2005, 08:19 PM	#1
eliksir52 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2	Albino bristlenose problem Hello, friends! My name is Ed. I live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and have joined the forum just couple of days ago. Actually I'm in the fresh water fish hobby about 15 years. Ocasionally I breed angels, kribs, burbs, etc. In April 2005 I've bought some koi angels and albino bristlenoses (ancistrus) from "Angel Plus". Everything was fine until the bn started to die slowly about a month ago. One after another in different tanks. I've got 2-3 bn in 7 tanks with angels for algae control: 20 gal.,39 gal., 55g., 75g. They didn't starve, water is fine, aged water with no ammonia, no nitrate, t 82-83 everywhere, PH 6.8-7.2 always, water changes 1/4 2-3times a week. No visual simptoms until they getting more pale and with much less motion before they die. I would really appreciate if anybody has any ideas. And also if anybody knows about albino bristlenoses and salt. I've heard many different opinions. Thanks.

09-06-2005, 06:07 AM	#2
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 685	the angels are probally attacking them at night koi angels are known to be aggressive. or the water hardness they also could have an intestinal parasite those symptoms usually come from parasites my plecos did that just before they died in a parasite epidemic __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

09-06-2005, 09:58 AM	#3
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	Hmm, bristlenose are tough though, i mean i keep them in my african cichlid tanks and even had them with the melanchromis species of mbuna(which are crazy mofo's) maybe something else in the water.. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

09-06-2005, 11:39 AM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Number one welcome, number two, why do you want to jnow about plecs and salt, and number three, what filtration do you have? what do you feed your PLECS? And are there any other anomollies that you can think of? fish talk! __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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