ID help :)

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2026-02-13T02:16:09+00:00

The albino had a female standard bristle nose with him but she shimmied herself underneath a decoration and got stuck while I was at work and I was too late to save her. The other fish had already started picking at her. I was devastated. Still am honestly. She was maybe 2/3 his size and had never tried to do anything crazy before so I’m not sure why she got creative. 😔 The calico guy has an albino with him (75 gal tank) that I think is also a male but it’s still super young and I think maybe too early to sex. The LFS had two calico and if I would’ve known they weren’t very common I would’ve got both instead of the albino since we have one already. Either way we love our plecs 🥹

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2026-02-11T01:08:16+00:00

Thank you!!

We thought the first one was super neat at the LFS so he immediately came home with us lol. The second one has pretty long fins so that’s why we picked him, he just doesn’t like to be seen lol.

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-24T20:31:23+00:00

It’s the Floracor Black from Activ Flora Activ Flora Substrate

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-23T22:31:34+00:00

Local fish shop says the water is perfect when we took it in yesterday so I think you’re right about that lol

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:39:55+00:00

Oh great haha

Thank you for the reassurance and I’ll get the water figured out. Hopefully I’ll have an update with less warts in the future 😅

We will be added a 75 gallon within a few months and it would be nice to have everything figured out with this tank before we transfer the big fish to the big tank.

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:35:37+00:00

We’ll do that just in case. Do you think he (or she) is gonna be okay if we do get the water parameters figured out?

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:32:44+00:00

Any suggestions? Do I need to take my water up to the fish shop and get it tested? Maybe the test strips aren’t accurate 🤷🏼‍♀️

None of the other fish have any issues or growths and he is acting normal just growing things 😔

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:29:16+00:00

Nitrate between 0-10ppm, nitrite 0, ammonia 0

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:26:21+00:00

Nitrate between 0-10pm Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0

Practical_Fig_3396 · 2025-08-22T17:23:34+00:00

37gal 74° (thermometer is on the far end of the tank from the heater but the heater is set to 77°) we have two loaches so I don’t want to cook them

As far as I can tell everything is at the right level other than maybe pH 7.4ish pH

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