baby Hoplias aimara ?

moe214

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I believe the Mala were around 10". It's plausible aimara are sexually mature before 20" imo.
 

peter predtank

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anyone care to share opinions and the coarse of action i should take with a little tufted of fungus i have noticed on one of these guys ?

i noticed it a couple days ago , i think its from a little scrap or possibly a missing scale not sure exactly how it happened . could be from a jump and hit against something . anyways i also noticed some similar fungus tufts here and there on some of the leaves that have now been mostly removed from the tank . i think maybe it grew on the fish"s wound because of all the time spent laying among them .

anyway so far i have only removed most of the leaves and done water changes . i was thinking of adding salt as first measure , but i have a great piece of java fern that i have been growing for about a year , its attached to a nice piece of wood . so im not sure about the salt ? im still wondering if it could possibly go away on its on with out treatment ? any ideas ? could i catch the fish and remove the fungus by wiping it off or applying something directly to it
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moe214

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Up the temp a little and add salt if you'd like, I'm sure they can fight it off without that though. Wolves are extremely tough. Just give them food and clean water.
 
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Get some salt for the tank. Like moe said. Consider API fungus cure if not getting better. Slime coat probably got scraped off.
 
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