Recent content by hazymorning

Sorry for the last response. He's gotten better but also worse. All red spots are gone, his eye is almost back to normal, etc. However, now he has severe swim bladder issues. He's usually always in an upside-down "U" shape now, draped over a leaf or upsidedown under a plant. He does barrel rolls...

I got melafix and aquarium salt (only used a little bit and made sure to dissolve before putting it in the tank). There weren't many options at my nearest pet store.

Readings: pH: 7.3 Ammonia: 0.25 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 30 ppm

UPDATE: This morning he was better than last night, as he was swimming around a lot more than he has lately. I went out and bought medication for him to try to treat the issue and got anther testing kit. You can now actually see his other eye better than yesterday, he seems to have more energy...

I've had him for maybe 2-3 years?

The thing on his head just popped: Continuously changing the water. Will buy antibitotics or will euthanize tomorrow depending how how he is. Anybody know what might be causing this??

I was away at college for 4 months and asked my family to watch over my loach. (Couldn't bring him since it's a 9 hour car ride). I came back to find my loach looking like this: Five days later (today), my baby looks like this: I have been doing constant water changes but he is only...