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They pretty much said there was no way it could be HITH because of the good water conditions - I have no idea... It doesn't look as much like an open wound anymore, but it's definitely still there. I tried to get a good pic yesterday, but he wouldn't stay still enough. His tail fin is a bit...

Yeah, they use liquid - not sure on the exact params otherwise, but this time the kH was a 4 (a couple days prior, and in weeks prior, it always came in at 6-7). He's not flashing anymore. The injury or whatever it is isn't growing - it was 2 separate holes very close to each other, and now...

He seems to be feeling a bit better - we did get the kH repeatedly tested (it had been fine virtually every time we tested it, but it was a 4 the last time we tested, so we bought some stuff to balance that out to make sure the pH wasn't fluctuating throughout the day) and we got a new (bigger)...

So I'm somewhat new to fish keeping - I had goldfish in the past, and recently switched to a tropical tank. I found a really neat looking fish at my local fish shop, a geophagus heckelii - I bought it, brought it home, and all was fine for 3 weeks. I have a 45 gallon tank with a canister filter...