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Each medication is different you will have to carefully read on the package and see if any fit the description of what you are seeing. I can't tell if those patches are lesions or old wounds healing...any ideas? Anyone else have experience treating scaleless fish with meds? Please chime in...

Glad to hear your fish is settling in better. It can take 2-3 days for them to start acting like their normal selves. Keep watching. I would take the filter pad out of the main tank and add it to the filter in the new one or scoop a bunch of substrate into the new one....I also used to keep a...

Popeye can come from high Nitrates, or from a tank that is cycling (or re-cycling as the case may be) I would test all (ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) and do more water changes immediately before adding salt...not sure your snail will like the salt treatment...

Do you have other fish in the tank? How did they handle the transition? Did you aclimate slowly? Your new tank may have gone through a cycle even if you seeded it with media from the old tank everything would still have to catch up. How long have you had this Molly? Are all the other fish acting...

My best advice right now besides the reading as sugested is keep doing water changes multiple times per day at this point as much as you can, watch for secondary infections that can come about from stress, see if you can get your hands on some fulter pads from an established and healthy...

Very nice :) Good job! For future reference a QT tank doesn't need to be complicated or expensive. It doesn't need to be set up all of the time either. It can be a tank, or a container you can see into really well. I would usually keep a small powerhead in my main tank with a sponge on the...

Is it possible another tankmate is chewing on him or beating him up?

What is your water change schedule? It could be too much CO2 so letting the filter splash to gas it off is a good move. You could also do a water change for good measure. The CO2 is good for the plants but it is possible there is too much CO2 for the plants to use up effectively. I would try...

Is this a new addition? Or has the eel suddenly stopped eating?

I am so sorry for your loss. I completely understand how you feel. It is possible that the water from the lfs introduced some sort of pathogen. It could happen to anyone. It is also possible that it wasn't that. It's very hard to tell sometimes but since it was just a week after the...

It will be just fine :-) go for it!

The filter pads are fine if you change them before the charcoal goes bad. You can also just use filter floss or sponges...I like filter floss (also cheaper You can get 100% polyester quilt batting, it's the same thing) but for now as long as your filter pads are newish I would keep the charcoal...

It sounds like you are still cycling. Especially if you did a good clean on the tank before moving it. I would do 50% water change every day right now. I know you will probably think I am nuts but it is likely that the ammonia/cycle process is causing the problems, however because of the stress...

Oh WOW! I'm so sorry! You must be so worried. :( Good job on getting him to a hospital tank. You are doing the right things. Add some prime (or stress coat) and do as many water changes as you can a day....two at least if you can and watch for any infections that may come about. If you keep the...

It's possible it's an injury, hard to tell. Keep an eye on it and do a water change. Be prepared to quarantine him to heal him/her up faster or incase you need to medicate but if the water stays super clean it should heal up ok. Watch for opportunistic infections. Keep a close eye on the wound...