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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...

A couple of things I would like to ask/add. If you have carbon in your filter remove it. In a canister with planted tanks use some other media that helps maintain beneficial bacteria even a simple sponge or filter floss works amazing. Right now the best thing you can do is to start doing water...

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this, I am sure you will have helped far more people than ever reply to this message. I hope they make this a sticky! :) Great job!

+1 but depending on our fish might consider metro as an antibiotic if you have discus or angelfish Salt can even deal with parasites. Don't underestimate the power of simple salt and many many water changes. If you are really in a bind it can do amazing things. I have healed severe amonia...

Definitely keep up what you are doing :) Transferring back once you are sure the fungus is gone is not too tricky. You just have to acclimate slowly back to the tank's conditions. A slow drip acclimation should work fine.

Awesome! If you do have to increase oxygenation you can take the water level down slightly on your next water change to let the filter return splash a little more...but it sounds like you have it pretty well covered. Getting the temp up and stable without overly stressing your fishy friends is...

Very nice :)

The Blues and the Barbs may have issues. I lost quite a few barbs in a heat treatment for ich many years ago. It's a wretched parasite, if it infects the whole tank you could have losses no matter what treatment you use. Just raise the temp very slowly and watch. If some start struggling you can...

Keep in mind the QT is really the best way to go but if you can't then water change the existing tank but DON'T add salt to a planted tank...if you have live plants... I used to put the QT tank on my kitchen counter next to the sink...a little 10 gallon tank that made it super easy to do a...

First thing I would do is put him in a seperate tank, that way you don't have to do anything to the rest of the tank and possibly mess up your cycle etc. Once you have him in a new tank (make sure to put rocks or decor from your cycled tank to establish the good bacteria.) Be prepared to do...

Definitely LOTS of water changes. If you have him in QT you probably want to do that anyway. A small amount of salt in the water and as many water changes as you can handle. As long as he doesn't start acting sick or looking infected, growing fungus etc around the wound I would hold off feeding...