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The white 'pimples' or red spots/streaks would have confirmed it as bacterial. Anyway, I still think it's a bacterial infection, because I dealt with similar symptoms in a twig catfish and Maracyn 2 fixed him up. You can treat your fish in the main tank. It's just cheaper to use antibiotics in...

Looks like a bacterial infection, probably columnaris. Columnaris is notorious for resembling a fungus at first. That lesion is almost diagnostic for columnaris - it's called a 'saddleback lesion' and is typical in bottom feeders. You can google it for more info. Do you see white 'pimples'...

Pretty fish. Most likely he was bitten or snagged his eye on something. The eye is capable of healing by itself. Just continue to keep his water clean and keep an eye on him. Hey, that's almost a pun. :cool:

Yes, it's possible. Once you start hitting 7 or 8 ppm ammonia, you run the risk of stalling your cycle. You want a level closer to 5 ppm, give or take. I don't know how dilute your household ammonia source is, but two tablespoons for five gallons sounds high. You might want to try a 50% water...

White spots on the head can sometimes result from sparring. Are they both adult males? The males are territorial and will occasionally take a run at each other. That being said, you'll want to keep an eye on those spots and watch all your parameters. The weitzmani is not a hardy fish: if there's...

Good job on finding weitzmani tetras. They're not usually available. Sometimes they come in as bycatch with cardinal tetras. They are a very reclusive fish by nature - it's not the pH. I had about five of them once, and basically never saw them unless I looked carefully. They did just what you...

The guy at Big Als steered you wrong. Cupramine is for external parasites like ich. What you have sounds like a bacterial infection, possibly with secondary fungus. The likely culprit is columnaris. There's different ways of treating it, but the quickest is to use an antibiotic like Maracyn...