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I'm cautiously optomistic, but it seems the worst has passed with disease in my tank. IDK what particularly worked, or if it was just happenstance, but I can live with it. :) What's odd, though is the B. kubotai that was my initial concern is still grayed out and swollen in the abdomen. 'She' seems ...

Hi Diana, Thank you for all the information! It's much more science than I knew about the processes. I've completed the API Quick Cure treatment and have started API Triple Sulfa. I've been unable to discover if it treats gram negative or gram positive infections. This is what API's website says abo...

Thank you for kind words and encouragement. It's a frustrating experiment trying to figure out what's wrong. I just hope I stumble across something that works before I lose more fish. The tank's had its 2nd dose of General Cure. I'll try antibiotics next if there's no improvement from the General Cu...

Well... the info on dropsy was not encouraging, but I appreciate you pointing it out to me. Thank you for your help! It is welcomed and appreciated. The hatchet is gone as of earlier this evening. I expect the golden dojo to be next to pass. He was vertical in the water. I helped him onto a floating...

I think you have to call that a "circus" of clowns.

Thank you! I will look that up. Unfortunately, the hatchet is failing fast. He's barely able to keep himself upright. The b. kubotai seems ok, except for the swelling. It's eating and foraging and swimming normally still. Now I have a 3" golden dojo that is sick. It's gills are very red. It's body i...

I have a botia kubotai that is looking very odd. It's almost totally grayed out and very swollen at the belly. I've been treating for ich with heat (86F) for the last 2 weeks, but the issue with the fish began a few days before I started bringing the temp down again on Jan. 1. Could this be a sign o...