One of my otos gets septicemia off and on regardless of weekly water changes, I mainly use reconstituted RO/DI water which doesn't seem to make a difference. I only treat them when I see pop-eye, otherwise, they've fought it off on their own (with the possible help of feeding medicated spirulina ...

hug the net around him, against the glass, and wait for him to swim into the back of the net. Then yank him up and out. In another thread, I just mentioned my low stress methods of corralling Otos and how I think it plays a big part in the success of their treatment, so I deciding to add to what I ...

Thanks for the tips, everyone. This is a new arrival that is still in QT, and the ich isn't that bad at this point, so I think I will watch him for a week and see how he does in QT without meds. In the meantime I'll correlate the various info I get. Yes, there is quite a bit of conflicting info ...

To get him out of a heavily planted tank (I had to do the same thing today, lol), this is what I did. Put some sinking food in the front or some food in the water to get the other fish lively, set a net on the gravel facing the front glass, with he handle sticking up leaning on the tank. Take a long ...

Hi, new here. Sorry it isn't under better circumstances. 1. I have two meds now that I haven't used yet. Methylene blue and Jungle Fungus Clear. I know MB can be used against ich, I've seen the JFC ingredient, nitrofurazone, listed in a few other brands of ich treatment. Which one would you pick? 2 ...

I would avoid treating the main tank. I've fixed an oto that had both septicemia (the redness) and pop-eye with a 10 day treatment of Maracyn I and Maracyn II together. If you have Kanamycin, you can soak spirulina pellets per the instructions, this will make the food worth more than just requiring ...