I have stopped the salt treatment completely. I did a 30% water change two days ago and my regular 15% water change yesterday afternoon. As soon as I felt confident that most of the trophonts (sp?) from the Ich had been eliminated I stopped the salt treatment. As far as what caused the outbreak... I ...

Bad news, I lost two cories today. My leopard cory was dead when I got up from work. She showed no visible signs of disease, in fact I didn't realize she was dead until one of my gouramis swam past her body and it rolled over... :( The bad news continued when I got home from work ~1 hour ago, my ...

That is a very good site, and I feel a lot better now about choosing salt as my treatment. So far it seems that things are okay, and I believe that my ich is now in my substrate, reproducing and getting ready to move to the free-swimming stage. I'm happy to report that all my tetras appear alright ...

I recently noticed an outbreak of ich on some of my serpaes. So far only the tetras are visibly infected, but I began treatment as soon as I saw the characteristic salt-grain type sores. I've decided to try to stay away from malachite green or any other medication which could be toxic, and would ...

His whiskers look great, they look just like they did the day I got him. I actually selected him because he was the healthiest looking and most active cory at my LFS, and so I think he was in good shape then. I'm glad to hear he is comfortable in my tank.

I did not realize that he would be more at risk for ammonia and nitrate poisoning! However now that you've explained it to me, it seems obvious that the mulm in the substrate at the bottom would lead to much higher concentrations of ammonia and nitrate. Thankfully, all my other fish seem fine. I ...

I have a 30 gallon tank with quite a few fish in it, including one little leopard cory. He seems very healthy, and is active, constantly swimming around the tank looking for food. However lately I have noticed that he is swimming to the leaves of some of my crypts and resting on them for some time ...

First off, hello to everyone! I've visited this site and its forums a couple times for information on how to care for my cory and my otos, and it has been very informative. It seems that you all really know your catfish! Sadly, the impetus for my first post is the death of my Clown Pleco (L206 ...