Ronnie

@Whitecloud09 I have given 3 doses (one course) of medication so far!

His fin has improved quite a bit over the last couple of days! It looks little red on top now—but the bottom looks much much better. Would you continue with the Kanaplex since I’m now seeing improvement, or just go with the salt? He would be due for another dose this evening.

Here are a couple of pictures! He moves like crazy so it’s hard to get anything super clear.

I’m just getting ready to dose Kanaplex for the 3rd time. His fin looks less ragged to me—but he still has the red streaks on the edge of his fin. Where should I go from here? Does the red take a while to go away (like a bruise), or is this still a sign of active infection?

Thanks again everyone! Last question (I think 😂). Should I re-dose the salt to the level it is at currently when I do water changes, or just leave things alone in that regard?

I wound up using Kanaplex! I just dispensed it. I put aquarium salt (1.5 tsp)/gallon in the tank while I was waiting on the medicine to come in the mail. Which leads me to my next question—will mixing them cause issues? I can do a water change and re-dispense medication if needed. @Whitecloud09 This is actually kind of validating. I keep the tank pristine and I have done everything I can for this poor fish. He has kind of been sickly from day one—but I love him and I want to give him the best shot I can. It’s good to hear that slow healing is sometimes how it goes and I’m not necessarily doing anything wrong. 🙃 I never thought I could get so attached to a fish!

@Whitecloud09 @JosiahBass Thank you so much! Medication has been dispensed. When can I hope to see an improvement? How will I know if I need to adjust anything? He still has some discoloration on the end of his fin. Will the tip of his fin rot off before I see any improvement? I caught it a lot sooner this time (he came with it when I got him before, and I didn’t know what I was looking at right away.) So I’m not sure what to look for from here…it was severe enough last time that any improvement was very very obvious. He's still active, eating, and behaving normally. Thanks again!

@Whitecloud09 @JosiahBass No change in the red spot. I am seeing him drag his fin in that spot across the gravel a lot. His tail has gotten huge since he healed from fin rot the first time! Could that cause the red spot? Should I add aquarium salt as a precaution, or just continue to watch him? His water parameters are the same as above. Thanks again!

@Whitecloud09 Thank you!

Thank you so much!

We had a pretty bad round of fin rot with this guy several months back so I’m a little neurotic. 🙃 Water parameters are all good! ammonia: 0ppm nitrite: 0ppm nitrate: <5ppm He has a little red spot on the edge of his fin. He’s acting normal, eating well, and swimming around happily as I type this out I’m hoping it’s just a little injury? 😅 Thanks in advance for your help!

Gave it a try and the filter is flowing well! Over 24 hours later and everything looks great. Thanks again!

@Pepere Thanks again for the help! I have been running both filters simultaneously since you posted this, fed lightly, and tested very very often. The transition has gone well—and our fish seems to be thriving!! We are getting ready to go out of town, and I want to get down to 1 filter canister before we leave (for simplicity sake for the guy watching our pets.) Would it hurt the fish to put the old filter cartridge in the new filter canister behind the newer (but already cycled) filter cartridge? Thanks again!!

Hey there! Has anyone used Bio-Chem Zorb to remove tannins from their water? I have used it for over a month and it did its job! After redoing some of my aqua-scape I don’t think I need it in the tank anymore. Can I just remove it, or is there some sort of process I need to go through to safely take it out? Thanks for your help!!

@Pepere That is good to know! In this case it was definitely dirt (one more water change really cleared it up!)—but I have heard of bacterial blooms like that happening. I transferred him about 24 hours ago. So far he seems to be tolerating the change well! How long would you leave his old filter in for?