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We watched Boo closely through the evening. She looks better this morning, the bloat has subsided somewhat but it's not resolved. No sign she is passing worms or anything else. She has really started to respond to us positively the past couple days, swimming up to greet us at times, although she is ...

Ok about 4 hours after I did the increase I noticed Boo starting to experience a few difficulties with swimming. Did an immediate 75% water change and put charcoal in the filter. She responded pretty quickly and appears to be ok.in fact while i was adding water back she came right up to where i was ...

After a 50% water change yesterday morning and another in the evening, the PH is back down to ~7.5 and GH to 13°(in the normal stable range for both). Ammonia tested at 0 ppm, same for nitrites. Measured out 1 gr of Levamisole, which according to the supplier, is half the dose required to treat 40 g...

Taken Nov 27th https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51749727704_8aabe08f80_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51749080076_dc62db53ce_b.jpg Next image is Nov 27th, the one after was yesterday. Yesterday's image shows how much she's bloated. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51749344558_834873...

Hi, thanks for replying The white spots are not fuzzy or cottony. They are flat in appearance. Sorry, I thought the link to google drive would work. I'll repost through something like tinypic. Yes, I was terrified of the half-full container method to try to get her to swallow meds. I don't think she...

This is a link to a mp4 video clip taken today. Hopefully this works. I turned the light on to take the video & a couple pics. Otherwise the tank light isn't on (her previous keeper kept her tank light on). Note how disturbed she is by my presence close to the tank. Before treating her in a sepa...

Name: Boo Species: Pao Palembangenisis Age: Approx 2+ years (we acquired her in October, history unknown prior to that) Tank inhabitants: Boo & 2 guppies. Several pest snails. Tank conditions (API liquid tests within the past hour; last 50% water change 24 hours ago) Temp: 75 (normally kept @ 78...