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He is absolutely COVERED and I'm terrified I'm gonna lose him. And the only new additions to the tank were plants. It came on so suddenly. I work from home and he's sitting next to my computer. I ooh and ahh at him all day long, so I notice any changes pretty quickly. It's why I realized he's been s...

Also, the Ich-X bottle says to dose "at least every 24 hours, but no more often than every 8 hours, depending upon the course of the disease." Each dose is preceded by a 1/3 tank water change. Due to the severity, I'm planning on doing a 1/3 water change and another dose in 8 hours. Do I a...

PipIchDay3.jpg Everywhere said that scaleless fish are more sensitive to ich medication and to administer half the dose, and since I didn't have the Ich-X available and had to use the API Super Ick Cure (which says on its bottle to use half dose for scaleless fish), I did that. Today, the Ich-X arr...

PipIchDay1-2-reduced.jpg Hey all, I'm new to puffer ownership, but my little guy Pip (Amazon puffer) has been doing well for the last month. Fast forward to a few days ago, and he started stirring up substrate by violently shaking his dorsal fin. I did a full tank water change Monday morning (remov...