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I have a hang-on back filter with a very low output system that hangs into the tank and my fire eel keeps swimming upstream into the filter. It keeps getting cuts and scrapes from the filter media and I keep having to get him out with a net. I'm currently treating the tank with an antiseptic and...

Okay, sounds good. Thank you!

Thank you! Do you have any specific medications that you would recommend for me to try that treat bacterial and fungal diseases? I was thinking about trying melafix and pimafix first and after about 4 or 5 days I could switch to a more powerful medication if there's no improvement? Also, keep in...

After about 4 days of doing water changes and salt I don’t see an improvement on his mouth and it looks the same or may have gotten worse. I was wondering what medicine I should give him? I do have methylene blue, melafix, pimafix, API general cure, etc… i was also wondering should I treat the...

Thank you for the advice! I did exactly what you said last night and I’ll continue to do water changes this week. The problem may have gotten a little worse though… I noticed a small bump on the bottom of the green terrors gills and the inside of his mouth has gotten red and more irritated...

I’ve noticed that my green terror cichlid has had his mouth open for awhile and hasn’t been able to close it. Occasionally it has been breathing slightly heavy but not all the time. It also sits on its nest outside of the pot all day and won’t move unless it’s provoked or if it’s feeding time...

Ok, I was planning on moving him to my 75gal community tank once he’s big enough. And I was just wondering since the 3.5 gallon would only be for a couple months and he barely even dirties a 10 gallon since I could go a couple weeks without cleaning. Plus they’re slow growers so it shouldn’t...