http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/catfish6.jpg

Maybe the link will work instead.

OK I'll put in carbon then, thanks Barbie

How long do these types of catfish live btw? Just curious. Maybe Zedd is considered old at ten years, I have no idea.

Not the best picture, but here is what my fish looks like at this moment, unfortunately this bigger white spots are on his other side, but he would not cooperate with me and pose. But you can see a few of the spots and see how bad his one eye is:

Well I've done a 20% water change. This time I made sure to lift all the rocks and pipes and clean underneath them (something I don't always do). I hope this helps. I haven't yet put in carbon though because I'm afraid that may be too much all at once? Perhaps do the carbon tomorrow? Or maybe out of ...

Silurus wrote:

black with very tall dorsal fins

Sounds like

Synodontis eupterus

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Looked at the pics in your link, and yes you are correct, that's what I have

OK, I will stop with the baking soda. I have only put it in it little bits throughout the evening, only because (A) it was before I came to this forum and got advice, and (B) the PH was so low it freaked me out and I felt I had to fix it immediately. Again, my sick catfish looks better atm, is more ...

Ugg. :? Wouldn't be surprised if all the beneficial bacteria was destroyed by these two meds I've used. They do seem to be pretty heavy duty antibiotics. Should I go out and buy some beneficial bacteria (the kind in the little yellow plastic container, and add it to the tank while trying to clean it ...

I thought that changing the filter cartridges at the same time as doing a water change was a no-no because it takes too much out of the beneficial bacteria?

Sorry I edited my post a few times and you probably didn't see my edits! I have the PH just about back again to normal levels using Sodium ...

My instincts have been telling me to just forget the meds, because if they were going to work they would have by now, or made some significant difference, and they haven't, so something else has to be wrong.

Should I do a water change first and foremost, or just put carbon back into the filters to ...

OK I'll try to make this long story as short as I can. Ugg. OK about 4 months ago I discovered a white film over one of the eyes of my Catfish (I have two), they are African Psynodontis (sorry don't know the correct spelling offhand) in a 55 Gallon tank, just the two of them in the tank. Well I ...