*sigh* The move is over and guess what... HE'S MADE IT!!! My poor little delapidated, scarred up, fin mangled, fungus infected friend, Penny, has made it through the move! He was looking a little ill before the move... lots of floating around, tattered fins, faking death daily. We completely changed ...

Good luck with it!!! They are awesome! We got ours out of the canal at 3/4" long. He is about 3 years old and is roughly 6-7 inches long now. However he was kept in a 30 gallon tank for the majority of that time. We've had some problems with him since we moved him into the 55 gallon tank, but thats ...

Here I am again! LOL

Well, guess what?
Don't anyone laugh....

I'm moving in about 2 months and have to move the stupid fish again! LOL
At least he is still alive... for now.

Still ugly. Still filmy looking. Fins are very tattered. :/ getting bigger. dumb fish.

Am I due for another update? LOL

He's still hanging in there. :D

All lesions have healed but the white film is still there. His fins aren't looking any better, but they're not getting any worse either. He is more active than he was in the smaller tank. We're pretty much at a stand still with his ...

Just thought I'd give an update.
He's still here! I've done weekly water changes and his water params are good. Everything falls in the normal range. I finally was able to get an accurate picture of how he's looking.

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The white film doesn't seem to ...

Anyone want to see a happy catfish?!?!?! :D
Do you want to see what you helped make happen? :D

Chlorine/Chloramine = 0 Ummm he's moving too fast... nothing but tail for that one! :lol:
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Ammonia = 0
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I'm going up tonight to have the water tested. I have a feeling that I'm almost there.

He's doing great this morning. He keeps coming to the top looking for food, but he's not finding any. There is a little discoloration (brownish/yellowish) on his belly. Is this a symptom of nitrite poisoning ...

The white spots are just the laterosensory pores on the lateral line system. Nothing to worry about.

I was refering to the white spots on the head.

Some of what was seen in the pictures, on the top of his head, was where the lesions WERE, there were pieces of skin flaking off. There was soft ...

Still improving!!!

I GOT DECHLORINATOR!!!!! My neighbor found some!

I'm going to do a 10 gallon water change tonight as opposed to the 5 gallons I've been doing for the past 3 days. I don't want to shock him too much or mess up the other water parameters. He get's really weird after I add the water to the tank. Very ...

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I don't think he's looking any worse. In fact his head looks a little better. I'm not giving up yet!

Hey could someone answer my question about these little dust particle looking wormy things ...

Got the water tested...

Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 10 EEK!
Nitrate = 40
Ph = 8.4
Alkalinity = 40
Hardness = 150
Chlorine/Chloramine = 0 (I guess we don't have much in our water.)

Activity level is still good. He is looking better. Camera is still charging.

It looks from the photo that the fish also has ich (which you suspected earlier).


Vacuum as much of the gravel as possible when you change the water, as this will remove many of the cysts.

Actually I don't think it is Ich. The white dots you see in the picture are uniform and in a pattern ...

WOW!!! My camera died (prolly from taking all the pictures of gravel LOL)
He looks GREAT!!! (compared to yesterday morning)

Most of the white patches are gone, his head is healing and the activity level is what it was when he was healthy.
I'm going food shopping today... hehe might be able to ...

Activity level has increased TREMENDOUSLY! He's been as active as he was in the old tank!

I vacuumed the gravel and took out another bucket and a half of water. I figured I would do the same thing I did today, tomorrow.

I will also take another picture of him tomorrow morning to compare.

Keep ...

I added the fresh water without using dechlorinater but treated the water with enough Melafix to dose the 5 gallon bucket. Like I said, hubby is mad and doesn't want me spending anymore money on the fishtank. I like the catfish, but he's really not worth fighting about. :(

Since I added the new ...

He is not gonna make through the day.

He keeps twitching and tilting to the side.

Ok.... His skin condition is getting worse.

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What is that white patch on him?

I also noticed these little white "dust" looking things on the inside of the tank. However I have never seen "dust" move like these do. :roll: :? They are on the inside ...

Ok, He's still hanging in there. :) Sluggish, but still responsive.

I have 5 gallons of water bubbling away in my living room with an airstone in it. LOL I removed approximately 7 gallons of water from tank (1-1/2 5 gallon buckets)

I only have one 5 gallon bucket to work with. I am letting the ...

AHHHHHHHHH that explains why it never bothered him before... I pour the water into the filter when I did changes in the 20 gallon.

What did you wash the "anenome" with? Any soap or detergent?

Nothing but hot water.

I will be doing a 75% water change this afternoon, after I get home from work.

I have never used de-chlorinaters before in his tank. Is there a de-chlorinater that is recommended?

Racoll,
Thanks for the analogy ...

Ok, he's still hanging in there but I wake up in the morning and come home from work expecting to see him floating... :cry:
Tonight will be his third dose of Melafix and I can't say he's looking any better. I am also a little confused. Should I be doing water changes while treating with Melafix ...

I think adding salt will just become another stress factor.

OOPS!!! I already added some last night, however I only added 1/2 of what the package said to add. Ummm so now what?

Have added a dose of Melafix last night also.

He might not die, they are tough.

Yeah, that's what I thought. But he ...

:cry:
He was so little!!!!

http://home.comcast.net/~linduhvamp/baby.jpg

The reason I first posted!!
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In the 2 gallon tank!
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Ok, I'm done now. Just wanted to share baby pictures.

If he dies... I ...

I'm sorry about the different posts. :oops:

I picked up some melafix and the girl at PetSmart told me to pick up some aquarium salt to help with the nitrite levels which were high. She didn't give me the numbers, but it matched the end of the chart. Ammonia is low and Ph is at 7.

What I have done ...

He's not looking good at all. Lethargic, but still eating. Hiding, but still coming out to say "hi" to me when I get close to the tank.

He has lesions all over him. :cry: that are getting worse by the day.
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I'm taking a new sample of water up to ...

*sits on her hands so she doesn't put anything into the tank*
I'm gonna hate myself for admitting this, but I think my husband may be right. He thinks I'm reading way to far into this and stressing myself out for nothing. I never really noticed the behavior of this fish before because he has been in ...

Ok, my local Petsmart will test the water for me. My neighbor told me this and she would know. (She has about 5 HUGE goldfish happily swimming in her 20 gallon tank!!! By huge I mean a HUGE 8-10 inches each!!! And they are healthy!) I am worried about his water because it is a bit cloudy looking. I ...

All the stores I went to today were out of the test kits!! I did pick up a bottle of Quick Cure and I do have a bottle of Stability. I haven't used either as of yet. I am waiting for my neighbor to come home to see if she has a test kit that I could use. I am hoping that the quick cure is safe to ...

Decided to start a new thread.
New tank (2 weeks old)
2-1/2 year old black bullhead.
Hubby put test fish into the new tank to "cure" the tank.
6 goldfish, 2 irridecent sharks, and 10 comets.

I saw symptoms of illness and have moved ALL but the bullhead and the comets (they look fine and were ...