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Thank you for the reply. Sadly, he is not looking very well today.

Yes, they have always been more active during a rain storm - it did actually start to rain in the night here. He must have gotten out around where my filter flows in but I never thought he would ever manage to get out there. I have heard stories about them doing that but I have had two dojos for so ...

I just woke up today to find my dojo loach in our computer room - in all the years I've had two of these loaches they have never escaped. I picked him up and put him back in the tank but he doesn't look too good - he is alive and is breathing heavily but one of his eyes looks a little pop-eyed and h...

No, I didn't know it existed - I'll check it out!

Yes, I did do a few more partial water changes - more than I usually would for general maintenance, as suggested so maybe that helped with the healing process.

For anyone interested, I posted this link a month ago to see if anyone could help me identify this problem. I treated the tank with melafix but that didn't seem to help. Now, about a month later, the swelling and redness have gone down and the lesion is almost completely healed! I'm not sure what th...

Oh my gosh, I hope he doesn't have a parasite! Yes, it is sunken in the middle and raised around the edges. I thought that the white edge was just the edge of his skin? I do have a hospital tank I could put him in but how do I know for certain that it is a parasite? Is that the way that they look? I...

Hi - I posted last week about my dojo loach's skin lesion. I now have some pictures posted at the link below. I treated the tank with melafix for 7 days and did a number of partial water changes - his lesion has not really improved. If anyone has any other ideas about what this lesion could be or ho...

Thanks for everyone who has given advice on the melafix! and my loaches skin lesion!

Post has gotten a little off topic from my original question.

I am no expert and don't have all the answers to your questions but my Dad had a Yo Yo for the longest time in his 20 gallon aquarium. He only had one and this guy definitly had a territory - liked to sit on this one rock - he chased everyone away from that rock when they swam near. Besides that, he...

Ok - thanks - that makes me feel better. I wasn't sure if the melafix would get more concentrated over the 7 days or not so that makes me feel better. If it just a bacterial ulcer then hopefully the treatment will help close the wound so that it will heal. Unless it is something else - we will find ...

After adding the melafix, nobody seems to be having an adverse reactions - but it says to repeat the treatment for 7 days and this is only day 1. Not sure if this was a bad idea but I decided not to transfer my loach to the hospital tank because he seems to get stressed out easily so I didn't want t...

In my previous post I have been seeking advice on how to treat a red lesion on my dojo loach. Some people say to use caution with melafix (this is the first day I have added melafix) - would salt be better? I have read that salt can also irritate the scaleless skin of loaches. Does anybody have any ...

I will try more regular water changes as suggested. I think I'll still stick with the melafix first, even though I feel a little uneasy about it. I do have gravel and it seems pretty smooth but it is possible that there may be a rough piece in there? This loach of mine is extremely active (I have tw...

When I read the information on the back it says it is safe for scaleless fish like clown loaches so I assumed it would be ok for my dojo.

I hope it doesn't bother him! If anyone else has had poor results with this then let me know. Thanks!