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Google Aeremonas. It is a disease that shows as holes in the body of the fish like you are describing. Salt is not painful to fish. Here is how it works. Fish normally live in balance with their water. The water has a certain level of minerals and salts in it, and the fish has a certain amount of m...

It's definitely not a heater burn. These are holes that go in very deep and look like they veer off into his body, as if something is eating into him. I'm positive it's a parasite of some kind. Currently for medications on hand, I have Quickfix, aquarium salt, and melaflex. Someone recommended the t...

I'm very relieved to of found a forum like this, though I wish I had found it on better circumstances. My dojo loach is very sick, and it seems like no one out there knows what they are talking about or is willing to give me the time of day. Approximately 3 days ago, I noticed small dark holes on my...