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Hello folks, I'm sorry to report that this little dojo died yesterday in the quarantine tank. There simply had not yet been time to receive the meds (they were shipped priority asap), and with death happening so soon, I was probably too late anyway. After death, I could not see any evidence of "the ...

For anyone following along, Charles and I have been also corresponding a bit in private e-mail. The plan is to move this little guy into a smaller treatment tank and use Flubenzadole. I'll be able to observe him more closely this way, since the big tank is so densely planted it's hard to spot this g...

There are no other fish in the tank showing these signs. The other two dojos are growing incredibly rapidly and eat like pigs. The dojos are the most recently introduced. Thank you so much for you honest advice that the meds are a crap shoot. Is it safe to treat for Camallanus and Protozoa at the sa...

Hello folks, OK, this evening, he was draped in some java ferns at a new angle, allowing me to see his underside a bit. While I could not see actual worms hanging from his vent as has been reported at times, his vent is larger and redder than I think it should be. He also has this weird translucent ...

soul-hugger, Thank you so much for your kind message. Dojos are wonderful little guys. Your tip about CWS (chronic wasting syndrome) is very helpful. I'd somehow missed this name for it and had been searching for "skinny disease" and variations on that. I found some new messages thanks to this new n...

Hello folks! I love this forum; you are all so knowledgeable and helpful. I read often and can usually find answers by searching the forum archive and website, but right now, I find I need to post a question. I purchased 3 golden dojo loaches from PetsMart a few months ago. At that time, two were sl...