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Good news! He has made vast improvements in the few days hes been in my tank and is now feeding and lurking behind some bog wood so I think all may be well. The newxt problem will be the fact my tank is only 90 litres so it cant really be a long term home for him. Maybe I should nurse him back to he...

Thanks for your detailed reply Diana. The clown loach is now in my tank where its cleaner with weekly water changes of mineralised RO and more space. Ive also ordered some antibiotic treatment which Im hoping will get him back to normal. Ill repost what happens anyway after Ive treated him. I dont s...

That IS inspiration, thanks Redshark. I have managed to hand feed him some blood worm this afternoon and he definitely looks better than yesterday. Will persevere and keep fingers crossed. Thanks for the encouragement. The other loach is healthy at the moment and it would be a hard sell to get it aw...

Hi everyone My sister keeps a tank which has two clown loach, one of which developed a very bad case of fin rot and seems to also have swim bladder disease in that he is at an angle of 45 degrees to the surface, nose up and unable to descend more than a few inches. I bought her some Melafix and Stre...