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Thank you, NancyD, for such a lovely reply - and for the honesty I probably needed to hear. Thank you. We did a partial water change last night and will do another in a few days as the nitrates are quite high. Sid has been the most gentle, lovely fish and we will miss him terribly. He looked far wor...

Good afternoon all, We have a much loved weather loach, called Sid, who came to live with us back in 2000 - so it at least 19 years old. He has suddenly swollen up on his belly, near his head and, last night, this area turned bright glowing red. It looks very serious. Any ideas would be very much ap...