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Hi again everyone, more advice needed (and very appreciated):    Here is the update to the Ich fiasco. The clown loach died of Ich. Three of the Discus have white spots on their fins and the two larger geophagus are "flashing" and puffing out their throats (expanding their gills, kinda). The...

Thanks TwoTankAdmin. My new medicine-less treatment idea is to keep my tank a little bit hotter (89-90 degrees) than usual (85) for two weeks or so and feed my fish Dr. G's anti-parasitic Rx food (cf. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/07/17/dr-gs-medicated-frozen-foods/). They've had two feedings...

They're really wonderful, playful fish. Lots of fun to watch. They definitely need hiding places though, and about as many as there are elephantnose, as they are a bit territorial.    My little guy died. The lesson is medicate for Ich via a different method than formalin/malachite green when you...

Thanks everybody... Double Dutch, perhaps it isn't Ich but some of the Discus have little white spots on their tailfins as well. And when the loach had it bad (he's a bit better now) he was "covered in sugar," as they say!    I woke up this morning to the smaller of the two elephantnoses...

Hi there Fish Addict,   Thanks so much for your reply! Nice to hear back from people quickly. Let's see... My water parameters are perfect: no ammonia, no nitrates, no nitrites, and a pH of between 6.4-6.6 (the discus like it acidic). I've had the tank for a couple months. Yes, I'm aware of the...

Dear all (please excuse the typo in the title - new, as I am, to this forum, I can't find where to edit the title!),   I am new to this forum and came across it while looking for more details on how to deal with elephantnose fish issues (I read a couple of Neale Monks' comments; I dearly hope he...