Hi Ralph

I'm glad that the red spots are looking better. I would keep the salt where it is for now. You were never sure that your fish had ich, right?
With the tilting, I'm wondering if you could notice whether or not he is tilting towards a light source? My fish tilts sometimes, and I was told that since I don't use over head lights, she tilts towards where the light source is.
I believe tilting could be a sign of parasites, though.. so it'll be something to keep in mind when the antibiotic treatment is over. Post here again if he's still doing it so a Mod or someone more knowledgeable than me can help you with it.

That was a good idea to clear an area for the food. Be sure to clean the food bits out of the gravel, or they'll rot there and build up bacteria.

Keep us posted.

Debbie

Hi there!

I'll leave the salt as it is. I never have been 100% sure on the ich even now. The tilting seems to be almost totally gone, even though Phoenix is very asleep right now (it's before sunrise here); I hope it doesn't come back just as I say that! It didn't seem to particularly be towards light, as much as just having a hard time keeping balanced. Phoenix's fins are not permanently clamped now; most of the time they seem to oartly clamp when I'm vacuuming the gravel or pouring in new (temp/pH-matched) water in; a while after the water settles, his fins go back to normal.

The big ulcer is almost 100% gone now; it's healed really well. He still has one near the gill and some red streaking in his tail fin though. I only could do a 1/3rd water change yesterday so I'm going to change most all of it today.

Ralph, are the little ulcers completely gone now, and how is the fish in general? Doing okay?