my clown loach needs help

I went to the store and got aquari-sol. he seems slightly better but still very sick. I figure I may change like 30% of the water tommorrow morning then change to aquari-sol. I don't like doing this mid medication. If he would just eat I would know he's on the mend. He comes out and goes through the motions like he wants to but he doesn't. I also got tank buddies. I am not going to use these all at once. believe me. I just want to know which is best at this point
 
I did it. I changed 30 % of the water and put in the aquasol. He actually seemed a little better this morning. His skin sort of looked like it had pieces of fluff hanging off. I think the stuff is starting to come off of him. His tail is still covered with specks though. I think his color looks better and the stuff is only on the top part of his body. His swimming wasn't as stiff and he was very curious when I did the water change. He was interested in eating. My husband said he saw him eat a few flakes of food but I think he was just going through the motions and not really eating. I feel more possitive today that he may recover
 
when I got home from work he was acting very sluggish and breathing very fast. It even seemed that he chocked a few times and when he did those knife things came out of his face. I never saw him do that before. I decided that it was unfair to the other fish in the tank to subject them to the treatment so I put him in the hospital tank. Today he is resting comfortably, it seems. He doesn't seem to be breathing as hard. I will try and get a few pictures this morning.
 
nanguz said:
he passed away this morning. I am devasted. He looked almost better yesterday and today he was breathing his last breath and then died. :( I don't know why. He looked so good yesterday
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I'm sooo sorry for your loss!! You DID everything humanly possible to help him but I think that it was just too far advanced, by the time he was treated and he was weakened by it and succumbed to the disease. My heart is breaking for you...
 
thanks. I feel like I should get rid of all my tanks but I have other really old fish in them that I don't know if I can. They would probably stress and die. I have 2 other clown loaches that I've had for 5 years. A cory that's 10 years old. I have a giant sev that's 9 years old. I don't know what to do but I know I can't go through this again.
 
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