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Originally Posted by Fishfirst
again don't worry bout the water hardness
"See all that calcium dried onto the front of your tank? That means your water is hard as a rock. Start doing 50% water changes everyday to dilute it. Crank the temp up to about 82 and see if he starts eating again."
DO NOT DO 50% water changes unless you do them weekly or more often anyway. Raising the temp will not help either.
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Yo? Do you know how hard his water has to be to create deposits like that on his glass? I would bet he has been topping that tank up all summer instead of doing partial water changes. I would also bet his Ph is low. Those fish are messy eaters and I bet his gravel is a methane pit. If he does a 50% water change while plunging his gravel most of that methane will go right up his syphon hose. He will be removing half his hard acid water and deluting it with softer water at a higher Ph. When he adds the new fresh water he will also be creating alot of aggitation which will disipate the remaining methane in to the air. Thats what I think he should do.