Nikki,

The photos don't look like Ich that I've ever had.

I'd go down the Velvet route but careful about mixing meds with the stuff
that you've already put in.

One illness will weaken your fish making it more susceptible to others, but
they will also compete against one another for space on your fish.

What is obvious is that your current treatment isn't working.

Moving to velvet meds in your hospital tank sounds best. Smaller water
volumes = less meds but also less stability.

Meds tend to lower how much oxygen is in the water so try to increase
circulation flow-rate or turn-up the venturi on your powerhead.

Tana.

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I still say velvet... breathing rapidly is because there's medication in
the
tank that pushes the oxygen out of the water... keep up the water changes
and hopefully he'll pull thru...

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