fishyfishface
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Hi everyone,
My cory lost his barbels and some of the bottom bit of his mouth so I medicated the aquarium with baktopur. I did 4 doses with all the correct water changes to ensure the aquarium was cured as some of my guppies had died. This all happened a few of weeks ago. A few days ago I replaced the gravel with sand as I suspect it was the gravel that originally damaged his mouth and led to an infection and bought another cory to keep him company. They are not socialising at all.
I thought the cory was better but now it seems that even more of his flesh is missing and now his face is completely flat at the front with a gaping hole for a mouth. He seems to be having problems eating and just blows up the sand in his face and then kind of rolls in it and darts around.
I'm wondering what I should do. He's lost so much of his mouth that I can't imagine it could possibly grow back. Should I medicate the tank again? (none of the other fish seem to be having any problems - 2 platys and 2 guppies), should I leave him alone or should I consider euthanising him if he can't eat properly.
Thanks
My cory lost his barbels and some of the bottom bit of his mouth so I medicated the aquarium with baktopur. I did 4 doses with all the correct water changes to ensure the aquarium was cured as some of my guppies had died. This all happened a few of weeks ago. A few days ago I replaced the gravel with sand as I suspect it was the gravel that originally damaged his mouth and led to an infection and bought another cory to keep him company. They are not socialising at all.
I thought the cory was better but now it seems that even more of his flesh is missing and now his face is completely flat at the front with a gaping hole for a mouth. He seems to be having problems eating and just blows up the sand in his face and then kind of rolls in it and darts around.
I'm wondering what I should do. He's lost so much of his mouth that I can't imagine it could possibly grow back. Should I medicate the tank again? (none of the other fish seem to be having any problems - 2 platys and 2 guppies), should I leave him alone or should I consider euthanising him if he can't eat properly.
Thanks
