Corydoras

[toxik]

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Tank size: 36
pH:7ish
ammonia:?
nitrite:0
nitrate:20
kH:?
gH:?
tank temp: 79F

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Pretty much not doing anything, didn't put up a fight when being caught, pretty much just swam into the net. His 4 whiskers are no longer present and his mouth area is a redish color(internal bleeding/hemoraging?). His mouth looks like it's badly beaten. No signs of other injuries to body or discoloration. Although his buddy is perfectly fine.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 35%, weekly

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: mech, bio

Tank inhabitants:2 kissing fish, 6 neons, 7 glowlights, 2 otocinclus, 2 corydoras(1 sick, 1 healthy)

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): entire tank was setup and all inhabitants were dumped in at the same time

Exposure to chemicals: ?


The tank isn't at my house o I don't have 24/7 observation, I don't know if it's self inflicted, from being attacked.

 

[Mikaila31]

was the tank cycled and what is the substrate?

 

[WILDER]

It's bacterial and if the whiskers are nearly gone not good as they need them to find food, can you issolate the sick fish and get it onto a bacterial med fast.

 

[toxik]

The gravel is a very fine, maybe averaging about 1mm in diameter per rock.
I think it might be too advanced for meds, it's really bad and our lfs is closed.

 

[WILDER]

He sounds in a bad way he has septicemia and hard to cure once it has prgressed, you will need a med called tetracycline if it not to late, but issolate as the med wipes the bacterial colony out in the filter.