Fish Acting Strange

[drewry]

just treat my 3 week old cory fry for white spot
they was all on the bottom feeding before i put treatment in .
as soon as i put treatment in after 5mins later they started swiming at all differnt leavels of the tank shooting to the top and there up and down the glass. is this normal when treating white spot

my tanks 191 liters its says on treatment to add 10mls to 100 liters so i added 19mls
dont know what to do now i dont want my fry to die should i do a water change

thxs in advance

 

[drewry]

well 1 started to float upside down so iv done a partial water change and it seems to be dieing the others are all on the bottom again

 

[backtotropical]

I've posted in your other thread too. It could be the whitespot killing them, but you need to check the instructions on the medication to see if its ok for corys.

 

[drewry]

I've posted in your other thread too. It could be the whitespot killing them, but you need to check the instructions on the medication to see if its ok for corys.

it doesnt say its harmfull to corys or to half dose
i think it was to strong for them they was fine before i put treatment in ,1 died withing 5 mins of puting the dosage in, so i did a quick 50% water change and there acting normal again on the bottom and feeding
its a 2 dose treatment i have to add 2nd dose in 4 days but im going to half dose this time as the last was to strong for them

 

[backtotropical]

Because corys don't have scales, copper based meds can be harmful to them. It generally recommends to half the dose in this case, but it obviously depends on which treatment you are using.

I would stick with half doses from now on just in case.

 

[drewry]

well i have used protozin from waterlife before for white spot and that tells you to half dose on scaleless fish

but this ones from interpet anti white spot treatment and doest tell you to half dose on scaleless fish so i thought it would be ok

yeah ill just half dose on next dose backtotropical
thxs for your help

 

[backtotropical]

No probs mate.