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Bleeding gills can mean.
Been burnt , ph shock, ammonia poisoning, gill flukes that all I found.
Gill and body flukes usually get excess slime not dried out slime coat.
This is a long shot I know but has he got out of the tank and someone placed him back without you knowing.
Been burnt , ph shock, ammonia poisoning, gill flukes that all I found.
Gill and body flukes usually get excess slime not dried out slime coat.
This is a long shot I know but has he got out of the tank and someone placed him back without you knowing.
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I came across this site a few days ago, it has great pictures of a lot of the common fish ailments. Have a look and see if there is anything that resembles your fish's symptoms.
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/www.jbl.de/onlinehospitaluk/perpict...amp;GalleryId=2Definately not ammonia burns (least not from my tank as ammonia is and has been 0, same for nitrIte)
Went from ph 7.4ish (as I asked and tested the bag water before adding them) to mine which is 7.8, acclimatised over a 30 minute period, adding water from tank to bag, then releasing. Wouldnt the others have suffered shock too?
Looking up gill flukes, yes the gills did look like that, but it doesnt explain the cobweb things, definatley no slime, which is what sounds weird.
No chance he could have got out the tank, tight lid and Im the only one about, unless my four year found him which is extremely unlikely as he gives me daily rundowns on the tanks and there inhabitants
Haha yeah I used that link, hence why the gill flukes looked similar, but nothing like the webs. Thanks though.
Went from ph 7.4ish (as I asked and tested the bag water before adding them) to mine which is 7.8, acclimatised over a 30 minute period, adding water from tank to bag, then releasing. Wouldnt the others have suffered shock too?
Looking up gill flukes, yes the gills did look like that, but it doesnt explain the cobweb things, definatley no slime, which is what sounds weird.
No chance he could have got out the tank, tight lid and Im the only one about, unless my four year found him which is extremely unlikely as he gives me daily rundowns on the tanks and there inhabitants
I came across this site a few days ago, it has great pictures of a lot of the common fish ailments. Have a look and see if there is anything that resembles your fish's symptoms.
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Haha yeah I used that link, hence why the gill flukes looked similar, but nothing like the webs. Thanks though.
Found this but dosn't sound like what your has.
Fungus can grow on dead tissue.
Think need to look dried up slimecoat as that might solve it.
Cotton-like threads grow on the operculum (gill plate) or gill filaments Saproglenia fungal infection Treat with: Forma-Green -or- Acriflavine Neutral.
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Fungus can grow on dead tissue.
Think need to look dried up slimecoat as that might solve it.
Cotton-like threads grow on the operculum (gill plate) or gill filaments Saproglenia fungal infection Treat with: Forma-Green -or- Acriflavine Neutral.
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Could it be that he was just shedding his mucous membrane in reaction to a bacterial infection or some other stress. Did it look like this?
No dried up slimecoat. If the cotton like threads are cobwebby then yes, Im confused, Im reading so many different symptons but none that come up with what he looked like exactly.
The only red was around the gill area, darker inside the gills, lighter around the outside of the gills. No red on the fins, jus the web stuff on the front fins, nothing on the back fin, although back fin looked a little nibbled, but nothing serious.
Take a look here to see anything about the gills on the cory matches up.
The slimecoat can go thinner if the fish is stressed.
http/www.koicrisis.com/symptoms/gill.html
The slimecoat can go thinner if the fish is stressed.
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/www.koicrisis.com/symptoms/gill.htmlFirst one, more like what he had, but there was definately no ammonia and still isnt, could have been ph, but ive had fish from 6ish acclimatised up to 7.8 with no problems at all, maybe this guy was just stressed from the move and more vulnerable then?
The outer rim or edge of the gill seem to be pale, frayed or white.
If you look at the gills and they are nice and steak red but the outer "crescent moon" edge of the gill is pale or white, then something has "burned" the gills. Lots of retailers perform potassium dips on the fish before shipping. Formalin dips, a crashed pH, Ammonia burns and nitrite accumulations and more can cause caustic burns to the gill. A white edge to the gills is NOT a diagnosis of bacterial gill disease. Usually these fish DON'T need medications inasmuch as they need water testing, cool clear water, and time to heal from the burn.
The outer rim or edge of the gill seem to be pale, frayed or white.
If you look at the gills and they are nice and steak red but the outer "crescent moon" edge of the gill is pale or white, then something has "burned" the gills. Lots of retailers perform potassium dips on the fish before shipping. Formalin dips, a crashed pH, Ammonia burns and nitrite accumulations and more can cause caustic burns to the gill. A white edge to the gills is NOT a diagnosis of bacterial gill disease. Usually these fish DON'T need medications inasmuch as they need water testing, cool clear water, and time to heal from the burn.
What I did when I bought fish was to test the bag water in ph to see how long I climatised for.
Never came across anything like it if I honest.
Could be a number of things but some symtoms point to more than one thing.
Bless him.
I would just keep a close eye on the others, and maybe preform a few daily water changes.
Never came across anything like it if I honest.
Could be a number of things but some symtoms point to more than one thing.
Bless him.
I would just keep a close eye on the others, and maybe preform a few daily water changes.
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hia minx welcome back 
i cant read it all i have a stinking headache, just wanted to say ( incase anyone else hasnt) that cories have an inbuilt "cyanide pill"( is actually poision mucas ) that they take when they are stressed, when you got them bagged did u notice any bubbles on the top of the water?? ( if so the fish should have been immediatly rebagged in fresh tank water) it maybe that hes so stressed that hes killing himself? ( i got this from PFK a few months ago) maybe its on their website tho i doubt it still will be if it ever was and im sure someone else will able to elaborate on this
shelagh xxx
i cant read it all i have a stinking headache, just wanted to say ( incase anyone else hasnt) that cories have an inbuilt "cyanide pill"( is actually poision mucas ) that they take when they are stressed, when you got them bagged did u notice any bubbles on the top of the water?? ( if so the fish should have been immediatly rebagged in fresh tank water) it maybe that hes so stressed that hes killing himself? ( i got this from PFK a few months ago) maybe its on their website tho i doubt it still will be if it ever was and im sure someone else will able to elaborate on this
shelagh xxx
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