Matt&Britt
New Member
Hi all,
This is our first post here. I purchased some corydoras about 7 months ago and within a couple of days, one of the corys started developing these lumps.
At first they looked like fungal infections. They were fuzzy/fluffy looking. They grew quickly and then stopped. The lump on her side has completely disappeared and there is only a scar looking thing which is basically the same colour as her skin (you might be able to see it in the photo attached with the fish facing the camera). There was another one on her head which has also healed and now appears to just be a lump. The deformities we are most concerned about are the ones around where her fins attach to her body. These appear to be bubbles filled with liquid. I've done some reading and from what I've read it could be lymphocystis, but there aren't many photos for me to be sure.
As mentioned, her lumps grew within days of purchasing. They healed and stabilised in size within a month. They have looked the same in size for about 6 months now and her behaviour has been normal the whole time; breathing, eating, swimming etc. There is another corydora in the tank, some cardinal tetras and some crystal Red & yellow cherry shrimp. All have lived happily alongside each other for 7 months & both shrimp colonies are breeding. She is the only fish showing these symptoms.
When the corys were first added we were having issues keeping the pH up. It would often plummet to 6, and eventually we were able to get it to stabilise around 6.8-7.4 by adding more rock (would still love some advice as to how to keep pH up without throwing money at pH up products?)
Parameters:
90L
pH 7.2
Ammonia 0.1ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0.2ppm
We have 5 tanks, 3 fresh and 2 reef. We love and care so much for our fishies & corals. We lost our first fish last week - our beautiful Percula clown, Ernie. He jumped out the one night we forgot to put the lid back on the tank after a water change (I never thought I'd feel so much grief for a fish!). We have luckily never experienced any losses due to infections, so we aren't experienced with this.
Sorry for the long post. We initially thought she would heal, but her fin bubbles haven't shrunk in a couple of months. Hoping for some good news....
We look forward to any help!
Thank you,
Britt & Matt
This is our first post here. I purchased some corydoras about 7 months ago and within a couple of days, one of the corys started developing these lumps.
At first they looked like fungal infections. They were fuzzy/fluffy looking. They grew quickly and then stopped. The lump on her side has completely disappeared and there is only a scar looking thing which is basically the same colour as her skin (you might be able to see it in the photo attached with the fish facing the camera). There was another one on her head which has also healed and now appears to just be a lump. The deformities we are most concerned about are the ones around where her fins attach to her body. These appear to be bubbles filled with liquid. I've done some reading and from what I've read it could be lymphocystis, but there aren't many photos for me to be sure.
As mentioned, her lumps grew within days of purchasing. They healed and stabilised in size within a month. They have looked the same in size for about 6 months now and her behaviour has been normal the whole time; breathing, eating, swimming etc. There is another corydora in the tank, some cardinal tetras and some crystal Red & yellow cherry shrimp. All have lived happily alongside each other for 7 months & both shrimp colonies are breeding. She is the only fish showing these symptoms.
When the corys were first added we were having issues keeping the pH up. It would often plummet to 6, and eventually we were able to get it to stabilise around 6.8-7.4 by adding more rock (would still love some advice as to how to keep pH up without throwing money at pH up products?)
Parameters:
90L
pH 7.2
Ammonia 0.1ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0.2ppm
We have 5 tanks, 3 fresh and 2 reef. We love and care so much for our fishies & corals. We lost our first fish last week - our beautiful Percula clown, Ernie. He jumped out the one night we forgot to put the lid back on the tank after a water change (I never thought I'd feel so much grief for a fish!). We have luckily never experienced any losses due to infections, so we aren't experienced with this.
Sorry for the long post. We initially thought she would heal, but her fin bubbles haven't shrunk in a couple of months. Hoping for some good news....
We look forward to any help!
Thank you,
Britt & Matt