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10 gallon tank, 3 cories and 6 zebra danios (I know the tank is small. I am working on cleaning out the 30 gallon in my daughter's room so that it can be moved to the living room.) These fish were moved to the 10 gallon 2 months ago since my daughter was neglecting them and I took over their care.
Ammonia 0.5 ppm (TLDR see last paragraphs) pH 6.0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5.0 ppm
My smallest Cory showed signs of ich, some spots, lethargy, clamped fins and swimming in the filter current constantly (video is this behavior) and not eating. I removed the carbon from the filter (did NOT rinse it), and started the treatment. One of the others is now showing some similar symptoms without spots. The original sick cory is now missing a small spot in their tail fin. I am wondering if this is something other than ich?
After two doses of the Ich X the one fish started eating again but still had spots, clamped fins and still swimming in the current a lot.
Started with 1/2 dose of the Ich X as I've read you should with cories. I'm doing about 1/3 water change before each subsequent treatment. Treating the replacement water with quick start and stress coat, adding it back slowly and trying to match temp of the tank.
I bought a master testing set. All parameter are normal other than ammonia at 0.5 ppm and pH being low at 6.0 (this pH is normal for my tank no matter what I do, but the fish don't seem to be bothered by it). I've tried to increase pH with water changes and additives and I think the drift wood or plants are keeping it there.
Ammonia is at 0.5 ppm which I know is too high. I was hoping this would be countered by the water changes. I've read that ich X can kill off good bacteria so to make sure to add it back, which quick start does. I've also added a dose of Seachem Pristine.
Amy advice on what to do or what NOT to do?
This little one has been just hanging at the bottom of the tank for the last couple of hours. They've moved a couple of times. Breathing faster than normal and haven't been foraging at all. Fins look clamped. This is the same fish that was swimming slightly above the bottom yesterday that I posted about. They were foraging a bit then, but not much. Now they are just hanging at the bottom.
Water parameters are normal other than a lower pH of 6.0, which seems to be the norm for my tank even after water changes and attempts to raise it slowly. All other fish are behaving normally. 10 gallon tank. Did 1 gallon change last night and some gravel vacuuming.
I add stress coat to water every time I make a water change. I also added some this morning.
I posted earlier that my big Cory was dead this morning but had had zero symptoms at all yesterday, so wondering if he was injured during the cleaning. I'm at a loss. I love these little fish. 😞
Fed the fish this morning. Noticed that my big guy wasn't anywhere and he is usually the one chowing down. Found him dead floating at the top of the tank. He had zero symptoms of illness. Yesterday I did a 1 gallon water change like I always do, but this time I vacuumed a bit of the sand and pebbles.
I also fed some bloodworms for the first time.
I am worried that I injured him during the vacuuming but I didn't see any fish where I was cleaning. I'm not posting a pic because he had no visible damage/injuries.
I'm so sad. He was the funniest, dumbest chonky fish. Any experience with Cories dying without symptoms? My water parameters haven't changed. My tank is planted and filter is fine. I do the water changes to balance my pH, which is usually low.
I'm new to being the main fish parent since my daughter abandoned her tank a few months ago.
Per recommendation in here, I got some frozen bloodworms for my cories and danios. Before the chunk sank the danios were going crazy for them. How often do you feed blood worms? I had to cut the block in half because it was way too much for them. I also got the slow sinking bug bites pellets instead to replace the flakes.
This little one seems to be hovering a bit above the floor of the tank a lot today. They swim down to forage briefly, then start floating again, like this. They also look more pink than usual. Is this normal, random, Cory behavior? The other three are happily nomming around.
Looked at first like two grains of sand stuck to the side of my little Cory, but now I'm wondering if it's ich. It came out of nowhere. These fish have been in the tank for almost three weeks now. No spots on any of the other fish in the tank, zebra danios or 3 other cories. If it IS ich, what do you all recommend? I've read that Cories are sensitive to medicines. I have some Maracyn Oxy from my daughter's old tank, but that's it.