I know it doesn't make sense, but I kind of got attached to them. They've been in there for about 4-5 months and I decided to buy them, I went in knowing full well they would probably have some disease (and possibly die when I got them), at least ich. I don't think I'll do this again. What ...

Hello. Against my better judgement I decided to buy two corys from Meijer because I passed them by every time I went there and they looked neat. The tank had ich so I put them into quarantine. One of them died within 24 hours, perhaps from stress and shock. :( While they did not show ich spots I ...

So I am relocating my corys to a 55 gallon and I need to choose a substrate. I have about 20lbs of CaribSea sand from Petsmart, but it is quite expensive, like a $1.44 per pound. I've heard of people using pool sand as an alternative. I went to Leslie's Pool Supplies and I noticed the size of the ...

Unfortunately, my fish are not getting better. This has to be more than parasitic. With further reading I think they either have red blotch disease (can't find much info on this one) or septicemia (which might have happened as a result of parasites), which are both common in store bought catfish ...

I'll definitely consider buying that medicine. Cories acting strange today. Two of the cories started leaning on each other, both facing toward me, almost like they were losing balance. Their outside fins were pointing upward and the ones inside touching the ground. One is large and the other is ...

Thanks for the info. I have no idea where to get flubendazole. It seems to be some specialty medicine I can only buy from a vet or farm store. The most damaged cory continues to improve, he is gaining more control of his body and is able to swim pretty well, but definitely not like a regular cory ...

Do you think products like Seachem Focus are necessary to make sure the medicine binds to the food? Cories are kind of slow eaters and don't "gulp" up food, unless it's something like a blood worm or the food its tiny enough. I heard something about using fish oil as a binder as well. I know bettas ...

Here's my update. Been a bit too depressed to post anything. My betta died from complications of surgery due to severe fin rot. There was no other way to rid of the dead flesh except by removing it, but he didn't make it. Really crushed about this. :( His fin biting left him open to this infection ...

Thank you for responding. I was treating my tank with kanaplex for two weeks, one week spaced between them. My betta was living with the cories until about 2 days after treating prazipro into the tank. I quarantined him since he seemed not to be exhibiting any symptoms the cories were/are and had ...

Yeah, it was bittersweet because my betta's fin rot has come back with a vengeance. It seems the kanaplex didn't help as much I would have liked. I got so focused on other things I didn't pay attention to his fin shrinking. :( I quarantined him and I'm giving him a different treatment, so I don't ...

Good to know he made a full recovery. I have some good news. I woke up this morning and I have seen a major improvement. At first I refused to believe it, but he has definitely changed. I stood up late last night and waited for them to be hungry to feed the blood worms. The sickest, paralyzed cory ...

Most people are now pointing towards parasites, so that is the best educated guess I have. I almost broke down in the LFS because they said there is nothing I can do. I felt a bit silly getting so upset over fish, but they are my babies. They recommended if I do try to treat them, to get some anti ...

I've PM'd corybreed. I didn't quite understand what was meant by PMing from my topic, so I sent a link in my message. I hope that is okay. I'm going to my LFS tomorrow to ask their opinion as well and try getting some medicine for parasites. My bf has a marine biologist friend who also said it might ...

Another one of my cories is starting to show symptoms. When he sits still his head starts floating upward like he has no balance and his spine is starting to go inward, not severely, it's very subtle. His upper fin is also going off to the side. I'm noticing a slight redness in the "armpits". I don ...

Thanks for going through all that trouble! The cory now dubbed Scooter is still truckin' along. He has actually improved somewhat in the sense that he is adapting to not being able to use his bottom fins. He can turn more easily and get around, but is still unable to surface for air. He is able to ...

What brand medicine do you recommend? Should I quarantine him? What happened to you fish? I have many questions.

I'll keep that in mind. He ate food eagerly, even though it was difficult for him. I got an air pump, though it might be a bit too powerful, so I need to get a valve or something. He seemed to respond and scoot toward the bubbles while the others ignored/swam away from it. I have an update on his ...

Thanks for the reply. I've since returned him to the tank and he is pretty inactive. I won't be dosing any more kanaplex as it seems my betta's tail is starting to show some improvement. I'll try changing the water as you suggested. Why do you think I should try melafix? I'm just curious. I don't ...

Hello, this is my first post here. I am concerned about my sterbai cories. :YMSIGH: I've read of a similar case on this forum with no conclusion and it seemed to happen to several of his cories, one after the other. Could this be contagious? Here a thread of someone who had a similar problem. http ...