Sick Albino Cory Catfish
Posted: 04 Jun 2018, 14:20
Hi folks,
I have what looks like to be a red mark / blood under the eye of my albino corycat. Not sure if it's an injury of an infection of some sort. I couldn't get a picture of it but his eye on the other side of his head is completely black in the pupil. Maybe something ruptured inside his eye? He also seems to be breathing hard (gills moving fast).
He's in a 20 gallon tank with an emerald corycat, about 14 cherry shrimp, 2 ghost shrimp, and a mystery snail. Temp is about 80F. Hagen 125watt heater. Fluval hang on back Aquaclear 50 filter (ceramic beads with two foam sponges + a sponge in the intake so that if the shrimp have more fry they won't get sucked up). Also running upflow algae scrubber. Have some cuttlebone in there which is probably driving the PH up, along with the UAS. I dose the tank 2x a week with seachem flourish and also excel. Water changes are every 7 days. Today (6/4) is water change day. I take out about 5 gallons 1x a week. Haven't checked the chemistry today but it's pretty consistent. Last week it was PH 7.6 (I bit high), ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates 0 (it fluctuates between 0-10 ppm max).
I was going to try a Methalyne Blue bath (1 tsp in 5 gallon bucket for 30 minutes). Then I was thinking what to do next. Move him to quarantine tank and float him on top of the 20 gallon for a few days? Or should I move him back to the main tank to keep his stress level down? Other meds I have on hand are API General Cure and Furan 2. Thanks for your advice!
I have what looks like to be a red mark / blood under the eye of my albino corycat. Not sure if it's an injury of an infection of some sort. I couldn't get a picture of it but his eye on the other side of his head is completely black in the pupil. Maybe something ruptured inside his eye? He also seems to be breathing hard (gills moving fast).
He's in a 20 gallon tank with an emerald corycat, about 14 cherry shrimp, 2 ghost shrimp, and a mystery snail. Temp is about 80F. Hagen 125watt heater. Fluval hang on back Aquaclear 50 filter (ceramic beads with two foam sponges + a sponge in the intake so that if the shrimp have more fry they won't get sucked up). Also running upflow algae scrubber. Have some cuttlebone in there which is probably driving the PH up, along with the UAS. I dose the tank 2x a week with seachem flourish and also excel. Water changes are every 7 days. Today (6/4) is water change day. I take out about 5 gallons 1x a week. Haven't checked the chemistry today but it's pretty consistent. Last week it was PH 7.6 (I bit high), ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates 0 (it fluctuates between 0-10 ppm max).
I was going to try a Methalyne Blue bath (1 tsp in 5 gallon bucket for 30 minutes). Then I was thinking what to do next. Move him to quarantine tank and float him on top of the 20 gallon for a few days? Or should I move him back to the main tank to keep his stress level down? Other meds I have on hand are API General Cure and Furan 2. Thanks for your advice!