Pepper Cory Lying Upside Down

Hi everyone,

Well, after having successfully treated ich in my tank, it seems one of
my cories isn't doing that well. I have 7 black neon tetras, 5 pepper
cories and 2 plecos. My temperature is back down around 78F and I
treated with salt and velvet. The ich on the tetras seems to be gone,
but this evening when I came home, I found one of my cories lying on
the gravel on his side. He is alive but breathing sporadically. I
tapped the glass and you reacted, swimming upsidedown mostly and doing
loops. He basically can't stay upright. I'm not sure if he'll survive
the night, but if he does, what can I do to help him out? I'd really
rather not be picking a dead fish out of the tank tomorrow, but it
looks like I might be doing just that.

My water quality is 0, 0 and I don't have a kit for nitrate, so I'm not
sure about that.

Thanks,
Chris

"chris" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

Well, after having successfully treated ich in my tank, it seems one of
my cories isn't doing that well. I have 7 black neon tetras, 5 pepper
cories and 2 plecos. My temperature is back down around 78F and I
treated with salt and velvet. The ich on the tetras seems to be gone,
but this evening when I came home, I found one of my cories lying on
the gravel on his side. He is alive but breathing sporadically. I
tapped the glass and you reacted, swimming upsidedown mostly and doing
loops. He basically can't stay upright. I'm not sure if he'll survive
the night, but if he does, what can I do to help him out? I'd really
rather not be picking a dead fish out of the tank tomorrow, but it
looks like I might be doing just that.

My water quality is 0, 0 and I don't have a kit for nitrate, so I'm not
sure about that.

Thanks,
Chris


I don't know what you used for treatment, but small & scaleless fish can
often only tolerate a half-dosage. I think corys are classified as
scaleless (armoured but lacking scales on their underbelly). I'm sure your
cory would rather you weren't having to pick out dead fish tomorrow either
;~).
--
www.NetMax.tk

I used this stuff that turned the water bluish. I was using half the
recommended dose because of the tetras, or one drop per two gallons as
opposed to one drop per gallon. The cory is still alive. He is also
eating, but i'm unsure of his state of mind. My LFS seems to think
that it has to do with the ich treatment and that I should try feeding
them some frozen bloodworm for the next little while. Does everyone
concur?

Chris

chris wrote:
I used this stuff that turned the water bluish. I was using half the
recommended dose because of the tetras, or one drop per two gallons as
opposed to one drop per gallon. The cory is still alive. He is also
eating, but i'm unsure of his state of mind. My LFS seems to think
that it has to do with the ich treatment and that I should try feeding
them some frozen bloodworm for the next little while. Does everyone
concur?

Chris

If the Ich has now been treated and cleared up I would do a 30% water
change and add some carbon to my filter to pull out the rest of the
meds. I always feed high protein food when treating Ich so it sounds
like a good idea to me.

Gill

Gill Passman wrote:
chris wrote:

I used this stuff that turned the water bluish. I was using half the
recommended dose because of the tetras, or one drop per two gallons as
opposed to one drop per gallon. The cory is still alive. He is also
eating, but i'm unsure of his state of mind. My LFS seems to think
that it has to do with the ich treatment and that I should try feeding
them some frozen bloodworm for the next little while. Does everyone
concur?

Chris

If the Ich has now been treated and cleared up I would do a 30% water
change and add some carbon to my filter to pull out the rest of the
meds. I always feed high protein food when treating Ich so it sounds
like a good idea to me.

Gill

I'm with Gill. Change water! Feeding bloodworms sure can't hurt. All
your fish will love you.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Gill Passman wrote:
chris wrote:

I used this stuff that turned the water bluish. I was using half the
recommended dose because of the tetras, or one drop per two gallons as
opposed to one drop per gallon. The cory is still alive. He is also
eating, but i'm unsure of his state of mind. My LFS seems to think
that it has to do with the ich treatment and that I should try feeding
them some frozen bloodworm for the next little while. Does everyone
concur?

Chris

If the Ich has now been treated and cleared up I would do a 30% water
change and add some carbon to my filter to pull out the rest of the meds.
I always feed high protein food when treating Ich so it sounds like a
good idea to me.

Gill

I'm with Gill. Change water! Feeding bloodworms sure can't hurt. All
your fish will love you.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com


Bluish water? Are the using methylene blue as an Ich remedy somewhere? the
UK?
Ah well *sigh* what do I know? ... do water changes.
--
www.NetMax.tk

I'd really rather not be picking a dead fish out of the tank
tomorrow, but it looks like I might be doing just that.

While I earnestly hope that your Cory recovers, this is to me the hardest
part about tropical fishkeeping - no matter how careful you are, you WILL
lose fish every now and then.

--
John Goulden
mostly goldies, guppies, swordtails and bettas

Ok, I'm not a professional by any means, probably not even a novice lol.

but your cory might have a swimbladder problem, caused by constipation or
possibly an infection in the swim bladder itself.

A treatment I know works for consipation is to dip the fish quickly into
very weak andrews solution (A human miedication for trapped wind), and put
him back in the tnak, he usually has a big poo, lol, and then is fine.

Just a thought, prob not the best way to treat it, but it works.

§tudz

"John D. Goulden" wrote in message
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I'd really rather not be picking a dead fish out of the tank
tomorrow, but it looks like I might be doing just that.

While I earnestly hope that your Cory recovers, this is to me the hardest
part about tropical fishkeeping - no matter how careful you are, you WILL
lose fish every now and then.

--
John Goulden
mostly goldies, guppies, swordtails and bettas