View Full Version : Cory sick?
x1vicious281x
02-11-2004, 11:27 AM
We bought 3 Emerald Green Cories the other day. They were fine the first few days and then one of them starting seperating from the pack and had been hiding in a plant for most of the day. He looks much darker then the other 2, he lays there upside down with his tail curled in like he is dead and will swim if you move the plant. Any suggestions?
Cories seem to be very sensitive to water quality. Perhaps some water chnages will help.
x1vicious281x
02-11-2004, 1:04 PM
we tested the water yesterday and everything was perfect, he just died today, no idea what the cause was?? the other 2 are doing fine.
Sorry to hear that. Sometimes you just get a sick fish. good luck with the other ones.
How did you acclimate them to your tank?
sigmatauntaylor
02-11-2004, 3:36 PM
That happened to one of my pygmy cories this morning other two are fine water is good and the mollies and platy with him look great. My ADF also died overnight though too....
x1vicious281x
02-11-2004, 6:11 PM
to introduce them into the tank, we let the bag float in there for about a 1/2 hour, added a cup of tank water to the bag, let them sit 20 mins and put them in.
the pet store dissected the fish and said it was an internal parasite.. must have bought it like that.
LMOUTHBASS
02-13-2004, 1:54 PM
cool petsotre that you can bring a fish in n they'll cut it open to figure out what was wrong
You might want to think about getting some medicated food if possible. If one cory had the parasites chances are the others could as well.
Also that acclimation is probably good enough but you might want to do more removal and addition of tank water over an hour long period or so. At least that is the way I do it.