View Full Version : Albino Cory ailing..help
My albino cory has been floating upright at the top of my tank for two days now. He seems weak although he did make it back down to the bottom just a few minutes ago and is managing to stay there. He looks aweful. He was being picked on by my red wag platy so I moved the platies out to a different tank. I thought maybe it was just the stress of being picked on but today when I got out a magnifying glass to look at him I see that his skin looks flakey or dry. I can't see any white spots or obvious growths but he is albino so its hard to tell. He has a few very fine red lines on his one side maybe 1 mm long. I thought perhaps these were bites from the platy but I'm not sure. I could have sworn when I looked at him close up a piece of skin floated off him. My LFS recommended Melafix, but I'm wondering if Maracyn II would be better. I don't think he has eaten in two days now so I need quick advice. Has anyone seen anything similar in their cory's?
Well, I treated my sick little albino cory for 3 days with melafix and I nearly lost him. His anal fins were streaked in blood, he was thin and his skin looked dry. At this point, he hadn't eaten in 4 days. As an emergency effort, I did a water change and started him right away on Maracyn II. He is on his 5th day of Maracyn II and he is now swimming around a bit, eating and had a pretty good poop. He looks 100% better. :clap: The only thing I notice now is he is having a hard time keeping his tail down. When he sits still on the bottom his tail wants to float up. He seems to stuggle a bit to keep it down so he is flat on the bottom. Any one else experience this?
mvigor
06-12-2006, 4:48 PM
Yes, just recently my son's tank had a Cory live through a spell where his barbels grew very short and his tail wanted to keep rising on him. He was the only fish of 4 (at the time) in the tank who was affected, but lots of water changes seem to have pepped him up. At the same time I offered some peeled peas so that could have helped as well. I did three >50% WC and he was back to normal.
Thanks, I'll try to peas and see how it goes!