My cory catfish turned white....pretty much just lays at the bottom He's alive and moves if you tap him. My reeadings in the tank are ammonia zero nitrite, 1.0 and nitrate 20.00 -- in a 55 gal tank.
I put him in a 2.5 gallon tank with fresh clean water -- mini air filter and heater. so I hope he can recover.
The tank he WAS in is a 55 gal and its cycling for the last 3 weeks. With, 4 zebra danios, 2 black mollies, 2 red gourami dwarfs, a golden mystery snail, and now one cory cat -- like i said the other cory is now in a 2.5 gallon tank holefully recovering. The other cory apears to be fine and is busy doin his thing eat frantically off the bottom liek there is no tomorrow.
My first question is does anyone know why he turned white and is sick and what it is?
My second question has to do with water changes.
Some people on here have said water changes water changes water changes!!!!!!! Don't let nitries every get above .25 ... while others - including 2 pet stores whose specialty is fish ... have told me at first when the tank is cycling don't do the water changes, make sure you have hardy fish and let the tank cycle becuase every water change takes out bacteria you need to cycle and the tank never gets cycled.
Sigh..... so I dunno why is there conflict with this. I guess it makes sense.... that water changes would never bring the tank to a cycle ... t
hen again the other argument of keeping your fish healthy through water changes is better and that from what i read on here people are claiming that your just changing water that the real bacteria growing in the filter and decor isnt being changed so do the water changs.
I am confused and just don't know which one to believe.
can someone set me straight? i am trying to do this right as i really do love the hobby.
Paul
I put him in a 2.5 gallon tank with fresh clean water -- mini air filter and heater. so I hope he can recover.
The tank he WAS in is a 55 gal and its cycling for the last 3 weeks. With, 4 zebra danios, 2 black mollies, 2 red gourami dwarfs, a golden mystery snail, and now one cory cat -- like i said the other cory is now in a 2.5 gallon tank holefully recovering. The other cory apears to be fine and is busy doin his thing eat frantically off the bottom liek there is no tomorrow.
My first question is does anyone know why he turned white and is sick and what it is?
My second question has to do with water changes.
Some people on here have said water changes water changes water changes!!!!!!! Don't let nitries every get above .25 ... while others - including 2 pet stores whose specialty is fish ... have told me at first when the tank is cycling don't do the water changes, make sure you have hardy fish and let the tank cycle becuase every water change takes out bacteria you need to cycle and the tank never gets cycled.
Sigh..... so I dunno why is there conflict with this. I guess it makes sense.... that water changes would never bring the tank to a cycle ... t
hen again the other argument of keeping your fish healthy through water changes is better and that from what i read on here people are claiming that your just changing water that the real bacteria growing in the filter and decor isnt being changed so do the water changs.
I am confused and just don't know which one to believe.
can someone set me straight? i am trying to do this right as i really do love the hobby.
Paul
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