Actually, I didn't just say it was old age, i said i think it could be that, not that it is and case closed........lol
abd btw,
i did say a while back in this thread a few times about a particular cory being super lazy, etc.
the fins weren't clamped or anything, it was definitely a female, as it was pretty big, bigger than the males i have(now i have 1 female and 2 males)
still looking at other possibilities, it could be possibly that i accidentally hit with a large rock, bc i was moving things around 4 weeks ago, and dropped a few pieces, but i think they are agile enough to dodge as it accidentally slipped from my hands, it seems impossible to me for it to be hit/injured by falling decor as even in pet shops, the netters rapidly move/drop decorations and no fish die/get hurt
still thinking
and for the ram, the pics are very very bad, it looks nothing like the actual thing
at first, it was a bright white and like most bruises on animals, it has almost regained its color, or it is a parasiteI don't think it is, as the fish probably would have gotten sicker, and less active, as right now it is eating like a pig, fighting with other males, etc. the usual
may get medicated flake food as a precaution???
When I had 4 of my cories, they were fine and then one day one of them got stuck between a rock and the glass, he suffered from internel bleeding afterwards and lasted a few more hours before dieing. There are plenty of things that could have gone wrong, even if they weren't a disease, if she got stuck in something or other, the redness would be harder to see due to it being an albino one (I am assuming it was the albino one) maybe try varying the diet more, to stop some possibilities (constipation etc) like de-shelled peas and such.
As for the ram, it sounds like a parisite, I find it hard to believe it got bruised considering its tank mates. I would isolate him, and do the salt treatment.