Cory Accident
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I just find it distressing. I don't understand how it could have caused that kind of injury, and I didn't handle him much to get him unstuck, just a gentle tug or two from the inside of the net. I totally did not expect him to die from this little misadventure. For those of you who have had it happen before, how do you prevent it from happening again?
I'm sorry :cry:, that's sad. I try to use a brine shrimp net, soft white fine mesh kind. Some people use a plastic cup.
That stuck out at me there it died in the baggie. Was there any others in the same bag?
The reason I ask was I recently read an article in Septembers issue of Practical Fish keeping UK about Corydoras suicide. It seams that if a Cory is under enough stress it can excrete a mucus from the base of its gills. The strength of it depends on the species. Its a natural mechanism that is used as a defense to predators. So in the hobby terms if the cory is stressed enough it automatically releases the mucus but where as in the wild they just swim away from it. If it is in a bag it can't escape it's own toxins. The effect is such that that it seams to stop breathing and within a few minutes is dead.
First indications are small bubles forming at the edge of the bag and the water may have a slight yellow tinge. Its is infact one of the most common cause of unexplained Cory deaths in transit. The article states that the most susceptiple to self poisining are C. adolfoi, C. arcuatus, C. melini, C. metae, C. panda, C. rabauti, C. sterbai and C. trilinaetus.
Hope that was some help!
Small fish are very fragile though. A small tug to you could have been a big internal injury to the fish. I've had otos get stuck in the net several times. It's very, very hard to get them loose gently.
