crapola! sick cory?

You're ok with the nitrates at 20-40, just keep them under 40. Elevated nitrates will not cause popeye. It may just be a bump to his eye and lots of clean water will surely be good for that as immediate treatment. But if it gets any cloudier, I would treat him in the QT with something for bacterial infections like Maracyn 2.
 
i was looking at him this evening again. it was pretty icky this morning, but it does seem to have receded back to a crescent on the lower part of his eye. i will keep this in mind
 
SUCCESS!

his eye cleared up and hes been added back to the 55. he seems so HAPPY. hes been swimming around with the trilineatus :) its really cute. the trilineatus immediately swam over and "said hello" as soon as i dropped the schwartzi in. it was like they missed eachother
 
Glad it worked out. I hope my cory does the same, he has a similar white patch on his nose. Looks like he was white but got painted, and someone missed a spot.
 
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