Gill Disease??
- Thread starter WaterBaby
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Looks like bacterial infection of gills. Could also be parasite. I would isolate/quarantine.
I just lost a new albino bristlenose apparantly due to parasites from fish store, I know how you feel. Sorry.
You can buy a 2 1/2 gallon tank for $10, might be worth it for later. Along with a cheap whisper filter a cycled hospital tank saved my baby angelfish, and now they're spawning.
good luck
I just lost a new albino bristlenose apparantly due to parasites from fish store, I know how you feel. Sorry.
You can buy a 2 1/2 gallon tank for $10, might be worth it for later. Along with a cheap whisper filter a cycled hospital tank saved my baby angelfish, and now they're spawning.
good luck
Hi Waterbaby
Hope things are sorting themselves out?
This is a bit of an aside, but if I read correctly you still have two cories left?
I noticed from the pictures that they are the same as mine. I was sold them as Julii also, but it turns out they are trilineatus. You can tell by the fact that the markings on the head are reticulated on C. trilineatus, whereas on true Julii they are seperate spots.
Apparently these are very often sold incorrectly labelled (i even told my LFS and they said 'no, definitely julii'). True julii are much rarer and are more expensive when found.
Just thought I'd let you know!
Hope things are sorting themselves out?
This is a bit of an aside, but if I read correctly you still have two cories left?
I noticed from the pictures that they are the same as mine. I was sold them as Julii also, but it turns out they are trilineatus. You can tell by the fact that the markings on the head are reticulated on C. trilineatus, whereas on true Julii they are seperate spots.
Apparently these are very often sold incorrectly labelled (i even told my LFS and they said 'no, definitely julii'). True julii are much rarer and are more expensive when found.
Just thought I'd let you know!
I agree!
I also do not think that mine is a Julli Cory but a trilineatus also. The photos I've seen while surfing planet catfish trying to type my cory point to this. I think that it's a common misidentification.
I have the trilineatus cory and a bronze cory left as well as 2 red eyed tetras, one is questionable.
Which leads me to my next question. I do have another post floating around that journals my moving these fish to another tank.The "New Tank Problems, I Think" subject.
Could this be some kind of ammonia poisoning from the move? I did have some ammonia problems in the new tank while I was cycling with the Bio-Spira. I have read that fish can get hemorraghing from ammonia poisoning. I also stated in the other post that the other red eye had a hemorrhage in his eye. This has cleared up.
Water is as follows: No ammonia, No nitrites, but the pH is around 7.6 to 7.8 (my test card only goes to 7.6 and I think that it's a little higher than that). This pH is the only thing that is different than the tank that they came from. It was 7.0. For some reason, I can't get this tank down.
As far as a quarantine tank goes, this is it. This is the reason I moved all these guys in here. However, it's turning out to be a "waiting to die" tank.
I also do not think that mine is a Julli Cory but a trilineatus also. The photos I've seen while surfing planet catfish trying to type my cory point to this. I think that it's a common misidentification.
I have the trilineatus cory and a bronze cory left as well as 2 red eyed tetras, one is questionable.
Which leads me to my next question. I do have another post floating around that journals my moving these fish to another tank.The "New Tank Problems, I Think" subject.
Could this be some kind of ammonia poisoning from the move? I did have some ammonia problems in the new tank while I was cycling with the Bio-Spira. I have read that fish can get hemorraghing from ammonia poisoning. I also stated in the other post that the other red eye had a hemorrhage in his eye. This has cleared up.
Water is as follows: No ammonia, No nitrites, but the pH is around 7.6 to 7.8 (my test card only goes to 7.6 and I think that it's a little higher than that). This pH is the only thing that is different than the tank that they came from. It was 7.0. For some reason, I can't get this tank down.
As far as a quarantine tank goes, this is it. This is the reason I moved all these guys in here. However, it's turning out to be a "waiting to die" tank.
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