HELP! my cuckoo cat has problems!

[Lou Slack]

Hi
i am new to this game, i have a 120ltrs tank all my levels are good, and tank is cycled, but recently bought a cuckoo cat from my local shop, but two days ago, i noticed a big cotton wool like spot on its back near the dorsal fin and he was floating/swimming badly!, i have separated it and dosed my 'hospital' tank with fungus and finrot medicine, the 'wool' has gone but the area underneath is red raw, the fish seams too be eating but, is now frantically swimming around the tank and trying to jump out from it, seams like its in distress? any suggestions, believe the cat too be a female, its lentgh is about 4 inchs, many thanks!

the marks 'appear' to be from rubbing? as scales are completely gone in troubled area. and fins are fine and extend whist swimming,

 

[rocker92]

i would say Melafix. that should help with the sore

 

[Lou Slack]

thanks! any idea how long i should keep it in solitude confinement? would it be safe now the 'wool' effect has gone? he is originally from a community tank and do you think the 'problem' could be infectious? many thanks for your time friend!

 

[DLV082]

Cockoo cats like to be kept in groups, this might be the cause of some of its distress. Also does it have somewere to hide in the QT tank this also may help with its distress. I would not put it back into the main tank until the sore had healed.

Cheers

 

[Cerianthus]

What's Cockoo Cat? Do you mean type of Synodontis Sp?

 

[Lou Slack]

yes, cuckoo catfish is it's common name' i believe. many thanks.

 

[toddnbecka]

Catfish don't have scales. What other fish are in the tank? How is it set up?

 

[Lou Slack]

sorry i meant skin?, the tank is 125ltrs, 6 guppies, 4 peppered catfish, 1 albanio catfish, 5 neons, 5 platties, 3 cardinal tetra and one other cuckoo catfish, believe to be male? all levels are fine, is set up with gravel rocks live and plastic planting, loads of lttle hiding places. Many thanks

 

[toddnbecka]

What is your pH? Tetras and cory cats are happy with soft, acidic water. Guppies, platies, and cuckoo cats prefer hard, alkaline water. As long as you're somewhere above neutral pH they should be alright, but acidic conditions will distress cuckoo cats and livebearers long-term.

 

[Lou Slack]

thanks for advice, my Ph is steady at 7.6, do you think that will be ok?