I noticed this morning that my poor sterbai cor cat's underside fins were gone. I don't know if it is fin rot or if they were perhaps rubbed away by my previous substrate. He is in my QT tank right now. How does cory cats do with melafix?? Should I use Melafix and the "P" stuff on him??
How do Cory cats do with Melafix??
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AFAIK, there should be no problems using melafix and pimafix on a cory. I don't know of anything that would have a problem with those meds. Hope he gets fixed up.
i dosed my pandas with jungle's ich clear and they didnt make it. not one of them.
but thats the only experience with cories and meds.
but thats the only experience with cories and meds.
mostlycichlids
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Personally any fish meds will stress fish. Some meds stress fish more than others and different types of fish become stressed more easily than others. I personally only use meds in extreme situations. Up your water changes and give it some time and they will be fine.
Make sure the quarantine tank has a lot of aeration. I had a betta with severe persistent case of fin rot and not one single medicine worked on him until I put an airstone in his tank. He's doing fine now. He was rehomed to a larger 5 gallon tank with serious filtration in the form of an AquaClear filter and a bubble wand for aeration. I will never ever keep a betta in anything less again, having seen for myself the importance of oxygenation and filtration. His previous tank was 2.5 gallons and had a small Red Sea brand filter that had just one little block of floss in it.
I have to add that I had performed "chemical" surgery on him, removing the damaged fin parts by smoothing them off with my fingers and betadyne solution (very caustic to fish--use only on afflicted dead tissue). But you can't do this with a cory. That would stress a cory to death. My betta isn't bothered by anything--the most easygoing friendly fish I've ever seen. Still, the edges retained some rot until I improved his living conditions as stated.
P.S.--what is the pH of your water? On the planetcatfish data on Sterba, if I remember correctly if the pH falls into the low range, their fins can start to erode. You may want to look this up. Their site isn't coming up for me at present so I am unable to provide a link for you. Also...there was some discussion about air-using fish with the labyrinth organ not being able to tolerate one of those mela or pima meds. I'm sorry, I don't recall which one it was.
I have to add that I had performed "chemical" surgery on him, removing the damaged fin parts by smoothing them off with my fingers and betadyne solution (very caustic to fish--use only on afflicted dead tissue). But you can't do this with a cory. That would stress a cory to death. My betta isn't bothered by anything--the most easygoing friendly fish I've ever seen. Still, the edges retained some rot until I improved his living conditions as stated.
P.S.--what is the pH of your water? On the planetcatfish data on Sterba, if I remember correctly if the pH falls into the low range, their fins can start to erode. You may want to look this up. Their site isn't coming up for me at present so I am unable to provide a link for you. Also...there was some discussion about air-using fish with the labyrinth organ not being able to tolerate one of those mela or pima meds. I'm sorry, I don't recall which one it was.
My current experience: I added 6 Julii two days ago. Yesterday I added a dose of Melafix, and the second dose today. One of the corys started acting stressed, and others became less active. After posting a question about Corys sensitivity to Melafix, and reading these posts, I put the carbon back in the filter, did about 20% water change, and opened up the air pump a bit. Now just hoping for the best, and that this was the problem.Thanks for the input.I will start dosing him this morning. Other than those tow fins on the bottom, he seems perfectly fine. He is running around, digging thru the sand, and eating everything in sight as usual
