itchy cories

lesley

lesley

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I think something may have been posted about this a little while back... I can't remember where I saw it, and I already tried the search feature, so maybe it was on another forum.

Anyway, my cories have been scratching on leaves and the gravel, so I'm thinking they must have some type of parasite or something. I've looked at them pretty closely and don't see anything with the naked eye. They have beeneating well, and appear otherwise healthy. I treated for ich about two months ago, but haven't seen a recurrence. Any ideas on what this infection might be and what I can use to treat it?
 
Sounds like a parasite. What did you use to treat for Ick before?
 
Hm... I forget what it was called. It's a white bottle with a green and yellow label, I think. It was the typical green stuff, but the LFS said that the cories would be fine with it.

I did notice when I treated that the cories looked a little unhappy.

Looked it up.. it might have been Rid-Ich.
 
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Are the cories still itchy? Do you have any other fish with them? How are they? It's possible your having a relapse of ick. How are your water readings, are they normal? I know...thats alot of questions, but I don't want to reccomend you treat your fish for the wrong thing.
 
Still itchy. I'll go home and to a test tonight. I've been slacking on the tests. The tank has been set up for over a year and I do a 20-30 percent change once a week.

I have some black neons in the tank that look perfectly fine, but i did notice that my pearl gourami has a little bit of an off look. Maybe a slight cloudiness to the eye.

The cories have no visible infection, but are still scraping. They're not clamping fins or showing any other signs of stress. It is a bit warm, the temp has been hovering about 80-82 F because it's so hot in my house.
 
To me the temp. would help fight off the ick. Definantly. do the tests and see what happens. Keep a close eye on them (of course you will, who wouldn't). I won't say go ahead and treat cuase I don't know what they may have. It could be the temp. Check back tomarrow and we can go from there. Hopefully, it's nothing serious. Goodluck.
 
So try to lower the temp? I'm not sure how I can do that aside from not running the lights or maybe a fan, but we're expecting several days of 100+ temps. I could do evening water changes with cooler water, but that might stres them further.

By the way, thanks for your help Manix.
 
I just wish I could be of more help. Youcould try lowering the temp. But it's just gonna bounce right back. That will stress the fishies just as much. Lets wait and see what those water readings are and see how your fishies are doing in the morning.
 
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