Poor Little Rescued Corydoras

[Nolapete]

I rescued 10 cories of different types from this kid who brought them out to me in essentially a cup of water. I've lost four of them so far; black, sterbae, panda, and aeneus. The others seem to be doing well, but I'm at a loss to why those died.

The kid's tank somehow cracked (at least that is what he told us) and needed to find a home for his fish. I think they may have been on their way out already when I got them.

 

[Dwarf Puffers]

Wow, that's terrible. I got two free albino aenus with a tank, and one had a gash in its stomach and died. Did the dead ones have any wounds or obvious signs of infection, etc.?

 

[Nolapete]

Nope, not a sign of anything. Just go into swim out of control crazily mode then die.

 

[Stargazer53]

I'm thinking they experienced some sort of trauma (internal) or were badily stressed when they arrived to you.

 

[dtd87]

poor fish

 

[Nolapete]

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[Dwarf Puffers]

Actually, swimming around crazily and dying sounds like maybe OTS to me.

 

[Nolapete]

OTS?

 

[msjinkzd]

old tank syndrome

 

[Nolapete]

Nope, tank is well maintained.

I don't do acronyms. Too many to keep up with for my job, so they all tend to run together.