Walmart rescue cory

kalabreeze

kalabreeze

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Hello everyone,
Yesterday we went to walmart to get couple of things and, as usual, went to look at fish. They had one tank with gupies, betta and one tiny albino cory. Corys tail fin was all gone, I do not know if it is due to fin nipping or something else, but he looked so lonely and miserable we had to take him home.
I put cory in 10 gallon planted sand substrate tank with 4 juli cories, he was laying on the bottom for 3-4 hors but now is happily sifting the sand with others. My question is, do I live cory in the tank and add melafix or I separate it in hospital tank and treat there. He is eating fine and looking fine obly tailfin is missing. I am afraid he will get to lonely in hospital tank.
Thanks:)
 
melafix is about as benign a "med" as there is, so it wont harm anuthing if you want to dose the entire tank. Keep an eye on the little guy to make sure he doesn't get a secondary fungal or bacterial infection from the injury. Hopefully the tail will grow back.
 
Actually lonely or not, quarantine would be better first. Putting a suspected sick or injured new fish directly into your tank isn't a good plan. Since the new cory is already in the tank with the others, I'd leave the cory in there to avoid extra stress and keep an eye out for illness.
 
Yeah, I agreed that he should have been put directly into quarantine, but since he's already in your main tank, you might as well leave him there. If he has fin rot or another disease, he's already contaminated the tank and moving him will only stress him more.

Corys don't really "need" sand, but gravel can harm their bellies are barbels.

I wasn't gonna say it, but I have to. I'm obligated. Buying ("rescuing") fish from sellers who are improperly taking care of their fish may help that one fish you bought, but it will only encourage the seller to continue buying and selling (and hence badly taking care of fish). It will only perpetuate the problem. It's kind of like when you're training your dog not to bite, you don't go right back to playing with him after he bites.
 
bazil323 said:
I wasn't gonna say it, but I have to. I'm obligated. Buying ("rescuing") fish from sellers who are improperly taking care of their fish may help that one fish you bought, but it will only encourage the seller to continue buying and selling (and hence badly taking care of fish). It will only perpetuate the problem. It's kind of like when you're training your dog not to bite, you don't go right back to playing with him after he bites.
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Actually, I think the same way, I just have be strong and keep myself from passing by the fish tanks when I go to Walmart, because once I see sick fish I want to help it. Better not see:(
 
I'm glad the walmarts around here don't sell live fish.
 
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