2 of my 3 albino Cory's lost fins.

[Larry Licata]

Hey, 2 of my 3 albino Cory's have lost their fins. I am not sure if I have a tail nipper in the tank or If I am dealing with infection. Here are my tank deets:
40 gal community tank well cycled.
5 ember tetras
1 neon
5 danios

Planted tank
Water change at least 50% a few days ago.
Ph sits at 6.8 ( can do full testing if needed)
Looks like the fish are still eating but are for sure not happy.
There have been no new additions or losses in the last 6 months.
I can certainly set up a recovery tank if needed.
Any suggestions?

 

[JemZ]

The one in your picture looks damaged and certainly not full. Almost like it could be fin rot? Is any of the other fish aggressive towards the cory or is there anything else that may be stressing him out?

 

[Slaphppy7]

That poor cory looks terrible, sad to say...what kind of danios?

 

[Larry Licata]

The one in your picture looks damaged and certainly not full. Almost like it could be fin rot? Is any of the other fish aggressive towards the cory or is there anything else that may be stressing him out?

I do not see any aggression at all from anyone else. The only culprit could be the solo neon from another tank. But I would assume the fin nipping would be almost immediately. (Like 6 months ago) this fin loss started about 7 days ago.

 

[Larry Licata]

That poor cory looks terrible, sad to say...what kind of danios?

Zebra. Nothing special.

 

[Slaphppy7]

I'm no fish disease expert, but I would bet disease over aggression...corys (generally) do much better on sand substrates vs. gravel, but this is something much more serious...

 

[Larry Licata]

Do you know of any fin rot antibiotics I should look into and should I set up a hospital tank?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Like I said, I'm no expert with fish diseases, I've been lucky and haven't dealt with many...hopefully someone with more experience will chime in for you.
Do you have a liquid test kit? What are your readings for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte?

 

[Larry Licata]

Like I said, I'm no expert with fish diseases, I've been lucky and haven't dealt with many...hopefully someone with more experience will chime in for you.
Do you have a liquid test kit? What are your readings for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte?

 

[Larry Licata]

I'll run a full test kit and report back.

 

[Naughts]

That is very close to it's body and needs treating sooner rather than later. What treatments do you have?
Medication containing phenoxyethanol? Melafix? If you have aquarium salt add 3grams per litre.
If it reaches the body it will probably only survive with formalin or antibiotics but they are hard to get and I wouldn't recommend these anyway as we are not 100% on the cause.
I hope you can find something to help.

Up your maintenance to keep everything super clean and change to sand when you can.

 

[Larry Licata]

Ammonia .25 ppm
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ph 6.6 ordered up melafix will be here in the am. Now should I set up a hospital tank?

 

[Slaphppy7]

What kind of test kit do you use? Water conditioner?

 

[Larry Licata]

API master freshwater test kit and API tap water conditioner for my water changes.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Good with the test kit, when you run out of the conditioner, get some Seachem Prime, best stuff out there, IMO