I've been having problems with my tank recently, likely after introducing something despite quarantining new fish.
Symptoms:
Occasional rubbing/flashing - noticed this with rams and corydoras in particular
A few weeks later 1 younger corydoras started swimming continuously (day and night), hardly ever resting, often going to the surface to take a gulp of air and return to swimming. The corydoras within a few days developed swim bladder buoyancy of floating upwards, and become thin, and died.
Now I have another young corydoras swimming continuously, gulping air, and has some floating upwards issues too.
I do not see any outward symptoms now, though I previously saw on a few harlequin rasbora a small white growth on their mouth, and an otocinclus with a single white spot on a fin (symptoms gone).
Tank and Parameters:
Well stocked, fully planted 160 litre tank with a lot of hiding places and little fish aggression, and corydoras continue to breed
25 C / 77 F
pH 7.5
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 15 ppm
KH & GH within normal ranges for my fish
Regular water changes
Treatments so far:
Aquarium salt - low dose
Medication for White Spot, though I am not sure the diagnosis was correct - Malachite green
eSHa 2000 - Ethacridine lactate, Copper sulphate, Proflavine hemisulphate
Sterazin for Gill and body flukes - Acriflavine, Malachite green, Piperazine citrate
(Current treatment, along with salt) Bacterial medication - Formaldehyde, Bronopol, Benzalkonium chloride
I'm not seeing signs of velvet, white spot, gill flukes, other than flashing - the two corydoras that keep/kept swimming do not flash - all other corydoras are acting normally.
Any ideas?
Do I treat for parasites again, reduce salt concentration or something else. Other medications I can buy in the UK for the symptoms I see seems to pretty much contain the same ingredients as ones I've already used.
Any thoughts much appreciated! Thanks
Symptoms:
Occasional rubbing/flashing - noticed this with rams and corydoras in particular
A few weeks later 1 younger corydoras started swimming continuously (day and night), hardly ever resting, often going to the surface to take a gulp of air and return to swimming. The corydoras within a few days developed swim bladder buoyancy of floating upwards, and become thin, and died.
Now I have another young corydoras swimming continuously, gulping air, and has some floating upwards issues too.
I do not see any outward symptoms now, though I previously saw on a few harlequin rasbora a small white growth on their mouth, and an otocinclus with a single white spot on a fin (symptoms gone).
Tank and Parameters:
Well stocked, fully planted 160 litre tank with a lot of hiding places and little fish aggression, and corydoras continue to breed
25 C / 77 F
pH 7.5
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 15 ppm
KH & GH within normal ranges for my fish
Regular water changes
Treatments so far:
Aquarium salt - low dose
Medication for White Spot, though I am not sure the diagnosis was correct - Malachite green
eSHa 2000 - Ethacridine lactate, Copper sulphate, Proflavine hemisulphate
Sterazin for Gill and body flukes - Acriflavine, Malachite green, Piperazine citrate
(Current treatment, along with salt) Bacterial medication - Formaldehyde, Bronopol, Benzalkonium chloride
I'm not seeing signs of velvet, white spot, gill flukes, other than flashing - the two corydoras that keep/kept swimming do not flash - all other corydoras are acting normally.
Any ideas?
Do I treat for parasites again, reduce salt concentration or something else. Other medications I can buy in the UK for the symptoms I see seems to pretty much contain the same ingredients as ones I've already used.
Any thoughts much appreciated! Thanks