Hello - I got home and noticed that the cory I bought yesterday isn't looking quite like he should. I am guessing it is stress as his body looks free of disease. He will swim normally for a bit then he ends up with his nose to the sky and float to the top. He will reach the surface - stay there for a bit and then decide to swim around again. I think his breathing is rapid.
I went ahead and added one tablespoon of aquarium salt. (10 gal. tank). I didn't want to add any more as the cories don't do well with salt, but I wanted to take the chance in case it helped him out a bit.
I am not holding out much hope for him. My question is: do you know of any diseases that would cause them to wind up vertical? I just don't want to overlook something and end up with a sick tank full of fish.
Thanks in advance.
Oh eta: water is fine....tested it today and yesterday when I brought him home (and two days before that) I'm a bit paranoid about that. Ammonia lvl is the lowest color on my test chart so I added a bunch of ammo chips just to be safe.
I went ahead and added one tablespoon of aquarium salt. (10 gal. tank). I didn't want to add any more as the cories don't do well with salt, but I wanted to take the chance in case it helped him out a bit.
I am not holding out much hope for him. My question is: do you know of any diseases that would cause them to wind up vertical? I just don't want to overlook something and end up with a sick tank full of fish.
Thanks in advance.
Oh eta: water is fine....tested it today and yesterday when I brought him home (and two days before that) I'm a bit paranoid about that. Ammonia lvl is the lowest color on my test chart so I added a bunch of ammo chips just to be safe.
...I had this trouble with one of my peppered corydoras once... the poor little guy didn't make it 
Do a 20-40% water change now then everyday for a week do a 20% water change. This heped a lot in my case with one of the peppered cories but with the other... I was already too late 
