Hi,
Cant believe I have another problem with a fish flicking against bogwood after successfully treating white spot last week.
Last Thursday I moved the barbs out of the tank and added 3 peppered corydoras(temporary holding tank). They are all looking really healthy and eating but 1 has been flicking for a few days(not a lot though). It started on Saturday but has gotten worse tonight. have looked at him very carefully and definitely no white spots or any symptom that i have read about with velvet or flukes (looks like gold on skin but i have looked at a lot of pictures on the net and this just looks normal rather than velvet). He/she is breathing normally, very active, eating etc. In the cory section i got advice not to treat for white spot because corys rarely contact it. But what do i do now, the flicking is definitely getting worse but he looks perfect. From all the reading i have done it sounds like it has the greatest chance of being flukes but i just dont know. Would it be a bad idea to treat for flukes or take a chance and do nothing.
Tank is 60l, fully cycled nearly 2 months ago.
Corys have been in the tank since last thursday
10% water change done yesterday
Reading today: ammonia=0; nitrite=0; nitrate=5ish
Temp = 25c
Airstone running 12 hours a day
Thanks again for any help I can get
Cant believe I have another problem with a fish flicking against bogwood after successfully treating white spot last week.
Last Thursday I moved the barbs out of the tank and added 3 peppered corydoras(temporary holding tank). They are all looking really healthy and eating but 1 has been flicking for a few days(not a lot though). It started on Saturday but has gotten worse tonight. have looked at him very carefully and definitely no white spots or any symptom that i have read about with velvet or flukes (looks like gold on skin but i have looked at a lot of pictures on the net and this just looks normal rather than velvet). He/she is breathing normally, very active, eating etc. In the cory section i got advice not to treat for white spot because corys rarely contact it. But what do i do now, the flicking is definitely getting worse but he looks perfect. From all the reading i have done it sounds like it has the greatest chance of being flukes but i just dont know. Would it be a bad idea to treat for flukes or take a chance and do nothing.
Tank is 60l, fully cycled nearly 2 months ago.
Corys have been in the tank since last thursday
10% water change done yesterday
Reading today: ammonia=0; nitrite=0; nitrate=5ish
Temp = 25c
Airstone running 12 hours a day
Thanks again for any help I can get