Hi there everyone, I just have a situation happening with my corydora.
For the past week one of my corydora has been struggling to swim and cannot control its body movements. It will try and swim and will just fall on its back or side and stay there before trying again. Obviously my biggest concern is he is not able to eat. I try to drop food pellets right above him in the hops he can gobble one up. The situation hasn't gotten any worse since a week ago when I first noticed this, but I am wondering if he is hnugry or not at this stage. I think its a spinal injury or something physical, I don't think its a disease as he looks perfectly normal (no pine cone scales, puffy eyes, weird poo, swelling etc).
Im thinking if I should isolate him and put him in a fry net cage?
Water parameters (measured today)
PH: 7.4
Ammonia/Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 40ppm (by the way my tank has always had high nitrates, my water is extremely hard. I use resin but it only works so much, so generally my tank has between 30-40 nitrates, but Ive always had it like that for 2 years)
Temp: normally 24/25 but recent heat wave in UK temperatures are more between 27/28
Water changes: around 40% every 2 weeks
No chemical treatments
Tank mates include 3 other corydoras and 2 guppies
All other fish normal
110 Litre tank
Filtered by seachem tidal 50, good/strong water flow
Co2 injected
Any suggestions welcomed as I hope this is something he can cure by himself if I just help him out a little.
I have captured a video, but it wont upload here, so if needed I can send that over.
Many thanks!
For the past week one of my corydora has been struggling to swim and cannot control its body movements. It will try and swim and will just fall on its back or side and stay there before trying again. Obviously my biggest concern is he is not able to eat. I try to drop food pellets right above him in the hops he can gobble one up. The situation hasn't gotten any worse since a week ago when I first noticed this, but I am wondering if he is hnugry or not at this stage. I think its a spinal injury or something physical, I don't think its a disease as he looks perfectly normal (no pine cone scales, puffy eyes, weird poo, swelling etc).
Im thinking if I should isolate him and put him in a fry net cage?
Water parameters (measured today)
PH: 7.4
Ammonia/Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 40ppm (by the way my tank has always had high nitrates, my water is extremely hard. I use resin but it only works so much, so generally my tank has between 30-40 nitrates, but Ive always had it like that for 2 years)
Temp: normally 24/25 but recent heat wave in UK temperatures are more between 27/28
Water changes: around 40% every 2 weeks
No chemical treatments
Tank mates include 3 other corydoras and 2 guppies
All other fish normal
110 Litre tank
Filtered by seachem tidal 50, good/strong water flow
Co2 injected
Any suggestions welcomed as I hope this is something he can cure by himself if I just help him out a little.
I have captured a video, but it wont upload here, so if needed I can send that over.
Many thanks!