Hi there,
One of my white coloured Corydoras cat fish has developed whitespot disease as he has several sugar lump sized white marks on his body. It would appear these marks are causing it to go into shock because the gill movement is going at a rate of 6 to 7 movements per second (he still has his buoyancy and is swimming normally despite this) . This fish has been hiding for about a week now amongst Crypts and Eleocharis acicularis grass so I had no chance of knowing that it had this disease.
I have treated the aquarium with WaterLife Protozin which is specifically for Whitespot and I'm ensuring the temperature of the water is 27 degrees C to speed up the metabolic rate of the parasite so the medication can catch the free-swimming form of the parasite quicker.
I'd like to add that the fish has not been subjected to any stressors like temperature change, poor diet or nipping. The only thing that I can think may have brought on the whitespot is the fact that another white coloured Corydoras fish (which it followed) died around 2 weeks ago. I went to observe the aquarium one morning and I found it upside down with popeye. Again, it had been hiding in the exact same place as the fish which is ill at present so I didn't have the opportunity to inspect it's state of health.
Could the deceased Corydoras had died from a bacterial infection near the eye-socket area (hence, resulting in Popeye disease) as a result of white spots developing near the eyes?
Also, as I have no experience with Whitespot, how difficult is it to treat? I fear I've perhaps put the whitespot treatment in quite late due to the fishes hobby of hiding from me.
One of my white coloured Corydoras cat fish has developed whitespot disease as he has several sugar lump sized white marks on his body. It would appear these marks are causing it to go into shock because the gill movement is going at a rate of 6 to 7 movements per second (he still has his buoyancy and is swimming normally despite this) . This fish has been hiding for about a week now amongst Crypts and Eleocharis acicularis grass so I had no chance of knowing that it had this disease.
I have treated the aquarium with WaterLife Protozin which is specifically for Whitespot and I'm ensuring the temperature of the water is 27 degrees C to speed up the metabolic rate of the parasite so the medication can catch the free-swimming form of the parasite quicker.
I'd like to add that the fish has not been subjected to any stressors like temperature change, poor diet or nipping. The only thing that I can think may have brought on the whitespot is the fact that another white coloured Corydoras fish (which it followed) died around 2 weeks ago. I went to observe the aquarium one morning and I found it upside down with popeye. Again, it had been hiding in the exact same place as the fish which is ill at present so I didn't have the opportunity to inspect it's state of health.
Could the deceased Corydoras had died from a bacterial infection near the eye-socket area (hence, resulting in Popeye disease) as a result of white spots developing near the eyes?
Also, as I have no experience with Whitespot, how difficult is it to treat? I fear I've perhaps put the whitespot treatment in quite late due to the fishes hobby of hiding from me.
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