Lazy Cory Or Deppressed?

[Johnlenham]

Hi Johnlenham

I don't like the way that albino looks at all. If you're sure those spots on it aren't just sand, then it does look like ich. Corys are very resistant to it, but it could happen. Be sure before you treat it because the treatment requires raising the temperature and that will make a bacterial infection worse if that's what is really going on in your tank.

Hmm now ive looked again and it dosent look like that anymore! must have been sand kicked up by the others

Its really getting to me that I cant work out whats wrong with him, a second ago I could have sworn he was a fake fish! was checking him out and spotted the little buggers had dug up one of my plants, reached in a replanted and gave him alitle poke.. sat there... another prod..sat there... gave a little push and he moved a few inches, the others when I reached in you couldn't see for dust.

I guess ill do a half dose when this stuff arrives as I suppose its better to be safe than sorry.

Anything you could come up with as to what would make him so lifeless compared to all the others? again apologies for all the questions!

Oh and I suppose I should say im going away for the weekend so maybe with me not here all day he will snap out of his strange way and be back to normal.

 

[StrontiumDog]

Hi,

Have you only the one Albino?, cause looking at your pics the early one you posted the fins are fine, but the last one
looks like the fins are rotting slightly.

what are your water stats? How long have you had your tank running.

 

[Johnlenham]

Hi,

Have you only the one Albino?, cause looking at your pics the early one you posted the fins are fine, but the last one
looks like the fins are rotting slightly.

what are your water stats? How long have you had your tank running.

2 albinos, in the load of pics up top the first one with an albino sitting on the coconut is the "lazy" one in the pics above.
The one next to it is the normal happy albino.

Stats are
0 ammo
0 nitrite
20 nitrate (comes out the tap)
temps 24

Only additives are Tropica plant nutrition + and 1/8th of a tbs of Trace mix every 2-3days.

Been setup about 3 weeks possibly 4 (cant remember) filter was seeded and was fine and cycled when the 3 albinos went in
A week later I got 3 Bronzes (this caused a mini cycle so I was doing 30% changes every 12 hours ish) got that under control and while doing some planting/water change I found one of the albinos dead which as we all decided was probably stress.

Now there is 3 Bronzes (pinky one and two smaller ones) and 1 pure white albino and one off yellow one (the lazy one)

 

[Johnlenham]

Hi,

Have you only the one Albino?, cause looking at your pics the early one you posted the fins are fine, but the last one
looks like the fins are rotting slightly.

what are your water stats? How long have you had your tank running.

2 albinos, in the load of pics up top the first one with an albino sitting on the coconut is the "lazy" one in the pics above.
The one next to it is the normal happy albino.

Stats are
0 ammo
0 nitrite
20 nitrate (comes out the tap)
temps 24

Only additives are Tropica plant nutrition + and 1/8th of a tbs of Trace mix every 2-3days.

Been setup about 3 weeks possibly 4 (cant remember) filter was seeded and was fine and cycled when the 3 albinos went in
A week later I got 3 Bronzes (this caused a mini cycle so I was doing 30% changes every 12 hours ish) got that under control and while doing some planting/water change I found one of the albinos dead which as we all decided was probably stress.

Now there is 3 Bronzes (pinky one and two smaller ones) and 1 pure white albino and one off yellow one (the lazy one)

Never mind...

Went to get him out of the tank and into a container so I could give him a really good look and well he was pretty much dead. I looked at him and he was hardly breathing maybe gill movment once every 30-50secs, tipped the net about 6 inchs from the sand and he just spiralled and crashed upside down, couldn't right himself and was just laying there.

Scopped him out and decided its better to put him down as if he dies while im away its going to affect the whole tank

I feel terrible as this is the 2nd Cory to die on me and Fatso was one allways there chilling at the front of the tank, one of my favourites

Thanks anyways for all the help throughout.
Pinky as she (?) has been named and the other 3 all seem fine so hopefully I can let this thread sink off the page.