Pale Trilli

[This Old Spouse]

Here's a photo I just took of my pale trilli. Right below is a photo of another trilli, I think with a touch of fin rot.

My stats are 0-0-10, and yesterday I did a 75% w/c because of the death of one of them. What the heck is going on??

 

[eaglesaquarium]

How are the rest of the fish? I have no idea what's going on, but I feel really bad for you and your fish. Sorry.

 

[This Old Spouse]

The rest of the fish other than the cories seem to be on a hunger strike. Not acting any differently, but not eating.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Update on the other fish ... I just did an extra feeding using flakes out of the big can, meaning the flakes are a larger size. Wouldn't you know it? The black skirts tore after it like crazy! Yay! Guess the pieces were getting too small for them. Whew!

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Well, that is good news.

 

[Tizer]

saves having to take them out and spray paint them darker i guess.

 

[Harlequins]

There may be several reasons why its looking pale,illness stresses fish out,has your corys have finrot,this needs to be treated by either moving them all to qt tank and dosing the correct amount for corys with anti finrot/fungus meds,although i found not all corys are keen on meds...or do daily w/c on the qt tank,fresh clean water with soon heal damaged fins.

Paleness in corys could also result from the recent move into a new tank,not enough cover in the tank,ammonia/nitrite poisoning,or being bullied by other fish...

Has you have the fin-rot i would treat this first anyway and see how it goes.

The benefits of having a qt tank,is that i've found meds can affect water stats,and treating a whole tank can lead to mini-spikes.Interpet meds i've found the worse for this...

The barbels look quite short on your pale cory...or is that the pic? - what do they look like to you?

I hope your cory pulls through

 

[This Old Spouse]

The barbels are okay, it's just the pic. But you know what I just discovered? I forgot to turn the heater back on after the last w/c!!!!