Amunet
Fish Aficionado
We went out this weekend and got one of those bronze green corys to go with the one we have in our main tank after it gets quarantined for a week or so. We were going to get some sterbai as well, but the petstore didn't have any and won't be getting more until Weds.
Well I'm getting very worried about our new one b/c it just doesn't seem to be acting right. When you look at it, it has very rapid gill movement. At first I just thought it was b/c of the stress from moving into a new tank and such, but it's been 2 days and it still hasn't really changed.
Also.. we've had to move a few things around in the tank, which of course is going to scare the fish, but when we do.. we could actually get close enough to touch the cory before it would move away, which is also worrying me since I figured it would try to dart away quickly when it saw a hand coming close.
I don't see anything visibly wrong with it except for the rapid gil movement. The tank is pretty much brand spankin new. We put the fish in and then put in some Bio-spira. Also using Prime to dechlorinate the water so ammonia and stuff shouldn't even be a problem if there is any (which I'll be testing tomorrow when I get up).
What should I do if its condition doesn't change?
Dernit.. knew we should've just waited til we could get the other corys but newbie impatients strikes again.. sigh.....
We have Maracyn 1 & 2, Tetracycline, Melafix, some kind of Fungus treatment and parasite remover stuff if we have to medicate for any reason.
Well I'm getting very worried about our new one b/c it just doesn't seem to be acting right. When you look at it, it has very rapid gill movement. At first I just thought it was b/c of the stress from moving into a new tank and such, but it's been 2 days and it still hasn't really changed.
Also.. we've had to move a few things around in the tank, which of course is going to scare the fish, but when we do.. we could actually get close enough to touch the cory before it would move away, which is also worrying me since I figured it would try to dart away quickly when it saw a hand coming close.
I don't see anything visibly wrong with it except for the rapid gil movement. The tank is pretty much brand spankin new. We put the fish in and then put in some Bio-spira. Also using Prime to dechlorinate the water so ammonia and stuff shouldn't even be a problem if there is any (which I'll be testing tomorrow when I get up).
What should I do if its condition doesn't change?
Dernit.. knew we should've just waited til we could get the other corys but newbie impatients strikes again.. sigh.....
We have Maracyn 1 & 2, Tetracycline, Melafix, some kind of Fungus treatment and parasite remover stuff if we have to medicate for any reason.