Sick Cory cat

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krisvid

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So I got 4 cory cats 2 days ago and everything its going fine there were all playing and digging in the sand. They wouldn't eat anything but I thought that was fine since I just got them. so I decided to feed them again today and three of the four ate and one didn't and she was off to the side and by herself. I noticed that she wouldnt move and kept falling over and couldn't get back up. my first thought was that she had some buoyancy issues but then I noticed that her eyes were bulging & there was red around her eyes. So I went to my LFS and the lady said I should get melafix. I used but she still died. My other corys seems fine but what should i do will they infected with this too? I think it might have been septicemia because she had a bunch of red marks on her body and eyes.
My water was fine 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 10 nitrates. Sorry for such a long post but I want to know what to do with my other corys.
 

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If they look healthy and fine I wouldn't worry about it too much. Do some water changes if you are really nervous.

In the future though I'd recommend a quarantine tank so if something like this happens or another disease it won't spread to your whole tank.


Caleb
 
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