echl5723
Aquarium Advice Newbie
5 of the 7 sterbai cory in my discus tank have some sort of sickness, and I can't figure out what it is. The fishes are not bothered by it (this has been going on for over a month with no fatalities), but I can tell that it started with a couple cory and it spread.
They are now in hospital tank (it has been 2 weeks), I'm afraid it may spread to my discus.
There are lumps/sores on the fish body, they are whitish, and the fishes also have rugged and split fins/tails (not sure if that was due to the sickness or german blue ram picking on them, but they have not been healing). They are eating and somewhat acting normal (hard to tell since they are not in the usual tank).
I thought It looked like Columnaris; but the usual medicines aren't working. I have done:
1. 7 day full dose of seachem paraguard before moving them to hospital tank
2. 3-doses round of seachem kanaplex (in water, not fed)
3. just finished 5-doses round of mardel maracyn
The hospital is a 10g tank with hob filter with cycled media, 7.6 pH, 20% water change every other day, water temperature is 80F.
I have observed no improvements. Right now I'm giving the fishes a break from the antibiotics.
Any suggestion what this sickness is and what medicine to try next?
thanks
They are now in hospital tank (it has been 2 weeks), I'm afraid it may spread to my discus.
There are lumps/sores on the fish body, they are whitish, and the fishes also have rugged and split fins/tails (not sure if that was due to the sickness or german blue ram picking on them, but they have not been healing). They are eating and somewhat acting normal (hard to tell since they are not in the usual tank).
I thought It looked like Columnaris; but the usual medicines aren't working. I have done:
1. 7 day full dose of seachem paraguard before moving them to hospital tank
2. 3-doses round of seachem kanaplex (in water, not fed)
3. just finished 5-doses round of mardel maracyn
The hospital is a 10g tank with hob filter with cycled media, 7.6 pH, 20% water change every other day, water temperature is 80F.
I have observed no improvements. Right now I'm giving the fishes a break from the antibiotics.
Any suggestion what this sickness is and what medicine to try next?
thanks